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Puritan Board Freshman
Can someone refute this Arminian's statement that I came about?
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When it comes to the Calvinism debate, this I have to say. You have to be taught to be a Calvinist! I have yet to encounter somebody who becomes a Calvinist by reading his bible alone. You know why? I wasn't. The same friend of mine asked me this question, "why I shouldn't be a Calvinist?" My reply was this. "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them - Romans 16:17." I challenged him then with this question: Who do you think satisfies all the clauses here? Have you heard of a church split because a non-Calvinist got into the membership of a Calvinist church?
I can tell of examples of churches that have stopped giving to missions, stopped evangelizing because of Calvinism. Well, one could argue that these are extreme Calvinists. Well, I know one thing. Only error leads to another error.
The heart issue? "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart - Hebrews 4:12"
"Historical contacts" to me tantamount intellectualism. I decry this. It seems to me that the word of God and the wisdom therein is not enough unless verified by Science and versified with History. God forbid!
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When it comes to the Calvinism debate, this I have to say. You have to be taught to be a Calvinist! I have yet to encounter somebody who becomes a Calvinist by reading his bible alone. You know why? I wasn't. The same friend of mine asked me this question, "why I shouldn't be a Calvinist?" My reply was this. "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them - Romans 16:17." I challenged him then with this question: Who do you think satisfies all the clauses here? Have you heard of a church split because a non-Calvinist got into the membership of a Calvinist church?
I can tell of examples of churches that have stopped giving to missions, stopped evangelizing because of Calvinism. Well, one could argue that these are extreme Calvinists. Well, I know one thing. Only error leads to another error.
The heart issue? "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart - Hebrews 4:12"
"Historical contacts" to me tantamount intellectualism. I decry this. It seems to me that the word of God and the wisdom therein is not enough unless verified by Science and versified with History. God forbid!
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