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Hi Dean:
Thanks for your response and please pray for me.
I am in a Reformed Church right now ONLY to encourage
our son and DIL who want to raise our grandson in
Church but the more I learn about it the worse it becomes.
Our Pastor is smart, charismatic, and has been to three
different Bible schools and in four different denoms.
He has a Phd and THIS is what he has chosen?
It boggles the mind. Last week he was teaching us that
the
sin of "unbelief" had been taken care of at the
cross. So I guess that makes the whole of Romans 11 null and
void and no branches have to be concerned about
being cut off and burned. The elect have it made in the
shade
but noone seems to be able to know for sure who they
are. It's confusion at best and an antiChrist
spirit at worst.
Don't know whether or not I can stay the
course.....
cd: Amen Judy for their fruits are enough-Studying their teaching
apart from their works
is the reason those -who support Calvin-on this site are confused.
We see their work so
we have no need for their teachings. We don't have to study
the Satanic Bible to know
our enemy for truth sheds a bright light on him already. The
Bible teaches to look at their
fruits and their works is what God Judges every man by-so we can
also use God tool to
know them.
I have yet to
hurl an epithet anywhere Lance. My objection to Calvinism is for
some very specific reasons with or
without "firsthand
knowledge or intricate and specific detail" about Calvin the man. His
teachings are enough. I will
leave the man to
God. I have no desire to be an expert on John Calvin the man or any
other anti-Christ (meaning in
place of) figure for
that matter and this would include Athanasius,
Augustine, Aquinas, et al. along to the present
Papacy both rc and
protestant. I am happy to leave you to tend
to them while I press on to know the Lord and the
power of His resurrection in my daily life.
Were I prone to worry Judy, YOU would not be
among those about whom I would. Why? I perceive you to be a completely and
utterly genuine believer, who esteems the Scriptures highly and who lives
what she believes. Now, when it comes to the hurling of epithets at those
servants of God about whom you possess no firsthand knowledge, I'd put you
alongside DaveH and Blainer and their knowledge of the TRUE GOSPEL.
(Believe it or not, this is a sort of compliment, Judy)
I wonder if the Bereans had done any reading of
primary source material when they examined what Paul
preached.
Also the apostle John, I wonder if he had read
source material when he exhorted 1st Century Christians not to even
wish a false teacher
"godspeed" for if they did they would be a "partaker of his evil
deeds" If I were prone to worry
you would worry me
Lance. You are more concerned about these men than you are about Jesus
Himself and the
ministry of the Spirit of Christ. IMO you
need to do more primary reading from the source of all Truth - then
you
will more accurately be qualified to discern
between good and evil. Your qualifications are not those of
Christ.
YOU JUDY are not entitled to call it
anything, IMO. You've not done, insofar as I know, any reading of
primary source material (2 vol Institutes, Commentaries). It's akin to
hearing an atheist condemn the teachings of the Scriptures based upon
the same sort of evidentiary inquiry that you've conducted with John
Calvin.
Would Calvinistic heresay be acceptable
Lance? Where did the doctrine called Calvinism come from if
not from
him? What should we call doctrine
taken from his institutes and taught in our 20th Century
Churches? Can I call
it teachings of Calvin that Lance calls
hearsay?
With apologies (sort of) in advance
to David Miller and Linda Shields, I ask you once again, Judy: Do
you believe that you are MORE DISCERNING THAN JOHN CALVIN?
IMO, your regard for Scriptures appears to be second to nobody on
TT. (regard NOT being the same thing as understanding). However,
you do indeed appear to read/study and live it insofar as you are
enabled. Scripture is a primary source for you. Amen! for that.
Now, other than the blessed internet, how much
of John Calvin's own writings, have you actually read. Do you
possess anything whatsoever by him? If all that you know of him
would be classed as 'hearsay' then do cease and desist from your
unfounded allegations hereafter. Stick to that which
you claim to understand, please?.
Sure they do, they camp around John
Calvin don't they? Why do you think there are so
many
different doctrines all claiming to be
the truth?
..do Bible readers 'camp' around theological
error in your neck of the woods?
CPL, Are [Bible] readers who believe
that JC taught that encouraging the baptism of the HS for
the already converted 'sums up the Law and Prophets'
Christian/s?
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Matt 7:11 is a
scripture that is used to encourage people to seek the
Baptism in the Holy
Spirit... jt
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for reference:
7:12So in everything, do [the
good] to others [t]hat you would have them do to
you, for this sums up the Law and the
Prophets.
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
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