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1  Theology / Debate / Re:Calvinism on: June 04, 2004, 01:03:07 AM
Amen, "Hands and Feet of Jesus"!  I found some very inspiring testimonies here and here of those who've come to believe in God's sovereign grace.  It's so comforting knowing that my salvation rests completely with God.  If it depended on me at all, I'd be going to Hell.

Romans 9:15-16 (NIV)
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For he says to Moses,
   "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
       and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.

May God richly bless you,

Chuck
2  Theology / General Theology / Re:Calvinism/Arminianism on: May 29, 2004, 09:08:41 PM
Hello, "Hands and Feet of Jesus" and Reba.  Like you, I'm a five-point Calvinist.  Smiley

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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