"For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved it is the power of God"?
This
is such a plain and simple declaration by the Apostle Paul. However, the wise
and prudent - the elitist Calvinists and their despised cousins Arminians -
don't get its plain sense and continue to hold on to their cherished fable, the
fiction of gospel regeneration, i.e. their gospel preaching is a necessary
instrument for the Spirit to effect His work of regenerating the dead.
CAN'T
you see that such notion is completely repudiated by the Apostolic statement,
"For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved it is the power of God"?
The
gospel preaching comes to two distinct groups of people: "them that
perish" and "us which ARE saved."
"Us
which are saved" are there FIRST, the gospel preaching is brought to them.
Don't you get that? And because they ARE SAVED, they perceived the gospel of
Jesus Christ as declaring the power of in saving them.
The
same glorious gospel is perceived as foolishness by the other group; the simple
and plain reason is that spiritual things are spiritually discerned, and except
a man be born again, he cannot see spiritual things.
This
is as plain as day BUT the gospel regenerationists insist that they are
preaching the gospel to those dead in trespasses and sins - i.e. "them
that perish" - and as they preach, the Holy Spirit uses their preaching to
regenerate their hearers; they are instrumental in the regeneration of those
dead in trespasses and sins. Give themselves a pat on the back!
They
are not content with the lofty role of converting those already saved, by God's
free grace, to the truth of their salvation.
Who
has bewitched them??
