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发帖数: 3781 | 1 看看，经上明明说了上帝要全世界每个人都悔改。如果上帝只是拣选了一小部分人悔改
，那就与这句话冲突了！
使徒行傳 Acts 17:30
世人蒙昧無知的時候, 神並不監察, 如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men ev
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发帖数: 3781 | 2 Depravity Equals Inability?
Most Christians, if asked whether man by nature is totally depraved, would l
ikely respond in the affirmative with, perhaps, some reservation concerning
the word "totally." However, the Calvinists' view of the obvious sinfulness
of mankind goes far beyond the average Christian's ordinary understanding of
depravity. As another leading Calvinist states, "Paul's assessment of perso
ns apart from Christ may justly be summed up in the theological categories o
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发帖数: 9485 | 3 What do Mormons believe about Jesus Christ? Do Mormons believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God?
-------Jesus Christ is the literal Son of God. His birth, life, death, and
resurrection fulfilled the many prophecies contained in the scriptures
concerning the coming of a Savior. He was the Creator, He is our Savior, and
He will be our Judge (see Isaiah 9:6, 53:3-7; Psalms 22:16-18).
Under the direction of our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ created the earth (
John 1:10; Hebrews 1:2).
When Jesus ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9485 | 4 What do Mormons believe concerning the doctrine of grace?
-------The prophet Joseph Smith taught ‘Therefore ye are justified of faith
and works, through grace...’ (see JST Romans 4:16). The Book of Mormon
teaches ‘For we labor diligently to write to persuade our children, and
also our brethren to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we
know that it is by grace we are saved after all we can do’ (2 Nephi 25:23).
The Book of Mormon adds ‘all that we could do [was to] repent of all ou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9485 | 5 What is the Atonement of Jesus Christ? Why was it necessary for Jesus Christ
to sacrifice His life?
---------It is impossible to put into words the full meaning of the
Atonement, which is the most important and most transcendent event in the
history of the world. Through His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and
on the cross, the Savior atoned for our sins. This is the good news for all
people!
We can’t fully understand how Jesus suffered for our sins. But we know that
in the Garden of Geths... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 637 | 6 使徒行傳 Acts 17:30
世人蒙昧無知的時候, 神並不監察, 如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
圣经这么清晰的说明了上帝要全体人类悔改，如果像加尔文主义宣传的那样，上帝预定
了大部分人类下地狱，那上帝为何又要求他们悔改了？显然加尔文主义不是基督教，是
邪教
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发帖数: 3781 | 7 Yes, "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for the
y are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiri
tually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14). However, this cannot be speaking of
the gospel. In scores of places the gospel is plainly offered to the whole w
orld. That Paul does not here have the gospel in mind is clear from the cont
ext. Paul is not referring to the gospel that is to be preached to all manki
nd, but to "the wisdom of God in a myst... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 8 Yes, "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for the
y are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiri
tually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14). However, this cannot be speaking of
the gospel. In scores of places the gospel is plainly offered to the whole w
orld. That Paul does not here have the gospel in mind is clear from the cont
ext. Paul is not referring to the gospel that is to be preached to all manki
nd, but to "the wisdom of God in a myst... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 9 Born Again Before Salvation?
Explaining Calvinism carefully, Palmer reiterates that no man can understand
the gospel and that this "lack of understanding is also a part of man's dep
ravity ... all minds are blind, unless they are regenerated." 17 The thoroug
hly Calvinistic London Baptist Confession of 1689 stated, "As a consequence
of his fall into a state of sin, man ... is not able, by any strength of his
own, to turn himself to God, or even to prepare himself to turn to God." 18
According to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 10 by Dave Hunt
Calvinists can, of course, find many scriptures describing man's evil heart
and practices. None of these scriptures, however, states that a man cannot b
elieve the gospel unless he is one of the elect and has been given that fait
h by a sovereign act of God.
Pink declares that "the sinner, of himself, cannot repent and believe." 20 F
or all of their insistence upon man's inability to believe the gospel and to
receive Christ, however, Calvinists cannot agree among themselves. J.I. Pa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 11 Calvinists claim that Jesus Christ only died for the elect.
Calvinists reason that the blood of Jesus shall be effective. If Jesus died
for you, you must be saved whatsoever.
So Calvinists will not say Jesus died for you because you might not be the e
lect.
on the contrary, Arminians claim that Jesus died for all human beings. Yes,
Jesus died for you as well! But a person must recieve Jesus Christ as savio
r and repent his/her sin so that the holy blood will become effective to him
self/herse... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 57 | 12 Are You Ready?
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September 20, 2011 — by C. P. Hia
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Read: 2 Peter 3:1-13
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise. —2 Peter 3:9
Bible in a year:
Ecclesiastes 4-6; 2 Corinthians 12
Many will remember the fall season of 2008 as the beginning of the worst fin
ancial crisis since the Great Depression of 1929. In the months to follow, m
any lost their jobs, homes, and investments. In a BBC intervi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 13 chapter 11.1 A Gate And A Path
Recognizing a number of such phases in the life and experience of a believer
, we note now a further fact, namely that, though these phases do not
necessarily occur always in a fixed and precise order, they seem to be
marked by certain recurring steps or features. What are these steps? First
there is revelation. As we have seen, this always precedes faith and
experience. Through His Word God opens our eyes to the truth of some fact
concerning His Son, and then only... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 14 chapter 11.1 A Gate And A Path
Recognizing a number of such phases in the life and experience of a believer
, we note now a further fact, namely that, though these phases do not
necessarily occur always in a fixed and precise order, they seem to be
marked by certain recurring steps or features. What are these steps? First
there is revelation. As we have seen, this always precedes faith and
experience. Through His Word God opens our eyes to the truth of some fact
concerning His Son, and then only... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 15 by Dave Hunt
Which Comes First, Salvation Or Faith?
Nowhere from Genesis to Revelation does the Bible teach that sinful man, wit
hout first being regenerated, is incapable of repenting of his sins, turning
to God and believing the gospel. On the contrary, it is all too clear that
faith precedes salvation and is in fact a condition of salvation. There are
scores of verses declaring that we are saved through faith, through believin
g on the Lord Jesus Christ as He is presented in the gospel. This ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1776 | 16 CHAPTER XXVII
Of the Sacraments
I. Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace,[511] immedi
ately instituted by God,[512] to represent Christ, and his benefits; and to
confirm our interest in him:[513] as also, to put a visible difference betwe
en those that belong unto the church, and the rest of the world;[514] and so
lemnly to engage them to the service of God in Christ, according to his Word
.[515]
II. There is, in every sacrament, a spiritual relation, or sacramental union
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发帖数: 1776 | 17 CHAPTER XXXIII
Of the Last Judgment
I. God hath appointed a day, wherein he will judge the world, in righteousne
ss, by Jesus Christ,[573] to whom all power and judgment is given of the Fat
her.[574] In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged,[575] b
ut likewise all persons that have lived upon earth shall appear before the t
ribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; a
nd to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or
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发帖数: 1911 | 18 看看，我不来揭露加尔文邪教行吗？看看这位改革宗又在宣传什么
发信人: TrustInJesus (我信基督), 信区: TrustInJesus
标 题: Re: 婴儿无罪，耶稣的赎价会救赎所有不幸夭折的小孩子
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Sep 27 01:33:03 2011, 美东)
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发帖数: 340 | 19 nobody has the ability to repent, until he has been born again |
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发帖数: 1911 | 20 马可福音16章16节 信而受洗的，必然得救；不信的，必被定罪。
according to bible, Non-Trinitarian Christians shall be saved too. Perceivi
ng that the doctrine of Trinity is not a clear teaching of Jesus Christ. We
shall allow Chrisitans to have different views about The Divinity of Christ
.
As long as a person acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the son of God; Jesus d
ied on the cross for all mankind (Calvinists deny this); repent sins; accept
Jesus Christ as personal savior, this person is saved by faith. Peroid.
Calvinists... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 21 by Dave Hunt
The Calvinist seems unaware of the contradiction in what he is saying. Bryso
n raises a logical question:
And since the unregenerate are reprobate [predestined to damnation by God' d
ecree] as a result of a choice made by God alone, how could they be responsi
ble for their lostness ... and inevitable damnation? 3
It would be a mocking, a taunt for God to promise man that if he would earne
stly and sincerely seek Him he would find Him, if in fact it were impossible
for man to do so u... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 22
This key is, do you accept God's love -- do you accept Jesus Christ as your
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发帖数: 5754 | 23
This key is, do you accept God's love -- do you accept Jesus Christ as your
savior, repent, get baptized and become a Christian? |
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发帖数: 1911 | 24 Cited from the book by Dave Hunt
That God the Potter (1) has the right to do with men as He pleases, and (2)
endures with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath we do not deny. That is
all, however, that this passage tells us - it does not tell us what His des
ire is.
Numerous other passages, however, do tell us in the clearest terms that God
desires all to come to repentance and the knowledge of the truth, that He is
not willing that any should perish and takes no pleasure... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 25 As I said to sishu before, don't worry about "世人" or any theology, worry
about yourself first -- now you have heard the gospel ( and I assume
probably read some verses of the Bible as well), are you going to repent and
accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? If you accept, you have accepted God's grace & love. If you reject, you have no one
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发帖数: 10575 | 26 The Necessity of Knowing God and His Power
Section VII.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/luther/bondage.viii.i.html
Sect. VII. — BUT I will set your theology before your eyes by a few
similitudes. — What if any one, intending to compose a poem, or an oration,
should never think about, nor inquire into his abilities, what he could do,
and what he could not do, nor what the subject undertaken required; and
should utterly disregard that precept of Horace, “What the shoulders can
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发帖数: 10575 | 27 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/luther/bondage.viii.ii.html
Sect. VIII. — ANOTHER part of the sum of Christianity is, to know, whether
God foreknows any thing by contingency, or whether we do all things from
necessity. This part also you make to be irreligious, curious, and vain, as
all the wicked do: the devils , and the damned also, make it detestable and
execrable. And you shew your wisdom in keeping yourself clear from such
questions, wherever you can do it. But however, you are but a very poor
rhe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 28 1:26-27 Paul repeats his refrain: God gave them over… to their dishonorabl
e passions (pavqh ajtimiva", pathe atimias). God gave them over to go agains
t the created order and design. The thought of such judgment is horrifying s
ince the people are totally unaware of it.
And again, there is the centrality of sexual sin, though this time homosexua
lity, which was rampant and honored in Greco-Roman culture, is particularly
singled out: their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 29 1:26-27 Paul repeats his refrain: God gave them over… to their dishonorabl
e passions (pavqh ajtimiva", pathe atimias). God gave them over to go agains
t the created order and design. The thought of such judgment is horrifying s
ince the people are totally unaware of it.
And again, there is the centrality of sexual sin, though this time homosexua
lity, which was rampant and honored in Greco-Roman culture, is particularly
singled out: their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 30 B. Translation of Passage in NET
2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someon
e else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, bec
ause you who judge practice the same things.
2:2 Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against tho
se who practice such things.
2:3 And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice suc
h things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?
2:4 Or do you ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 31 C. Full Exegetical Outline
I. Jews who judge Gentiles hypocritically, thus despising God’s mercy, will
themselves be judged by God impartially according to truth and their works
(2:1-11).
A. Jews who judge Gentiles hypocritically are without excuse since they prac
tice the same sins and will also be judged by God in accordance with the tru
th (2:1-4)
1. The Jews are without excuse when they judge Gentiles because they practic
e the same sins (2:1).
2. Paul and other Jews know that the judgment o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 32 E. Exposition Proper
Romans 2:1-16 is a powerful passage about the nature of God’s justice. That
much—and more—is quite clear. But the passage is not without its interpre
tive difficulties. One such difficulty worth discussing here involves the qu
estion of to whom the passage is directed. Some have argued that the princip
al referent for the passage is the moral Gentile who has not sinned like oth
er Gentiles in the ways Paul has outlined in 1:18-32. Paul wants to have a w
ord with this “moral ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 33 2:1-4 The Jew who judges Gentiles has no excuse because at the same point at
which he judges another he condemns himself. Why? Well, when he judges, he
admits that such behavior is wrong, and worthy of just punishment from God,
yet he himself knowingly commits the same sins.
Paul’s point is that since God’s judgment is based on truth and not on any
fudging of the grades for the sake of the “chosen” crowd, the Jew is equa
lly held accountable to God. Jews cannot condemn others for their sins when... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 34 Why Does God Strive?
In the very context of the first expose of man's wicked heart, which the Cal
vinist offers as proof of Total Depravity, we hear God saying, "My spirit sh
all not always strive with man" (Genesis 6:3). How can there be a real "stri
ving" if man is dead in sin and therefore cannot even hear, much less be per
suaded? The Calvinist insists that being spiritually dead in sin means that
man can no more hear the gospel or respond to God than a physically dead man
could. Why would t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 35 Study By: Greg Herrick
A. Introduction
Hypocrisy—carefully presenting one appearance on the outside, while clingin
g to another on the inside—is declared by Jesus to be like a white washed t
omb. Such houses for the dead look great, however, even impressive on the ou
tside, but… and you know how the rest of that goes (cf. Matt 23:27). Two st
ories illustrate well the nature of hypocrisy and the pain that comes with i
t.
The first is related by Stuart Briscoe. He tells the story of the time he wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 36 F. Homiletical Idea and Outline
Idea: Closing the Gap—Restoring the Marriage of Claims and Conduct
I. What Is Our Role in the World (2:17-20)?
A. Our Claims
B. Our Witness
II. Be Careful for Hypocrisy (2:21-24)!
A. What Are Our Areas of Weakness?
B. What Does the Watching World Say?
III. What Do You Cling To As A Sign of Your Christianity (2:25-29)?
A. The Need for Inward Transformation
B. The Centrality of God over Human Opinion
G. Contribution of Passage to Systematic Theology
This passage spe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 37 Study By: Greg Herrick
A. Introduction
Hypocrisy—carefully presenting one appearance on the outside, while clingin
g to another on the inside—is declared by Jesus to be like a white washed t
omb. Such houses for the dead look great, however, even impressive on the ou
tside, but… and you know how the rest of that goes (cf. Matt 23:27). Two st
ories illustrate well the nature of hypocrisy and the pain that comes with i
t.
The first is related by Stuart Briscoe. He tells the story of the time he wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 38 F. Homiletical Idea and Outline
Idea: Closing the Gap—Restoring the Marriage of Claims and Conduct
I. What Is Our Role in the World (2:17-20)?
A. Our Claims
B. Our Witness
II. Be Careful for Hypocrisy (2:21-24)!
A. What Are Our Areas of Weakness?
B. What Does the Watching World Say?
III. What Do You Cling To As A Sign of Your Christianity (2:25-29)?
A. The Need for Inward Transformation
B. The Centrality of God over Human Opinion
G. Contribution of Passage to Systematic Theology
This passage spe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 39 by Dave Hunt
God being both just and merciful, neither of these qualities can triumph ove
r the other. God can only be merciful justly, not in spite of His justice. T
hus God could only forgive sinners because the penalty for sin was fully pai
d, as Paul declares in Romans 3:19-31. And that the penalty was paid for all
, making it possible for God to justly and mercifully forgive all, and not j
ust a special class of the elect, is declared repeatedly in Scripture, as we
shall see.
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发帖数: 3781 | 40 I am juding Christians
you have some kind of Calvinists smell these days
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发帖数: 4956 | 41 Once again, in the face of the immense international pressure that you have
helped place on Iran, its government is spreading more lies in an attempt to
divert media attention away from Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s deat
h sentence.
Now, a state-funded news agency is reporting that Pastor Nadarkhani’s convi
ction has been overturned by the Iranian Supreme Court for a new trial. Howe
ver, this is a blatant lie – it is regurgitating old information as if it w
ere new news.
What’s worse is t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1911 | 42 The Bible clearly teaches that the natural, unregenerated man can do good, a
nd it offers many examples. We have already quoted from Romans 2 how unsaved
Gentiles recognize God's moral laws in their consciences, seek to obey them
, have guilt when they don't and even judge one another by that standard. Ye
s, it says "there is none that doeth good, no, not one" (Romans 3:12). But J
esus also said...... ye do good to them which do good to you ... sinners als
o do even the same" (Luke 6:33). We mus... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 43
存在
老霍用行为证明了 that he've humbled himself and repented for whatever wrongs
he had committed.
Psalms 51:17 神 所 要 的 祭 ， 就 是 忧 伤 的 灵 。 神 阿 ， 忧 伤 痛 悔 的
心 ， 你 必 不 轻 看 。 |
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发帖数: 4956 | 44 【 以下文字转载自 Belief 讨论区 】
发信人: Godwithus (神与我们同在), 信区: Belief
标 题: Is Mormonism a cult?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 18 21:47:23 2011, 美东)
Is Mormonism a cult?
by Matt Slick
Yes, Mormonism is a cult. Mormonism, also called The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints (LDS), is not considered to be Christian by Christian
s. In fact, Mormonism teaches the following non Christian, non biblical doc
trines. (Note that all the documentation is taken from Mormon writers and M
ormon scriptures.)
God use... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 712 | 45 CALVIN BELIEVED IN INFANT BAPTISM
Calvin said, "Baptism is properly administered to infants is something owed
to them."
CALVIN BELIEVED IN SACRAMENTS EQUAL TO GOD'S WORD
"Therefore, let it be regarded as a settled principle that the sacraments
have the same office as the Word of God: to offer and set forth Christ to us
, and in him the treasures of heavenly grace."
CALVIN BELIEVED IN AMILLENNIALISM AND WAS AGAINST PREMILLENNIALISM
Calvin said, "But a little later there followed the Chiliasts, wh... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 46 by Dave Hunt
Simple Confusion Over Inability
Calvinists are to be commended for their zeal to protect God's sovereignty a
nd glory. They are concerned that if man could do anything toward his salvat
ion, that fact would rob God of some of the credit for saving him. Confusion
arises through failing to recognize the obvious distinction between man's i
nability to do anything for his salvation (which is biblical) and an alleged
inability to believe the gospel (which is not biblical). To believe the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 47 God call all mankind to repent. This call must be sincere. God want to
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发帖数: 3781 | 48 Study By: Greg Herrick
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A. Introduction
In his book, Kingdoms in Conflict, Charles Colson paints a dismal picture of
the state of commitment to God at the UN building complex in New York:
The United Nations complex sits on sixteen acres of New York City’s choices
t real estate, bordering the East River and Manhattan. The lean, immense Sec
retariat building rises into the sky, the sun reflecting off its window wall
s. Bright flags of the nations of the world ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 49 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field%28DOCID+
Thomas Jefferson to William Short, April 13, 1820
原文段落：
But while this Syllabus is meant to place the character of Jesus in it's
true and high light, as no imposter himself but a great Reformer of the
Hebrew code of religion, it is not to be understood that I am with him in
all his doctrines. I am a Materialist, he takes the side of spiritualism; he
preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin. I require a
counterpo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 50
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom38.v.vi.html
" He reasons now by stating things of a contrary nature, and proves that
there is no righteousness except what is conferred, or comes through the
gospel; for he shows that without this all men are condemned: by it alone
there is salvation to be found. And he brings, as the first proof of
condemnation, the fact,... 阅读全帖 |
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