Thank you for your consolatory reply.

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C.M.H. said:
I am not going to lie, Reformed theology is a hard thing to swallow especially growing up in a home and church that would oppose it as far as to try and kick a Reformed follower out..

Indeed Reformed theology is hard to swallow as it tells us the not very pretty truth about our depraved condition and the truth of our absolute need of God's grace and the perfect work of His Son in our salvation. The natural man will not and cannot believe that he plays no meritorious part in God's sure and predestined plan of salvation.

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As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. [John 6:66, NASB]


Without exception, no unregenerate man wants to hear that the God of Scripture is All and All.

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C.M.H. said:
While I still wont call myself a "Calvinist" (I feel that by calling myself that I am saying that I am a follower of Calvin, and not God)

I don't particularly appreciate this name either and I much prefer "Reformed", but it's a name that was given to us by the enemies of the doctines of grace. These are enemies who always attack and kill the man when it is really his (among many others, such as Luther) biblical message that they despise. It is my belief that Calvin himself would fly into a rage if he knew that his love for the God of the inspired Scripture was being called "Calvinism".

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [John 6:68]