Hello, "Hands and Feet of Jesus" and Reba. Like you, I'm a five-point Calvinist.
Romans 3:10-11 (KJV) "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth,
there is none that seeketh after God."
Matthew 1:21 "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins."
John 6:37-44 "All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out... No man
can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him".
Romans 8:28-30 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."
Ephesians 1:4-5 "According as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will".
Acts 13:48 "and
as many as were ordained to eternal life believed".
It's so comforting to know that God loves me too much to even let me
choose Hell, even though I totally deserve it. But, I agree with both of you. I would never call Billy Graham a heretic. Arminians are just as much brothers and sisters in Christ as Calvinists are. But, I believe "Calvinism" is the Gospel in its fullest sense. Salvation, from start to finish, is entirely the work of God.
May Our Sovereign Lord Bless You,
Chuck
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