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6/21/08 7:22 AM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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Lurker wrote: Thank you for your kind words, Lone Wolf. I've been watching but not much to say. You know, the same old arguments but nothing seems to ever change. Had some health issues recently as well but better now. I gather we know each other from way back but I'm not able to discern your previous moniker from your comments. Would you mind giving me a hint... if not I understand. God's richest blessings to you and yours. Hint: I believe you can discern it from your second paragraph. |
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6/20/08 9:16 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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Lurker wrote: John from UK, Would this happen to be the same John from UK who posted here a couple years ago before moving to Pembrookshire? I sure hope so. It's good to see old Lurker as well. |
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6/20/08 3:15 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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Michael Hranek wrote: We cannot discuss anything if we don't first agree on the charcter of God Do you agree with the sovereignty of God's will or as JD promotes, the sovereignty of man's will?Do you agree that God is 100% holy, righteous and just? Would God have been perfectly just if He sent everyone to an eternal Hell? Does God owe you salvation? Do you deserve the right to be saved? |
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6/18/08 5:35 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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Michael Hranek wrote: Q The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby He extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as He pleaseth, for the glory of His sovereign power over His creatures, to pass by; and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath, for their sin, to the praise of His glorious justice EOQ Michael, do you agree or disagree with the following quote describes the biblical view of the sovereignty of God?"For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion...Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth...Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory," |
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6/17/08 5:16 PM |
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Minnow wrote: JD; For your edification. Eph 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: Another way of writing the intro to verse two is "If ye have heard of the *stewardship* of the grace of God....." *dispensation" here is the Greek word "οικονομιαν" = (from which we get the word economy) = which means administration of a household or estate. Paul's administration here is of the grace of God, which was given to him for the Gentiles such as those at Ephesus. Paul goes on to explain how this "mystery" was made known to him by "revelation" Paul goes on to describe the "Gentiles should be **fellowheirs**" - And not separated as your hyothesis implies. Indeed he goes on to declare.... V9 "And to make *ALL* men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ" Just shows how inclusive election is from the beginning of the world, whether Israel or Gentile/past or present. Have fun JD!! Minnow |
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6/16/08 5:50 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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If you want to be true to JD's hyperdispensationalism, then you should also deny that John 3:16 is applicable to the church and the world today because according to true dispensationalist like JD, the gospels were written to the Jews only and to be considered only in a Jewish context. According to true dispensationalist, the gospel that Jesus preached to the Jews is a different gospel that Paul preached.Talk about a system that confuses the simplicity that is in Christ. If any Calvinist here claims that faith and repentance are not God's condition for final salvation, they are heretics. God would not give them to you or the ability to use them if they weren't required. duh!! God's election is unconditional. God does the choosing. We love Him because He FIRST loved us. He is the one who established his covenant, not us. Salvation is based on faith and repentance which are given to God's elect. God will save any lost sinner that comes to Him on His terms, not their own terms. When God calls you and draws you, you will come to Him in repentance and savingly. |
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6/16/08 4:53 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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Michael Hranek wrote: NOT their false gospel the elect are already saved before and apart from repentance and faith BEFORE they come to Jesus Christ BEFORE they have Christ and imagine they believe in Jesus Christ but really don't, as is MISSING in their lives seeing the need to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. That is a flat out lie Michael and a complete and dishonest misrepresentation of what many of the Calvinist here teach. Do a little research before making such statements. How many times do we have to tell you that faith and repentance are God's are God's condition for final salvation. The elect ARE NOT, I repeat ARE NOT saved until they come to that point. We have tried to convinve you of the truth, but it is apparent that you cannot perceive the truth. You have two systems to choose from. One that teaches that you have the power within yourself to change your heart and repent and save yourself, expecting God to give you eternal life for your efforts. The other is that God changes the heart of a sinner to bring him to a place of repentance and faith. He enables him opening their spiritual eyes and ears that they may discern spiritual things. What side are you on? |
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6/16/08 12:07 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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JD,Luk 8:8 And other fell on "good" ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Luk 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an "honest" and "good" heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. JD, in the parable of the sower, we find a very interesting fact, notice the condition must first be good and honest. This is not the condition of natural man. The heart of the natural man is "... deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jer 17:9) Proverbs 23:7 tells us "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:" How then does the natural condition of man's heart which is hardened, rocky, stoney, deceitful and desperately wicked become an "honest good heart having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience." (Luke 8:15) Do you have the power within yourself to change the heart, is it an effectual work of God and the Holy Spirit? Who prepares the heart of the sinner to receive the word of God, the sinner or God? |
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6/15/08 2:47 PM |
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Michael Hranek wrote: Lone Wolf No, I am not saying that. What I am saying it is a huge error to say men have LIFE BEFORE they come to Jesus Christ and APART from coming to Christ. Why do you and JD refuse to answer the two questions?How then does the natural condition of man's heart which is hardened, rocky, stoney, deceitful and desperately wicked become an "honest good heart having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience." (Luke 8:15) Do you have the power within yourself to change the heart, or does God through the effectual working f the Holy Spirit have to do it? I want a strightforward answer, not a song and dance, tit for tat, let's change the subject or pounce on Cavin time. If you don't know the answer, simply admit that you honestly and truthfully don't know. |
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6/14/08 12:49 PM |
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topic police wrote: Mr. Hranek, you keep the topic off topic! Are you like JD? Do you ignore the rules to keep the topic on topic? This argument of Calvinism/Arminianism is futile! You waste precious time! With all due respect, your view of soteriology, the doctrine of salvation determines your view of eschatology, so as far as I am concerned it is on topic. |
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6/14/08 10:32 AM |
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JD,Who prepares the heart of the sinner to receive the word of God, the sinner or God? How does one go from having a deceitful and desperately wicked heart to a good and honest heart? See the parable of the sower in Luke 8:8-15. Is it a work of the Holy Spirit or the work of the sinner? ------------- 1) Do you calvinists believe that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and, though men wrote it, it expresses the very thoughts of God himself? ------------- Every word! Matthew 4:4 --------------- 2) If your answer is yes (And I am not betting the farm that it is) do you believe that the following words are an expression of God's desire for Israel and not just the thoughts of the apostle Paul? ------------------ Yes however you dismiss the teachings of Jesus for the teachings of Paul like some hyperdispies do. |
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6/13/08 3:51 PM |
The Lone Wolf | | Crying in the Wilderness | | | |
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Michael Hranek wrote: The Lone Wolf So what kind of preparation did God do in the lives of John Calvin and others who adopted his teaching as their own TO PERSECUTE those who didn't believe like they did? You don't need to concern yourself with John Calvin, but in the words of Jesus himself.Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Even you admitted that if it weren't for the grace of God working in your heart the possibility of you coming to Christ on your own was none. Calvin will have to give an account for his actions, whether good or evil, but what about you? I fear for people like JD who takes all of the glory for himself in salvation. Be careful Michael that you don't follow him or his hyper-dispensational teachings, he is on dangerous soil. |
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6/13/08 11:32 AM |
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Luk 8:8 And other fell on "good" ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Luk 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an "honest" and "good" heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. JD, in the parable of the sower, we find a very interesting fact, notice the condition must first be good and honest. This is not the condition of natural man. The heart of the natural man is "... deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jer 17:9) Proverbs 23:7 tells us "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:" God has to prepare the heart so that man may be able to receive the Word and bare fruit. This man is unable to do, it is a work of God through the Holy Spirit. It is done through the "new birth". It is when God removes the heart of stone and gives him a new heart of flesh. Since you deny the depraved condition of the natural man and believe that man is not really dead in tresspasses and sin, I can understand the reason why you reject that salvation is wholly a work of the God and His sovereign grace, but man initiated and completed his own salvation. |
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