https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/1182086067794
December
11, 2012
Here is
a popular and prevalent belief among Christians. Do I represent it
accurately? It goes like this:
- God
gives the gift of faith to the UN-saved, i.e. those still in their native state
of sins and death...
- The
recipient of this gift then makes use of that gift to accept Jesus Christ as
Lord and Savior...
- As and
when he does so, he is given the gift of eternal salvation from God.
- And
all this is STILL salvation by God's free grace.
I do
abhor misrepresentation. May I know if the above is a fair and accurate
representation of that popular belief? Is that your understanding of how you
are saved by God?
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13
Comments
Dellis
Layne Worsham Sr.
No Sing,
If one has faith to believe, isn't he saved? or can he reject salvation and
remain a believing lost man?
Julio Jr
Perez Postrero
"God
gives the gift of faith to the UN-saved,"
--------
for we know that faith is
after life... God gives the gift of faith to the saved...
Sing F
Lau
Dellis
Layne Worsham Sr. and Julio Postrero, thank you for pointing out the obvious
logical fallacy of the position I stated.
But before we can deal with the soundness of the belief, we need to make sure that we have represented the belief accurately?
Sing F
Lau
Thanks, Brother Scott Collinge. Then the belief I have stated would be descriptive of
the Calvinists!
Sing F
Lau
Julio,
God gives the gift of eternal salvation to the unsaved so that they are saved
to the uttermost. The indwelling Spirit works the grace of faith and all other
saving graces in them that are saved.
PJ
Walters
These
seem to be accurately stated and fairly asked. I know of many Reformed brethren
who hold such a position and a few Arminian brethren.
Julio Jr
Perez Postrero
thanks... Ptr.
Sing F Lau..
Charles
Page
The
administrator of MABTS gave me the School's handbook to read thinking my
reading their doctrinal position would convince me that the sign I was holding
was (Repent Semi-Pelagians) incorrect. I saw him again another day when he came
out to see if I had read the book. I opened the book and showed him the
underlined words "The Holy Spirit regenerates the one who makes Jesus
Christ Lord" and it was like a light come on in his facial expression.
"I guess that is not a good statement!" he said and turned, got in
his golf cart and left.
Dellis
Layne Worsham Sr.
Sing, I
read your article and really made sense of it. I have come to know you as one
who does not pull punches and I am one who can take one if it means keeping me
on track. Your answer to my post leaves me guessing whether I pointed it out
the wrong or right way. please elaborate.
