"If my understanding of predestination is not correct, then my sin is compounded, since I would be slandering the saints who by opposing my view are fighting for the angels." (RC Sproul, Chosen by God, pg. 14)
"Answer all [the Calvinists'] objections, as occasion offers, both in public and private. But take care to do this with all possible sweetness both of look and of accent...Make it a matter of constant and earnest prayer, that God would stop the plague."
"God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between good and evil. When he chooses to do evil, he does not thereby countervail the sovereign will of God but fulfills it, inasmuch as the eternal decree decided not which choice the man should make but that he should be free to make it. If in His absolute freedom God has willed to give man limited freedom, who is there to stay His hand or say, 'What doest thou?' Man’s will is free because God is sovereign. A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so." A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God
"Besides, even true and living faith in Christ precedes regeneration strictly taken, and consisting of the mortification or death of the old man, and the vivification of the new man...For Christ becomes ours by faith, and we are engrafted into Christ, are made members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones, and, being thus planted with him, we coalesce or are united together, that we may draw from him the vivifying power of the Holy Spirit, by which power the old man is mortified and we rise again into a new life." [Works Vol.2 pg. 233, Wesleyan Heritage Collection].
Here’s a couple of things I would say.
One, I am praying for the current leader of the free world, my president. He is not my Savior. My Savior through His surrogate, Paul the Apostle and Peter and others teach us to pray for those in authority and that all governments are of God.
Two, can I improve on this Scriptual Point? “No”, so, without further ado, the Scriptural Point that I adher too:::>
Mat 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Mat 5:15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Mat 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Joh 12:47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
I believe I have God to thank for believing His Words are all True!
Good read Ben. Although I never thought the day would come when you posted a link to an LDS resource. 😉
Kevin,
I didn’t even realize it was an LDS resource. My mother sent me the link and I just read the article. Very funny. They are obviously very wrong about a lot of things, but they do strongly value basic moral Christian principles.
God Bless,
Ben
I agree that forced lending to men who cannot pay is economically unsound and probably unkind to the future debtors. But others suggest that the housing boom collapse is just a symptom of a bigger problem than just subprime, rather the inflationary dollar. I am newly read on some of these things, but the idea that paper money does not correspond to true money/ value seems wrong.
Here is an explanation, though I don’t advocate his solution (revolution). It is Time