predestination means predestined because God foreknew not because God is playing a board game with himself but because the perfection of free will free to err was given to us. I can see why reformed Calvanism is a reformation. Because it has to get over its problems but I don't know how that is possible, It has to be stricken completely instead of slowly melded back to Armenianism.
In reply to:[color:"blue"]t is even feasible to conclude that if God wills that all be saved that some will NOT be saved? This would make God's will fallible and is akin to the teaching of Atheism. For, if God is not in total control of all things; having determined all thing according to His immutable counsel, then there is no order to the universe. Events then would occur according to "fate or chance". And what is fate or chance, but no. . .thing.
The article stands. A perfect God bestows a perfect will and a perfect will must be allowed to freely in His image to choose . the will has been made so perfect it is truly in the image of God. That is a perfect God that would do this. No fate, free will. God of calvanism may not be God of the Bible because it kills free will and the image of God. God wills all to be saved but doesn't mean all so choose salvation. It doesn't make God fallible, it makes man fallible. It makes God infallible for giving us His image. It all the more glorifies Him that with His free will he never sins and thus we should reprove man for not choosing correctly. The perfection is in not automatons but in the free will being truly free.
In reply to:[color:"blue"]Arminianism teaches that Christ only provided a "possibility" salvation which is ultimately determined by what a person does. (faith+works=salvation).
Choice is not a doing or a worth. choice is so perfect made in the image of God it is a faith unto grace. Saved by grace through free will's choice that must be given in order to be truly free to choose. limited atonement is true in that it is only some who likely be saved but it is false in that God handpicks the saved ahead time like a booky who has the odds fixed ahead of time before the game even begins. God the booky does not exist. God the open door policy guy says all can come in and leaves it up to man's free will who actually does come. This is righteous of God to do this to never mess with man's free will. This is the healthy way to think about it otherwise you run into all kinds of problems of puffiness calvs way and makiing it hard on folks who are coming to Christ when they look at a bunch of puffed up guys. I know that when I heard about Christ what drew me to Him was the fact I had a free choice, it was up to for to receive God's grace. IF I heard I was unsaved and that the only way to be saved was for God to hand pick you, then obviously I was not handpicked. Humbly now being saved I can say God chose me, not by handpicking but because before the foundation of the world He knew I would choose him now having chose him praise the lord. don't get all legalistic on free will be works or faith. it is a choice to have faith in God or not. IT is not a work. I didn't do anything. I chose I exercised my free will and God promised me if I chose Him He would choose me. Low and behond that is exactly what happened. Calvanism is fantasy life. Bring yourselfs down off that pedestal and be lowly and meek in Christ.
In reply to:the righteousness of Christ is not imputed to a sinner, how is it that a sinner is reckoned as righteous? Is he therefore justified by his own righteousness? (cf. Is 64:6; Rom 1:3-18) Or, is righteousness infused into an individual as the Roman Catholic Church and most all cults believe?
Imputation is true in that the Holy Spirit dwelling within gives the believer a new life and then can now for the first time receive things and be sensitive to things of God with a quickened spirit and renewed conscience. Grace works not by magic tricks but by man fulfilling the condition for God's working. IF man resists God will not supply. Man who is saved may resists God all his life and remain a very fleshly carnal Chrsitian. or the saved man could resist very little receive abundant supply. God has his part. We have our part. It is a relationship. In calvanism it is a one way street. In armenianism it a true relationship just like the Son has with His father and the Holy Spirit, 3 Persons in a relationship. Its not all grace, and its not all man. This is the healthy way, God's way of dealing.
So imputed yes. but not imputed to solve the problem of limited atonement specifically. See the differnce? With all many assumptions there is part truth and part additional assumption (and mistake). It is that part truth you are holding onto of automaton life that has a mistake of free will not being made in the image of God an imaged free will that is perfect not because it cannot sin but becaus it has free choice.
As for imputed righteous, I prefer it to be dependend not on playing pretend God that God has made up his mind alread so imputations are already devised but rather resistible, not unto unsalvation but unto life's living.
Once saved always saved I believe. The trick is a lot of people think they are saved that arent' and even some that don't think they are, are. When God gives the gift of eternal life he don't take it back, its eternal. I hope this isn't reason you are rejecting free will for perseverance of the saints is armenian truly. its our little itty bitty Christian pride I AM- SAVED. We can even have pride of salvation. Though it need not be so if remain humble in the Lord
This is how I Biblical refute this all, using all verses of scripture that are relevant that back this up.
