simply seth
Joined : 30 Jan 2008
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|  Subject: arminianism .......  Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:19 pm | |
| can arminanism lead one to try to "win the lost" by extra biblical methods ?
I see on another board people passionately defending their right to use extra-biblical methods to "reach the lost"
So I was wondering ... is that because they see in themselves the power to get people saved and/or the power being in their method to get people saved ?
Seems like things are easier in calvinism, you preach the Gospel , God saves, THE END.
Am I off base ?
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Expositor
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| | Subject: Re: arminianism ....... Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:27 pm | |
| | simply seth wrote: | can arminanism lead one to try to "win the lost" by extra biblical methods ?
I see on another board people passionately defending their right to use extra-biblical methods to "reach the lost"
So I was wondering ... is that because they see in themselves the power to get people saved and/or the power being in their method to get people saved ?
Seems like things are easier in calvinism, you preach the Gospel , God saves, THE END.
Am I off base ?
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No, I don't think you're off base at all, Seth.
I think you might have a good point. Peep my signature. It's a quote from a bangin' (too much philly) book by Will Metzger called "Tell the Truth." When you don't really have a good understanding of God's active role in salvation, you're likely to try to do almost anything to win souls for Christ. After all, usually their mindset is that in order to win souls, you must think of clever ways to do it. When salvation is a mere human decision, the pride of man thinks he can sway someone by his arguments. Not so. No one gets saved outside of the Lord saving them completely.
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It's true that doctrine divides. It's also true that love unifies. The unity we have in the faith is rooted and grounded in truth and love. Remove truth (right theology and doctrine) from the mix and you have less than Biblical unity. Remove love and you have no unity. Love causes us to seek truth and share that truth with others so that we become more unified. God is truth, and as we are more acquainted with His truth, the closer we are to Him, and the closer we become to each other |
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simply seth
Joined : 30 Jan 2008
Posts : 280
| | Subject: Re: arminianism ....... Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:22 pm | |
| aight coo .. 'cause I'm startin' ta see stuff different now that I have a more reformed view
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Sonshine
Joined : 02 May 2008
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| | Subject: Re: arminianism ....... Sat May 03, 2008 8:44 pm | |
| | simply seth wrote: | aight coo .. 'cause I'm startin' ta see stuff different now that I have a more reformed view
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its not our reformed views its just about how God does things, its all in the Bible. if we try to sway people with our words then are they really getting saved?
salvation isnt a mere human decision its a supernatural work of the holy spirit, all we have to do is preach the truth, and the conviction of the holy spirit will draw men to repent of their sin, then cause them to be saved. |
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