All for His Glory

Let's examine what @ronhenzel is peddling for all to believe. Let’s be clear. We DO NOT have new spiritual life before we are in Christ/apart from Christ. The fact that we receive everything we have spiritually when and only when we are in Christ/united from Christ is the very foundation of Christianity. Scripture is crystal clear. To say we receive new spiritual life before we are in Christ/apart from Christ is something other than Christianity. Born again=regenerated=new creation=new creature=new spiritual life=made alive=saved. The position of regeneration before faith is not one derived from scripture. It is a gnostic concept derived from a dualistic religion due to their position of total depravity. Why is the answer Calvinists give different than what Paul gives for how dead, unregenerated men come to believe? Why do Calvinists deny the power of the Word unto salvation. Read carefully what Paul’s answer is to this very question and how it is different than what Calvinists/Reformed Theology state: 14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?c And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Calvinists/Reformed Theology as a dualistic religion where they create two of everything to try to marry their doctrine with scripture create two new spiritual lives and try to separate being made alive, born again, regenerated from eternal life. Scripture NEVER makes that distinction. When a Calvinist speaks of such ask them the following questions. Born again from what to what? Of course it is from our spiritual death to spiritual life. Ask them what we are regenerated from and to. Of course it is again regenerated from spiritual death to spiritual life. Scripture never makes a distinction EVER of being alive spiritually and having life eternal because the two are the same. You need to understand the following: When we are born again/regenerated we are made a new creation. We are born again to new spiritual life and made a new creation/a new creature. That ONLY happens in Christ. Not before or apart from Christ. Here is the scripture that Calvinists will NEVER deal with. In fact that is why @Pastor_Gabe is so vocal over this because in his debate with @leightonflowers @soteriology101 he was exposed that he had never read Colossians 2:12 before. I challenge all Calvinists to deal with this scripture: 1 John5:12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Notice we DO NOT HAVE NEW LIFE before we are in Christ. What you are presenting and what calvinism believes calls this scripture inaccurate. Colossians 2:12 And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. Note that it says we are RAISED to new life with him THROUGH faith. You say we must have new life in order to get faith. THE EXACT opposite. John 20:31 31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. It says WE BELIEVE SO AS TO HAVE NEW LIFE IN HIS NAME. NOT THE OPPOSITE as Calvinism says. Note how you said that this is untrue. 2 Corinthians 5:17 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! Here are some of the proof texts that Calvinists try to use for regeneration: John 3:30 5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. AMEN!. No one can enter the Kingdom of God UNLESS they are saved ie. in Christ, have new spiritual life. This IS NOT about some pre-regeneration outside and apart from Christ. Notice what Christ continues to say in that same chapter. 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. Notice how the account of the snake in the wilderness never spoke of God keeping some people from looking at it and causing others to look at it. No, those who freely chose to look at it were saved. Those who freely chose to not look at it died. Calvinists have a revisionist interpretation of scripture to fit their doctrine. John 1:12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. Again AMEN! John is stating that those who are saved ie. born again, become a new creation, receive new spiritual life are not so because of works or what we do but only through the grace ie. gift of God. This IS NOT about a pre-regeneration to get faith. This is talking about the gift of salvation THROUGH faith. John 3: 3Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” And yet Again AMEN!. To see the Kingdom of God is to be in the Kingdom of God,,,,it is not looking at it from afar or through a telescope. To see the Kingdom is to experience it, to be in it. No one can see the Kingdom of God, be in the Kingdom of God unless they are saved. Notice in Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. This is not some kind of precursor being with God or experiencing God but seeing it from afar so you can believe. That is how the Calvinist interprets John 3 though. The same thing for Matthew 16:28 Matthew 16:28 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” This is at the tie of the coming of the Son of Man not a precursor looking to something that is not happening. Again we see that in John 1:51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” This is not a look into the future or something from afar but experiencing and being in that moment and space. It blows my mind how deceiving it is to quote John 3:3 as a look from afar DO NOT be deceived by false religions. We are not a new creation, a new creature, have new spiritual life, regenerated, born again before we are in Christ. The foundation of Christianity is that WE RECEIVE NOTHING spiritually before we are in Christ. @OJarod3315 @AustinRyan83905 @branchman68 @PalsFan4 @intj68 @TruthAdvocate @StanfieldBrent1 @JuanCam77702543 @Matt_Estes_ @Pastor_ChrisH

Those questions need to be answered in order to exegete them. If you cant answer them you have no clue what the verses says........... Paul CLEARLY lays out in Romans 11 who those God foreknew were. Calvinists just erase that as if it is not their. They take that section of its context of chapter 8 and what obejection Paul is answering. In regards to why Paul switches to the past tense Calvnists explain it as God looking back from eternity to show what He accomplished BUT calvinists forget or just ignore that within that their is a future point of CHrist being the first fruit of those who believe. oops so much for that rationale....oh nevermind.........let's ignore it and pretend that is not there.

@aspin3 @5Solas2 You didn't exegete the original verse. You just did a copy/pasta of something you saw. Have a nice life.

Pretty simple.

Not their forecheck but the cycle. In both second periods this led to goals where Edmonton sops skating. Just as an FYI, in both games I spoke before it happened that they have to guard against the horrible second periods they have had all year long. Part of coaching is motivating and ensuring they guard against that. Think of a Cooper or a Maurice, etc. You think they would let their teams continue that pattern over and over again?

@JasonGregor Would have to see scoring chances off turnovers to before i submit

I've seen many claims Knoblauch is getting outcoached. I'd be curious about specific details in how you think he is getting out coached?

@ehansalytics @5Solas2 That's usually the case. Throw out or agree with verses outvof context, not being able exegete and then walk away.

No, because I've engaged you before and am not interested in doing so again. I don't hang my theology or get any particular doctrine from the verses in the OP. There are so many more that agree with it, so your questions are irrelevant to the overall doctrine that these verses are a part of.

@ehansalytics @5Solas2 Really. Ed....could you answer the following questions for us?

Loving all the comments quote-mining other verses as if those refute what Paul said. ALL scripture is breathed out by God, not just the verses you like, and they all fit together quite nicely, as something written by an infallible author would do, and Calvin did an excellent job of reading and properly interpreting them in their entirety.

@5Solas2 @5solas....wondering if you could answer these questions for all of us here if it is so simple.

@iamalsomrbloo @DPGBehler Which part am I misunderstanding and misrepresenting? Do you believe God determined ALL THAT COMES TO PASS? Including every thought, desire and action?

Best decision you’ll ever make for yourself. Good luck.

@DEsceptikon @767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi So you affirm that all the mocking, condescending remarka, harsh words ans belittling has put white in danger of hell?

@aspin3 @767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi Lets see what Scriptures say: "For he that is not against us is on our part." Mark 9:40 "and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." Matthew 5:22

A great pleasure to hang out with @HwsEleutheroi. last night. When I was a lot younger James was very formative for me. Among a list of names who really introduced me into the world of things like New Testament studies, biblical manuscripts, Reformed theology, and apologetics, was James. Very fun to share a meal and talk shop. And yes, I did give him a Wes Huff manuscript facsimile.

@DEsceptikon @767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi By letting him speak for himself and point out his unchristian behaviour....not at all....is it perhaps idolization from you?

@aspin3 @767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi By slandering a brother in Christ.

@DEsceptikon @767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi How so Diego?

@aspin3 @767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi You are not being godly.

@767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi As I provided in the examples I gave White is not just like that in debates

@aspin3 @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi Bet they were not great debaters either.

@767Aviatrix @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi I have been lucky enough to have been in he company of many Godly men and Godly pastors including ones that have had to put up with nonsense and they NEVER EVER EVER acted like this. If you think this is a Godly way of acting thennot sure what to say.

@aspin3 @WesleyLHuff @HwsEleutheroi He just doesn't put up with nonsense.

I have asked this very question to 70+ people and in that time I have only had 4 responses and only 2 were the same. Most who hold to these confessions have never even thought of it or considered or thought for themselves what scripture states and how they would answer that. 1.) One person said man authors sin which means man authors more of what goes on in the world than God does and man authors a large part of what God determines/ordains; 2.) Another person stated it was Satan. This leads to the same questions and problems as the first but just replace man with Satan. 3.) The 3rd and 4th people referred to what I believe Augustine established: that sin is not a substance but it is the absence of God/privation of God. I don’t want to get into this huge discussion about this last position but I believe this becomes very problematic. First of all we see in scripture that sin is tangible and if not sin the sinful acts are very tangible. God tells Cain that sin is crouching at the door and he must rule over IT. God makes it sound like it is very tangible. More significantly, if sin is framed as the absence of God’s presence, then God would seem absent from much of what happens in the world. Yet the confession says God ordains whatsoever comes to pass. These claims cannot be reconciled coherently.

@Soteriology101 @rootcausesleuth Sin is not properly speaking a “thing.” Many reformed and non-reformed alike agree with Augustine’s privation view of sin.

I guess God’s decree of whatsoever comes to pass doesn’t include all things after all. Do the rest of you Calvinistic followers agree with Ciao on this point?

Does that mean you affirm literally God at His Word for all these verses Ken? Genesis 1:6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” Genesis 1:7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. Genesis 1:16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. Joshua 10:12 At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. Joshua 10:14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD heeded the voice of a man, for the LORD fought for Israel. Psalm 104:5 He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. Job 38:5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Revelation 20:7-8 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. Ezekiel 7:2 “And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. Psalm 48:10 As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. Psalm 96:10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.” 1 Chronicles 16:30 tremble before him, all the earth; yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

It matters to take God at his Word.

Genesis 1:6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” Genesis 1:7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. Genesis 1:16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. Joshua 10:12 At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. Joshua 10:14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD heeded the voice of a man, for the LORD fought for Israel. Psalm 104:5 He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. Job 38:5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Revelation 20:7-8 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. Ezekiel 7:2 “And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. Psalm 48:10 As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. Psalm 96:10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.” 1 Chronicles 16:30 tremble before him, all the earth; yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

John Piper, arguably the most influential Calvinists today, refers to “the two wills of God,” and he is lauded by Calvinists. Leighton Flowers, a Provisionist, asks a question about “the two wills of God” and he is accused of not understanding Calvinism. Par for the course.

@bcurlock what do you think is going on with the Princhuk and Oswald camps at this point that they haven't signed anywhere?

@RevReads289 @ReformedCaio Really well laid out. The difference is reading what scripture says and not adding or subtracting from it. One is starting with a systematic framework and applying it to scripture to explain scripture. 1drv.ms/.../IQBrJcYj04…... independent.academia.edu/UEJU

@aspin3 @ReformedCaio He does seem to have blocked a few people

I think @ReformedCaio is one of the best defenders and debaters for Reformed Theology or Calvinism on X. I want to thank him publicly for his striving for the Truth and for his willingness to engage with others in a respectful manner.

@HomeAndHandy And somehow they know that hidden will. Convenient.

@aspin3 Exactly right and whenever the revealed will and the hidden will contradict each other, according to Calvinism, the hidden will wins.

This is what I state in every video and paper I write. The foundation of #Calvinism is a dualistic God that has two wills that contradict each other and what He tells us is Truth. This is their answer to try to marry their doctrines to scripture and explain away every rebuke, exhortation, warnings and hundreds of if/then statements. To explain away when God said He hates, detests, abhors, loathes is angry, grieved and is sorrowful over that which they believe God determined for His glory and good pleasure. Not to mention when he said he never determined it or it is not of God. @Soteriology101 @Reformed_Zoomer @ReformedCaio @ThugLifeSproul @JohnPiper @1984_nate @RevReads289 @albertmohler @Phil_Johnson_ @JackmanRobert @Pastor_Gabe @ScottAniol