jenney
Puritan Board Freshman
Someone whom I consider my brother in Christ has just told me I am unregenerate because, though a thorough-going Calvinist myself, I believe that one can be an arminian and be saved. He said this is as heretical as arminianism itself and that I am saying one can be saved by a false gospel, which means I believe in a false gospel as well.
I understand the reasoning there but I'm going through something of a spiritual crisis right now of assurance and it is making me question whether my struggle is because I really have never believed Christ in the fiducia sense but only in the asensus sense.
My question:
I know this has been discussed here before. I'm having trouble locating the thread. Maybe my search terms have been too general, but I haven't been able to sort through to find it. Can someone help me locate the discussion that will be helpful in sorting out what God says about salvation:
Can Arminians be saved (and remain Arminians)?
How about Calvinists who believe they can? (we'll call them C1's)
And what about Calvinists who don't believe Arminians can but who believes that C1's can? (we'll call them C2's)
What about Calvinists who don't believe Arminians or C1's are saved but that C2's can be? (These would be C3's)
How many iterations does this thinking extend? C4's? C5's?
If there is no thread, would a few people graciously answer this question?
And if you believe I am not saved because I think one can be both an Arminian and a Christian, would you please explain to me the Gospel in simple terms so that I can believe it? Because I genuinely fear for my soul.
Thanks
I understand the reasoning there but I'm going through something of a spiritual crisis right now of assurance and it is making me question whether my struggle is because I really have never believed Christ in the fiducia sense but only in the asensus sense.
My question:
I know this has been discussed here before. I'm having trouble locating the thread. Maybe my search terms have been too general, but I haven't been able to sort through to find it. Can someone help me locate the discussion that will be helpful in sorting out what God says about salvation:
Can Arminians be saved (and remain Arminians)?
How about Calvinists who believe they can? (we'll call them C1's)
And what about Calvinists who don't believe Arminians can but who believes that C1's can? (we'll call them C2's)
What about Calvinists who don't believe Arminians or C1's are saved but that C2's can be? (These would be C3's)
How many iterations does this thinking extend? C4's? C5's?
If there is no thread, would a few people graciously answer this question?
And if you believe I am not saved because I think one can be both an Arminian and a Christian, would you please explain to me the Gospel in simple terms so that I can believe it? Because I genuinely fear for my soul.
Thanks