Take a careful look.
Is this a gospel truth?
Do you agree with
this statement?
"The wrath of
God abides upon those who believe not this gospel. But such as receive it and
embrace Jesus the Saviour by a true and living faith are by Him delivered from
the wrath of God and from destruction, and have the gift of eternal life
conferred upon them." Canon of Dort
1.4
May I inquire:
1. Those who have not been delivered from the wrath of God - are they capable of receiving and embracing Jesus the Saviour by a true and living faith?
2. Those who have not been conferred with the gift of eternal life - are they capable of receiving and embracing Jesus the Saviour by a true and living faith?
- Those whom God has not conferred the gift of eternal life, are they capable of exercising a true and living faith?
- Those whom God has not conferred the gift of eternal life, are they capable of receiving and embracing Jesus the Saviour?
"Except a man be born again... (except a man be conferred eternal life), he CANNOT... CANNOT... CANNOT... "
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Comments
Ronny
This statement is to
dispute the 5-point claim of the Arminians.
Sing
So what exactly is
the Arminian error refuted by this article 4?
Ronny
#4 is just a
statement of faith
Sing
But you said,
"This statement is to dispute the 5-point claim of the Arminians."
That's why I
inquired, which particular point of the 5-point claim of the Arminians is
disputed by Canon 1, Article 4.
OK. If #4 is just a
statement of faith, do you agree with the statement? Why or why not?
Ronny
As a statement of
faith... I must say that I do agree.
Sing
Do you agree that
the statement teaches that eternal life is CONFERRED UPON THEM that receive the
gospel and embrace the Savior by a true and living faith, that is, the
conferral of eternal life is CONDITIONED upon some activities of man?
Do you agree that
the statement teaches that deliverance from the wrath of God and from
destruction (I assume that eternal destruction is meant) is CONDITIONED upon
man's act of receiving the gospel and embracing Jesus the Savior by a true and
living faith?
Do you agree that
the statement teaches, by necessary implication, that a man not yet conferred
with eternal life, therefore STILL dead in trespasses and sins, is able to
receive the gospel, AND embrace Jesus the Savior?
Do you agree that
the statement teaches, by necessary implication, that a man not yet conferred
with eternal life, therefore STILL dead in trespasses and sins, is capable of a
true and living faith?
Please correct me if
I have read the statement incorrectly.
Thank you.
Ronny
It is now past
midnight here; I'll read the questions tomorrow and comment.
Noel
Embracing the
Lordship of Christ is not mentioned.... therefore, it is not a gospel.
Correct me if i'm
wrong
(DanDel has deleted his comments)
Sing
DanDel, you have
a good point there! Thanks.
'... ARE
DELIVERED... HAVE .... CONFERRED UPON THEM...' >> HAVE BEEN DELIVERED...
HAVE BEEN CONFERRED.
Ronny
All I need to do is
correct my first comment: it should read, "the entire canon of Dort is to
dispute the 5 points of the Arminians". Secondly, for me, regeneration is
monergistic ( God alone) and never synergistic.
Sing
Ronny,
does the Holy Spirit need the preaching of the gospel to regenerate those dead
in trespasses and sins?
