First they collapse all evil into a good thing since the evil only functions to bring greater goods.
For example, if an unbeliever who is never born again is murdered today.... they go to Hell like a bullet, and i promise you that is not their "greater good", in progress.
"Has the potter not the right ..."The greater good and soul-building theodicies fail logically.
First they collapse all evil into a good thing since the evil only functions to bring greater goods.
And second they maintain creation as the locus of value that needs to be maintained, which is idolatry.
We’re sinners in need of a great Savior.In Puritan New England, a young man who was being considered for ordination, would go through a long and very difficult examination. At the end, the final question was, are you willing to be damned for the glory of God? It was a question to measure the man’s commitment to Christ.One young man thought about it for a moment and said, I don’t think so, but if God in his sovereignty should choose to damn you, it would be okay with me.I would have voted to ordain him, because of his honesty. Now, that I think about it, Jesus would have too. He’s always looking for great sinners who need a great Savior. - Steve Brown
some levity for a serious topic.
I find the fight between Calvinism and Classical Arminianism to be hysterically funny. All those electrons spilled over what amounts to an argument over whether one repents and God saves, or whether God saves so you can repent. Both agree that both events happen together, they just disagree about a split second difference in the order.I like the story of the man who boldly responded with, "I'm not only willing to be damned for the glory of God, I'm willing for this whole church to be damned!"
But the truth is, this is not something our sin nature will ever naturally like, only regeneration can produce such an attitude.
The irony about Calvinism is, in the end they find the Arminian God far more offensive.
So they do the very thing they tell us not to do—they become unwilling to accept an offensive God.
All men sin, so God’s JUSTICE decrees all to hell.God decreeing some to hell makes evil his primary desire.
What in the above is contradicted by scripture?
Sure, but they will claim it still somehow fits into an overall greater good.
And what happens when you find an evil that you can't realistically connect to any greater good somewhere?
Then you lose faith, because you didn't build on the right foundation.
But instead, they are faith broken, and discipleship RUINED by one verse, taken out of Context and taught to them, by a LIAR, who is probably not even born again......
Reminds me of the Word of Faith error I came out of.
Jesus died for you to always be successful, rich and healthy, and if you fall short you didn't exert faith hard enough.
Real grace means you don't have to be perfectly successful and struggle is okay.
If your Bible says that Adam did not sin, then you need another translation.The free will of Adam.
All men sin, so God’s JUSTICE decrees all to hell.God need do nothing but remain HOLY and JUST to condemn everyone without exception.What in the above is contradicted by scripture?
Thus we can know that God can genuinely desire that all men be saved and yet still allow them to be lost, because pure love does not logically preclude higher valuations from taking precedence over the desire for well-being; it does not compromise morals for well-being.
Actually, no they will not.It is not the case that a sinner does not understand that doing wrong is wrong.
Even a Christ Rejecting MOTHER and FATHER will teach a child..."don't lie, don't steal, as that is WRONG".
Balderdash. Poppycock. Stuff and nonsense.so, Dont Let John Calvinsim fool you., as that is why he wrote it.
To DECEIVE YOU>.