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Yes, you are correct. The anti-Calvinist objection to the Calvinist denying "free-will" is an emotional reaction based on their failure to understand what "free-will" is. When a Calvinist says man does not have a "free will" he simply means that the will of man is in bondage to sin and death. A lost man is free to do whatever he want to do as long as it is in his nature to do so.Originally posted by Palmetto Boy:
I think many calvinists would shy away from saying man has a "free" will because that implies it is untouchable by God, something I think we would all agree is biblically unsupportable (look at Pharaoh, for one example).
You will have to ask Satan what was in his thoughts. I wasn't there and am not privy to his private thoughts. All I know is that the bible says Satan "willed" not that God willed.Originally posted by Rich_UK:
So before Satan *I Willed*, sin was not even in the thoughts of anyone? Even the concept of sin was non exsistent?
Satan did not wait until Isaiah to "I will", It was "in the beginning", about the same era that "In the beginning God created" was taking place. As for your question statement, when do you suppose that the concept of sin was actually born?Originally posted by Rich_UK:
So before Satan *I Willed*, sin was not even in the thoughts of anyone? Even the concept of sin was non exsistent?
Hi Diane,Originally posted by dianetavegia:
Wouldn't those be a Calvinistic Conundrum?
If God hates divorce, isn't any divorce a Calvinistic conundrum since God would have preordained and therefore CAUSED said divorce?
Hi Rich. This is a fair question, but one that we should not concern ourselves about. The origin of sin is not "explained" to us in Scripture, as God, Whose thoughts are higher than our own, has decided in His wisdom that we need not know, has not told us. We should not probe too deep into the origin of sin, as it will do us more harm than good. This is one "doctrine" that we humbly have to admit that we do not know the answer to. Lest the devil take our thinking and turn our toughts to placing things at God, when we do not know the first thing about it.Originally posted by Rich_UK:
Where did the devils sin originate?
Hi Diane,Originally posted by whatever:
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Wouldn't those be a Calvinistic Conundrum?
If God hates divorce, isn't any divorce a Calvinistic conundrum since God would have preordained and therefore CAUSED said divorce?
Because Christ followed what he predestined what does this have to do with me being predestined by and forced to follow it?.Acts 2:23 says that God's "determinate counsel" brought about the death of Christ. So it is no conundrum to say that God brings something to pass, and also to say that it is sin to those who take part in it.
Ah, the soveringty of God.Originally posted by whetstone:
If an evil man is bent on killing the President, but it isn't God's will, can this man succeed?
If an evil man is bent on rejecting Christ, but it isn't God's will, can this man succeed?
No. Not if God chooses to stop the action. Yes if God chooses to allow us to live with those consequences.Originally posted by whetstone:
If an evil man is bent on killing the President, but it isn't God's will, can this man succeed?
If an evil man is bent on rejecting Christ, but it isn't God's will, can this man succeed?