fralo4truth
Puritan Board Freshman
Forgive me for starting yet another thread on the Well-Meant Offer but I do have a question about it to which I personally have not seen an answer. First, let me say how much I appreciate Rev. Winzer's review of Murray's work. This has helped me tremendously.
Thank you, Rev. Winzer.
Okay, here's the question I keep asking myself. If it be true that the commands to the reprobate are only to emphasize what ought to be done and that God only desires that they be obligated to repent and believe, then they are to do this for what purpose?
If there is no salvation available to them per God's decree and no provision by Christ, then what can we say in answer to this question? One could respond with the broad answer that the gospel is for
their hardening but that doesn't deal with the very specific question of the particular command to repent and believe, does it? It sounds strange for me to say that the reprobate is to repent and believe in order to be hardened.
If there is a purpose for which they are to repent and believe, does this not presuppose a salvation available to them?
Thanks friends for any help you could provide, and please correct me if I am in error on any point.
Thank you, Rev. Winzer.
Okay, here's the question I keep asking myself. If it be true that the commands to the reprobate are only to emphasize what ought to be done and that God only desires that they be obligated to repent and believe, then they are to do this for what purpose?
If there is no salvation available to them per God's decree and no provision by Christ, then what can we say in answer to this question? One could respond with the broad answer that the gospel is for
their hardening but that doesn't deal with the very specific question of the particular command to repent and believe, does it? It sounds strange for me to say that the reprobate is to repent and believe in order to be hardened.
If there is a purpose for which they are to repent and believe, does this not presuppose a salvation available to them?
Thanks friends for any help you could provide, and please correct me if I am in error on any point.