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One petal down four to go. The problem is they all have to fall together.

One thing Calvin got right.

I agree that the call comes from God at the time of His choosing (not prevenient grace). A man can say no - this is not Reformed theology which says that God predestines from eternity who will respond. God calls, man answers (which is not works) and his spirit is reborn if he says yes. But...

@Johann, My view is that God gives every man a chance John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9That was...

I agree with the early church - of course.

"Resistible Grace ( refuting calvinisms " I " irresistible grace ) Acts 7:51 “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. Matthew 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden...

A lot to go through but for now, I will just say that this belief is incorrect and Pelagius did say that grace is required. He was deemed a heretic because of the efforts of Augustine but later exonerated. I will post an articel I wrote about the dispute between Augustine and Pelagius. "The...

https://classicalchristianity.com/2011/05/09/eastern-orthodox-view-of-calvinism/

Johann wrote: "While Augustine, Calvin, and Luther were influenced by their intellectual contexts, their primary source was always Scripture. They used philosophical tools to articulate and defend biblical truths, not to replace or distort them. For example, Augustine's use of Platonic thought...

God gave us brains to use - sanctified ones of course, in accordance with the level at which we have been blessed. There is also the issue of damage done to the brain due to abuse of drugs alcohol and highly processed food which we need to heal with lifestyle changes. That does not mean sitting...

A carnal person preaches holiness sister?? It is the carnal who preach up sin and being 'covered'. Anyway, you don't know what Christ has led me to do, do you. Someone has to study church history and theology.

I don't think any of us have the ability to pronounce as such as we cannot possible know of all cases. I have heard of a few cases when it is very suspicious that it is indeed taking place for example when someone is hungering and thirsting for righteousness. Who knows what unintelligible words...

Peter was fully sanctified ie baptized by the Spirit when he 'fell out' when he became afraid of the Jewish segment, claiming a believer needed to carry on with their customs. One knows in this state whether there are any sinful thought coming from the heart where scripture says that sin comes...

@Lizbeth Johann is correct, that it is nothing to do with our own efforts. It is entirely by the power of God that we are given a pure heart, sometime after conversion, whereby the heart is definitely purer but not completely pure. We do have times when we seem to be walking in this purity as...

I have found that things change whenever I remember to concentrate on thanking God for all things in my life as they are today, even the bad things. He promises to work all things for the good.

Dear sister, there is nothing to feel hopeless about, regarding intellectual skills. We are not judged on those but on whether we obeyed Christ. The devil is far more clever and intellectual than any of us but does not make the grade. Intelligence is what we are born with, and we are to thank...

I believe that we need to ask ourselves what the early church believed about Atonement. The following are the early theories until Augustine: The ransom theory, which teaches that the death of Christ was a ransom sacrifice, usually said to have been paid to Satan, in satisfaction for the...

I am taking a break.