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Vessels of wrath prepared for destruction is definitely in the Bible.

 

If you can convince me that the following sought the Lord I will eat my Bible... In Matthew 25 when the Lord separates the sheep from the goats, the righteous, who are called by the Lord such and sheep also are commended by what they do for others... In doing so they show they have done to the Lord also... Shows not only has their heart been changed but also have the Love Of God abiding in them... Somewhere in our lifetime the Lord changes us, we don't change ourselves. although some on here think they birthed themselves... David says in Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
That is how we ALL come into the world and unless the Lord intervenes, we leave the same way we came in... In our sins, which is our nature.

Romans 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

You care to address the above SBG?

Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

I don't need to tell you about the goats, you know where they are going, and you brethren behave and play nice... Brother Glen

 

SBG, you started the thread with the proposal that there is no reason for sinners to be told to repent if for many of them it is a predetermined impossibility. I know how threads you are involved in usually end up and my hope was that if you would listen I could point out to you that all Calvinists don't take that approach. You are now left with the position that God is not able to do what he wills, or that man is actually the one that is completely sovereign in his salvation.

 

Everyone.

I believe it is after a person hears that they are accountable.

That is just my assumption, but if I remember correctly, there is a verse that a person who sins without knowing he is sinning, is not held accountable. Will need to find it.

 

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This is discussed by someone other than me in the above link. If you will bother to read it it explains my position very well using scripture, the WCF, and older Calvinist theological writings. You won't find it satisfactory, and it doesn't even try to do anything more than say that some things as humans are hard to understand.

Also, you posted this while I was typing - the link from the Bible Way of Salvation. I have no problem with any of that just the way it is written.

 

Well, there's Romans 2:12, but that doesn't help much. There are certainly verses showing that unintentional sins are less of a problem in God's eyes. Anyway, looks like you joined recently. Welcome. By the way, a universal atonement is the majority view, maybe not on the BB, but in Christianity in general. I'm afraid even the view of Christ actually having to die for your sins at all is under fire in many circles nowadays.

 

So do you deny that not everyone has ears to hear?

 

The sermon (article) is written by a Calvinist. You show tremendous, needless animosity towards Calvinism. You shut yourself out of much beneficial and rich literature written by Calvinists which can be of great help in your Christian walk. That's your loss.

 

You're gonna scare Duckie off here before she even gets started. She probably already has figured out that we're crazy.

 

Wait, are you not advocating for Universal Atonement?

 

Well don't read 'em or you'll blow a gasket.