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Our Purpose: to show you the love of Jesus Christ, His promises of
Salvation & Blessings and to spread the Good News to the ends of the
Earth [Mark 16:15]. We're also here to edify the church
[Ephesians 4:11-12].
Calvinism is rather an interesting theological perspective.
I do know that Christ's atoning death was predestined from
eternity, this we can be sure of (Micah 5:2). I have not yet
found any reference in the Bible to an individual being
predetermined to salvation. Only in relation to the
predetermined event of Christ's death. There is a reference
in Romans chapter 11 to predestination but in context I think Paul is talking about the Jews. Alas the individual may not in fact be preordained to salvation. But when the passages relating
to predertimination are read in context, then yes salvation
is attained through the predetermined death of Christ.
But you can hold to whatever fine theological lean
you may have been taught. But even if you were a
professing Cavinist it may not follow that you
were predestined to salvation. So again the only
safety is found in Christ.
"What will seperate us from the Love of God...", interesting
that sin is not mentioned. Rightly so. The apostle Paul warns repeatedly that sin is deceptive and therefore the only
approach that one may take is an obsession with Christ.
He even goes so far as to say "Pray without ceasing".
Christ is the subject of this website. Christ is the core
of the bible. Christology is the theological lean that I
have, and am proud of that.
Well, after all the posts on this thread and the previous closed thread, maybe everything has been said. The "did Christ die for everybody" question seems to be a sticking point. I guess I don't see that it needs to be any trouble.
I read John 6:44 - "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; ..." And, of course, Romans 9:21 - "Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?"
So, here goes. Christ did die for the sins of the world. His blood was sufficient for every sin to be washed away. However, those who reject Him, without His blood washing them, their sins remain. Their status as God-haters / Truth-haters remains.
To me, this seems to be the one-and-only "unforgivable sin." That is, denying the Truth that is Christ. Without Christ as Savior, all sins a person has still remain.