I wanted to share a thought. Yesterday as I was leaving. I was asked a question, Who created OSAS? My answer was God. Sadly I was in a hurry (I was already 5 minutes past the time I should have left) and did not give it more thought. But then on my way home. I was thinking. The word OSAS is not in the bible. So how can we say God created it. Also. I was asked to prove it in the bible.. How can I when the word or acronym (which is what it really is) is not in scripture.
So this morning, something woke me up at 2: 30 AM. And I got to thinking about this. Wanted to share my thoughts.
While the Acronym OSAS may not be in scripture. The word Trinity is not either, Yet we can show that there is evidence the trinity is true. When I look back on my many years in Christian chat rooms. I think of the many times I have heard the term OSAS. When I think about why the word was used, I saw that most of the time the term was used, It was used as a derogatory anti-Calvin term. or that the term gives people a license to sin.
The term may be related to the P in Tulip. Which states a saint will persevere. Well this is a flawed statement, It is in response to Armenian thought we must persevere till the end. The problem is it depends on self. For a doctrine that rejects all aspects of free will or works, it resorts to an argument that we will work to keep ourself in the faith. This is not what scripture teaches.
Any way, this is beside the point. We are not arguing Calvin theology, if anyone wishes to open a thread. I will gladly show how every point of TULIP is flawed.
I personally do not open threads or talk about a belief in OSAS.. nor does it really even make sense. I know one guy in one chatroom that every other thread he started was an OSAS thread (for) and a lot of it was out of anger..which is a second thing I notice about this term. Some of the most heated arguments and hateful words I have ever seen in a Christian room are over this term. I have literally seen people from both sides get so out of hand. Mods have to shut down the threads. And I have seen many of them get banned from that chat room. Why is this? Are we not supposed to be brothers and sisters? Why does it instill such deep emotion and anger is many good people? Is it because of the Arminian/Calvin debate? Is it because it concerns the gospel, and no one likes to be told they are wrong? Why is this? ( I must confess I have also been drawn to anger over this discussion. so I am not trying to blame everyone else. I am guilty as well)
