Deliverance from Calvinism

Mark 1:1–2
THE BEGINNING [of the facts] of the good news (the Gospel) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way.

Written to the Church, You and I.

Personal Application. Mark’s Gospel teaches that the life of discipleship means following Jesus along the same path of misunderstanding and rejection that He encountered. For followers of Jesus in all ages the warning and promise are sure: “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it” (8:34, 35).

Mark underscores the need for faith in the person, message, and power of Jesus to help those in need (see 1:15; 2:5; 4:40; 5:34, 36; 6:6; 9:19; 11:22–24). The opposite of such faith can be seen in the motif of hard hearts (see 3:5; 7:14–23; 8:17). The incarnate Christ that Mark describes is One who is willing and able to help those in extreme need.

Finally, Mark’s Gospel assures Christian workers of all generations that the same attesting miracles that accredited the ministries of the apostles will continue as characteristic features of God’s people under the New Covenant
 
Luke 1:1–3
SINCE [as is well known] many have undertaken to put in order and draw up a [thorough] narrative of the surely established deeds which have been accomplished and fulfilled in and among us,
2 Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [official] beginning [of Jesus’ ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God],
3 It seemed good and desirable to me, [and so I have determined] also after having searched out diligently and followed all things closely and traced accurately the course from the highest to the minutest detail from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus'

Written to the Church, You and I.

Personal Application. No one who reads this book should feel that he is beyond the reach of the gospel of salvation. Throughout the book, Luke presents Jesus as the Savior of the whole world. This is true from Simeon’s song about Jesus being “a light . . . to the Gentiles” (2:32) to the final instructions of the risen Lord to His disciples, in which He told them that “repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations” (24:47).

Luke emphasizes the fact that the gospel is not only for Jews, but for all peoples—Greeks, Romans, Samaritans, and all others without regard to race or condition. It is not only for males, but also for females, including widows and prostitutes as well as the socially prominent. It is not only for freemen, but also for slaves and all others rejected by society—the lowly poor, the helplessly weak, the crucified thief, the outcast sinner, the despised tax collector
 
That's written to the heirs of promis the Sheep see Jn 10
You avoided the issue.

If they were already regenerated, they would have had life and no need for scripture to say

John 20:31 (LEB) — 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Scripture states that by believing, you may have life.

Also, scripture exists that a person may have life.
 
Jphn 1:1–5.
IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.]
2 He was present originally with God.
3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.
4 In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.
5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].

Written to the Church, You and I.

Personal Application. In seeking to fulfill his purpose as stated in 20:20, 31, John confronts his readers with claims of Jesus that demand a personal response. A positive response of faith in “Jesus . . . the Christ, the Son of God” results in “life in His name.” John records the assertion of Jesus that He came “that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly” (10:10), and he makes it clear that life is not an independent quality unrelated to God or to Christ. The knowledge of “the only true God and Jesus Christ” (17:3), which implies fellowship as well as intellectual understanding, is the key to the meaning of eternal life.
 
That's written to the regenerated. God doesn't write scripture to the dead in sin, the enemies of the truth
You avoided this


Sorry, if they were already regenerated, they would have had life and no need for scripture to say

John 20:31 (LEB) — 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Scripture states that by believing, you may have life.

Also, scripture exists that a person may believe.
 
I'll bite.

Matthew 1:1
THE BOOK of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham.

This one is to the Church you and I.

Personal Application. Matthew’s emphasis on Jesus as the fulfillment of prophecy (41 OT quotes) shows that Jesus’ life and ministry were part of the single plan of God throughout the history of Israel, and not an act of desperation. The entire Gospel stresses that Jesus is Immanuel—God-With-Us.
Jesus’ teachings in Matthew’s Gospel call for obedience and continue to expose sham and hypocrisy in personal and corporate life.
The book also gives to the church a clarion call to mission, the proclamation of the good news to all peoples. Christian disciples must learn to live within the tension of two ages, the present age of fulfillment in the Person of Jesus (in His words and works through His church by the Spirit’s power) and the Age to Come, that is, the consummation of all things. In the interim, Christians are called to be humble, patient, genuine, faithful, watchful, and responsible—assured of the risen Jesus’ presence as they are expectant of His return when faith will give way to sight.
All Scripture is written to the regenerated Church. Scripture is never written to the natural man, 1 Corinthians 2:14 for instance 1 Corinthians 1:1-2

Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
 
You avoided the issue.

If they were already regenerated, they would have had life and no need for scripture to say

John 20:31 (LEB) — 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Scripture states that by believing, you may have life.

Also, scripture exists that a person may have life.
That's written to the regenerated Sheep that they may believe and have life more abundantly Jn 10.
 
Answered a multiple times
No times at all

You avoided this


Sorry, if they were already regenerated, they would have had life and no need for scripture to say

John 20:31 (LEB) — 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Scripture states that by believing, you may have life.

Also, scripture exists that a person may believe.
 
That's written to the regenerated Sheep that they may believe and have life more abundantly Jn 10.
You avoided the issue.

If they were already regenerated, they would have had life and no need for scripture to say

John 20:31 (LEB) — 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.


Scripture states that by believing, you may have life.

Also, scripture exists that a person may have life.
 
Confessing is a action verb in Rom 10:9 its in the active voice so is believe

Yes an action.

An action of faith.

This is called the obedience of faith in scripture.


But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: Romans 16:26


that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
 
That's written to the regenerated Sheep that they may believe and have life abundantly. Jn 10
Sorry, if regenerated, they would already be alive.

John 20:31 (LEB) — 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
 
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