If Western Christians ever woke up to God's provisions & promises, we'd be a real threat to the gates of hell. We've settled for institutional church instead π΄
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Calvinism requires people to embrace & believe absurd, God-slandering ideas about God, who IS love, & about His provision for salvation & transformation...
yet Calvinists work diligently to convince everyone else that these are true, rational, reasonable, biblical "doctrines."
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@Biblethumpingwi, The Westminster Confession (3.1) explicitly says God ordained βwhatsoever comes to pass.β That includes evil.
Calvinists may distinguish decree from causation, but that doesn't erase the decree.
Quote your own confession before accusing others of dishonesty.
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Clever satire, terrible history. Paul didnβt teach belief without obedience (Gal 5:6; 1 Cor 6:9β10). Jesus never called sacrifice βBaalββhe told a healed leper to offer Mosaic sacrifice (Mk 1:44). And Paul says he received the tradition that Christ died for our sins (1 Cor 15:3).
Paul dies and finally meets Jesus in the afterlife.
Paul: I always assumed I'd understand everything once I got here.
Jesus: You will. It's going to be a long afternoon.
Paul: I'm so happy to meet you, Jesus! I led so many people to you.
Jesus: (scratches head) Something must have gotten lost in translation. The Way is narrow and few find it. What exactly did you teach them?
Paul: Well⦠that you were an atoning sacrifice and all they had to do was believe in you to be saved.
Jesus: (sighs) I called the priests murderers when I stormed the Temple for a reason. Since you're dead now, I'll just tell you: those Levitical bloodβsacrifice passages came from Ugaritic texts. Jeremiah warned you many times β that's why I quoted him when I cleansed the Temple and freed the animals. Itβs all Baal.
Paul: (pause) All blood sacrifice?
Jesus: All of it. And why did you teach them 'belief in me'? I said follow me, which means doing, not believing. Didn't you emphasize my ethical treatment of others?
Paul: You mean telling women to be subject to their husbands, shun gay people, and ignore everyone who disagrees with their religious view?
Jesus: Mindboggling. How did you get that from the Golden Rule? Well⦠you did get my name out there, I'll give you that. And I still love and forgive you.
Paul: I was shipwrecked three times, beaten with rods, and stoned. I think that earns me a little creative license.
Jesus: Yeahβ¦traditionally thatβs viewed as Godβs disfavor, but hey, to each their own. But did you at least teach them the Good News?
Paul: You mean justification by faith apart from works, inherited sin, universal human depravity, and abolishing the Law?
Jesus: (flabbergasted) Son, none of that came from my teachings. Who were you listening to?
Paul: I'd like to remind you I was caught up to the third heaven and had visions of you. I mentioned it. Several times. In writing.
Jesus: Of who? I never knew you. Didn't you study under my brother, James the Just? I put him in charge of the Nazarenes before I left because he was the wisest and most righteous, and taught what I taught.
Paul: Oh⦠that explains why everyone was listening to him.
Jesus: (smacks head)
- Katheryn Greenleaf
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Nothing sweeter...
UNTIL you discover that YOU are among the countless reprobates who were given evanescent [temporary, disappearing] "grace" in order to deceive you into believing you're "elect,"when you're just another hellbound reprobate.
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5:00 a.m. and already working hard peddling Calvinism.
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Someone asks, βWho's your pastor?β
And we answer with the name of the man who gives the sermon every Sunday.
But that raises questions:
Does he actually pastor you?
Does he know you?
Do you know him?
Has he observed your life?
Has he corrected you?
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Western Christendom has redefined biblical faith.
Faith has become agreeing with propositions about Jesus, then being told we're saved and to never question "our salvation."
In the New Testament & the historical "Way," though...
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@YahwehGraced Romans 2 says Gentiles who do NOT have the Law are still judged for sin (vs 12β16). So how can 1 John 3:4-the passage used to argue that sin is violation of the Mosaic Torah-fit with Paul's argument?
He says they're accountable even though they do not have the Law.
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@MrMrsTrumpet your meme doesn't define Christianity. It takes God's indictment of Old Covenant Israel & uses it to condemn the vast majority of New Covenant believers since Pentecost.
Such claims require clear NT support.
Publicly pronouncing God's judgment is a fearful thing.
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In the church you attend...
Do you KNOW the "head pastor"? Does he KNOW you?
Are a plurality of God-equipped under-shepherds raising the flock up into the fullness of the stature of Christ?
Is there one-to-another ministry?
Do all members have a role, function, & voice?
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Memes like this reveal where insistence on Torah observance can ultimately lead
It implies that generations of faithful disciples, including many of history's greatest missionaries & teachers, stood under God's condemnation for not observing the Mosaic Torah
π€ Think about that
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Observance of the Mosaic Torah is perfectly fine if people choose to do so.
A serious problem arises, however, when believers insist... whether subtly or directly... that other New Covenant believers are obligated to observe the Mosaic Torah.
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Torah observant believers frequently appeal to Jesus' words, "teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you," in the Great Commission to support the obligation of New Covenant believers to observe the Mosaic Torah, BUT...
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I've repeatedly asked Torah observant believers to demonstrate from scripture that Torah observance is taught & expected in the New Testament for New Covenant believers... especially in the book of Acts & the epistles... where we would EXPECT to see such unambiguous teaching.
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Justification & reconciliation with God are the starting points of things that are light-years more glorious & profound than the forgiveness of sins with a ticket to heaven that Western, institutional Church has shrunk the gospel down to.
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Being called a βhereticβ all the time by Calvinists on this app has been very liberating for me, I must say.
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At the very heart of the debate over whether or not New Covenant believers should observe the Mosaic Torah are two vitally important questions.
Anything aside from clear answers to these two questions is venturing into tangents, opinions, and speculation.
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If Calvinistic determinism is true, why lament abortion, argue politics, or try to persuade anyone?
Doesn't persuasion itself assume a genuine response is possible?
