NFL... The Calvinist View

[KenH]

I believe God gave man free will to choose his own way.

Just the way He gave it to Adam in the Garden.

Adam did not have free will in the Garden of Eden.

 

[Charlie24]

Adam did not have free will in the Garden of Eden.

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"Adam fell, therefore Christ must die."

That is if Adam's fallen race is to be redeemed.

Pastor Price is very weak in Scripture.

 

[rockytopva]

 

[Dave G]

Could it be that God was and is expressing His "desire" for all men to be saved, through this universal act of Grace and mercy bestowed on man?

No.

God is till striving with rebellious man all over this world as He did in the days of old, Dave G, desiring that they turn from their sin to Him.

I disagree, Charlie.

Ezekiel 33:11

"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Notice to whom it is written, Charlie...
Israel, under the covenant of Law through Moses.

Therein, my friend, is the lesson.

Look what a nation of people whom the Lord manifested Himself to, did...
Constantly going astray, constantly turning their backs on God and constantly erecting idols both in their hearts and upon the landscape, practicing the same unholiness and irreverence towards the Lord that the nations around them were doing.

The Lord here is pleading with rebellious Israel under the covenant of Law that they agreed to after Moses led them out of Egypt;
But He already predicted what they would do, even after all was said and done

It's a case study to God's elect for why a people that come to Him and that will spend eternity with Him, need the new birth... and God does indeed do such for His people.

 

[Dave G]

Adam did not have free will in the Garden of Eden.

Sure he did, Ken.
But look what happened after he exercised it.

The deceitfulness of sin crept in, and Adam blamed his wife...
When he should have immediately humbled himself and sought the Lord's forgiveness.