To be blunt - Matt's article leads to one logical conclusion:
A church that is not completely Calvinistic is not a true church, but a synagogue of Satan worshipping a false god.
Thoughts from the article:
If you believe Jesus died for all men, you are worshipping a false god.
If you believe faith precedes regeneration you are worshipping a false god.
If you do not believe in unconditional election you are worshipping a false god.
If you believe you can lose your salvation you are worshipping a false god.
If you believe fallen man is able to trust Christ of his own free will you are worshipping a false god.
Hence if you believe any of these things you are an idolator and cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
Where was the church before TULIP??? How was the gospel preached before Covenant Theology had been codified??? How was the gospel preached before the Great Reformation???
All who worship while not embracing the five points are damned.
This is a new narrow low on the PB. It makes Calvinism the means of grace. If you don't believe the 5 points you are a heretic, damned, worshipping an idol of your own imagination.
And those of you who support this theological bull should be ashamed of yourselves. One can be saved while not a Calvinist, and not being a Calvinist does not automatically mean one is an arminian. One can know Christ and be immature - I mean, they are newborns!! You don't teach kindergartners Calculus!! You teach babies to feed themselves (read the Word), you teach them to talk (prayer), and you teach them how to walk (obey what they read in the Word).
And one can be a convinced Calvinist and STILL NOT KNOW Jesus!!
"depart from Me I never knew you"
It is about knowing Jesus and trusting Jesus and turning from your sin to Jesus. Eternal life is knowing Jesus (John 17:3). We preach Jesus. And just because someone does not have a ThD or a PhD does not mean then that they CANNOT BE SAVED - for even children can KNOW Jesus. Is a child that knows Jesus damned because he cannot recite the Puritan Catechism and sign a statement of agreement with Dordt???
Peter stood up and preached "this Jesus" without a wit of the formality of the doctrines of grace and 3000 people believed and were baptized, added to the church because they were saved. Read Acts 2 and see how much of TULIP is covered. We preach Christ.
I can hear it now - "come to Christ and be saved from your sin and the wrath of God. How? Well first admit that you are totally incapable of coming on your own unless the Spirit of God first regenerates you. This is faith in your own total depravity. Without it, you have no hope of salvation. Then admit that God unconditionally chose to save you in eternity past. Place your faith in this doctrine of unconditional election where you have no say in the choice, or you have no hope of salvation. Then admit that Jesus died only for those He chose. Without faith in His limited atonement there is no hope for your salvation. Then admit today that God's grace that might be working on your heart is irresistible, that you cannot refuse it. Without faith in this kind of grace, you have no hope of salvation. And finally, admit that once you are saved by God you will never fall away but will persevere. Without faith in this security, without this absolute assurance, you have no hope of salvation. For unless you place your faith in these things then you are worshipping a false god created in your own imagination for your own damnation to the darkness and blackness of hell forever."
No, Peter preached Christ. And so should we.
The article should be pulled from the web and re-written in order to be more inline with Scripture and more out of sync with this notion that to neglect any of the 5 points even out of ignorance is to believe a lie that leads to hell.
It is just more evidence of the doctrinal imbalance that rules this forum.
Phillip
A church that is not completely Calvinistic is not a true church, but a synagogue of Satan worshipping a false god.
Thoughts from the article:
If you believe Jesus died for all men, you are worshipping a false god.
If you believe faith precedes regeneration you are worshipping a false god.
If you do not believe in unconditional election you are worshipping a false god.
If you believe you can lose your salvation you are worshipping a false god.
If you believe fallen man is able to trust Christ of his own free will you are worshipping a false god.
Hence if you believe any of these things you are an idolator and cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
Where was the church before TULIP??? How was the gospel preached before Covenant Theology had been codified??? How was the gospel preached before the Great Reformation???
All who worship while not embracing the five points are damned.
This is a new narrow low on the PB. It makes Calvinism the means of grace. If you don't believe the 5 points you are a heretic, damned, worshipping an idol of your own imagination.
And those of you who support this theological bull should be ashamed of yourselves. One can be saved while not a Calvinist, and not being a Calvinist does not automatically mean one is an arminian. One can know Christ and be immature - I mean, they are newborns!! You don't teach kindergartners Calculus!! You teach babies to feed themselves (read the Word), you teach them to talk (prayer), and you teach them how to walk (obey what they read in the Word).
And one can be a convinced Calvinist and STILL NOT KNOW Jesus!!
"depart from Me I never knew you"
It is about knowing Jesus and trusting Jesus and turning from your sin to Jesus. Eternal life is knowing Jesus (John 17:3). We preach Jesus. And just because someone does not have a ThD or a PhD does not mean then that they CANNOT BE SAVED - for even children can KNOW Jesus. Is a child that knows Jesus damned because he cannot recite the Puritan Catechism and sign a statement of agreement with Dordt???
Peter stood up and preached "this Jesus" without a wit of the formality of the doctrines of grace and 3000 people believed and were baptized, added to the church because they were saved. Read Acts 2 and see how much of TULIP is covered. We preach Christ.
I can hear it now - "come to Christ and be saved from your sin and the wrath of God. How? Well first admit that you are totally incapable of coming on your own unless the Spirit of God first regenerates you. This is faith in your own total depravity. Without it, you have no hope of salvation. Then admit that God unconditionally chose to save you in eternity past. Place your faith in this doctrine of unconditional election where you have no say in the choice, or you have no hope of salvation. Then admit that Jesus died only for those He chose. Without faith in His limited atonement there is no hope for your salvation. Then admit today that God's grace that might be working on your heart is irresistible, that you cannot refuse it. Without faith in this kind of grace, you have no hope of salvation. And finally, admit that once you are saved by God you will never fall away but will persevere. Without faith in this security, without this absolute assurance, you have no hope of salvation. For unless you place your faith in these things then you are worshipping a false god created in your own imagination for your own damnation to the darkness and blackness of hell forever."
No, Peter preached Christ. And so should we.
The article should be pulled from the web and re-written in order to be more inline with Scripture and more out of sync with this notion that to neglect any of the 5 points even out of ignorance is to believe a lie that leads to hell.
It is just more evidence of the doctrinal imbalance that rules this forum.
Phillip