I would like anyone's thoughts on how Piper reconciles God's election of some and John 3:16, particularly the phrase, "...that whoever believes". How do you...
Here are some questions: Is John 3:16 a promise? Is John 3:16 a condition of one comes to Christ? How does one come to believe in Christ? If Christ died for...
The phrase "whoever believes" says nothing about the scope of the availability of salvation. It simply gives the prerequisite for eternal life (believing) and...
Simply put ......John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.........All who believe and...
Was wondering about the following passage and hope you Greek scholars can shed some light on this passage. In the ESV - Titus 2:11 reads "For the grace of God ...
... That is an excellent question and many have already given it a spin. Calvinists like Piper do not shy away from John 3:16 nor do they have to do large...
I know a little Greek and a little Hebrew. The little Greek owns a deli and the little Hebrew owns a bagel shop ;-) Actually, with the limited Greek knowledge...
... I do not justify anything. Only God justifies. However, this statement is true: No one believes, except God elect them to believe, and deliver the belief...
Thanks, Doug: Yes, what you wrote helped alot and I appreciated your humor! I realized later my question actually dealt with limited atonement more than...
Limited Atonement for me was the hardest pill to swallow of 5-point Calvinism. I guess it was mostly because of the misrepresentation of the view that I had...
... Well-said. It's not "double-election," God damning some, electing some. All are damned, God would be just for not saving even one!! I think the problem...
I came out of a church which subscribed heavily to the Dallas Theological Seminary/Grace Evangelical Society/Free Grace train of thought. Piper has wrangled...
Doug, Well said. I like to put it this way to those troubled by the teaching. Jesus Christ did not die in vain for any of those His Father gave Him. They "all"...
God's decree of election is clearer to me today than it was several years ago. These passages of scripture have helped me understand the sticky issue of...
Keep in mind that, with the Nazis treatment of Jews, it is understood that NONE deserve the Nazi gas chamber yet randomly they were condemned to it. With GOD,...
Steve Fuchs
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Mar 4, 2006 6:37 pm
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... Exactly. The only problems with the above arise within those human beings who believe, against the Word of God, that God treats all human beings exactly...
... I know what you mean. What convinced me of the doctrine of Particular Redemption (why accept a misleading label like "limited") was Al Martin's teaching...
... I'm no Greek scholar, but "all" does not necessarily mean "each and every individual". For example, the Pharisees stated in John that the "whole world" had...
I can't begin to tell you how much I am loving this list! Can I ask a question: In reckoning myself Dead to sin and alive to Christ I am no longer under the ...
... Me too! ... I find nothing in Scripture which states or implies that it is the Law which commends us now. I suggest that God would have to increase the ...
John 17 is pretty convincing on Definite Atonement, I think. Christ prays specifically, just before he dies, for the elect. He takes trouble to show he means...
... Yep. Today our pastor discussed the theme from D.A. Carson's book, "The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God." Carson develops the idea that there are...
... Me three! :-) ... I would rather say that Christ satisfied the Law and we hide in Him. God, the great Judge, views us as having lived our entire lives in...
It's pretty convincing unless you don't want to see it. I have shared that and other verses more than once in the debates on the Baptist Bulletin Board, and...
It's a scary thing, but when reading people like Calvin, Edwards, Spurgeon, and the Puritans, I was somewhat surprised to see they used the Law in their...
... It's exciting, because you can avoid the place of argument, the intellect, where for example the atheist is so well grounded. Get to the conscience, the...
... Correction, I know the Holy Spirit worked in that girls' heart. It's the only way someone will pray a "sinner's prayer" from the heart without even being...
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