“ Insightful Sermon! ” R.C. does an excellent job giving us deep insight about Jesus Cleansing the Temple and why He did it. There are a number of special views of a variety of events of Jesus which shows much new meaning to this part of John's writing.
“ Great Sermon! ” Dear friends,
Can I obtain written version of this version either by email, or by post, please?
Ray Timms
24 Shore Street
MORUYA. NSW. 2537
AUSTRALIA
“ Great Sermon! ” I do wish universalism was truth in that I can't wrap my mind around some of my loved ones dying in their sins and spending forever in destruction. If salvation were not of God, I would always wonder if their blood is on my hands such as did I share the gospel enough with them, did I pray enough and earnestly enough for them. I do believe the gospel must be shared indiscriminately as the sower broadcasts the seed. This is a doctrine I struggled with and found repugnant at first, but because my prayer for my self has always been don't let me be deceived and no matter what I must give up in my preconceived ideas, opinions etc, I want Your truth. Thus I set myself to studying out this doctrine. Today I see the wisdom and truth in it. I've listened to a pastor here and been blessed by a couple of his sermons, but last nite listening to his sermon on this topic I pictured him using total depravity and limited atonement as universal bookends to the other three points which he considered particular. I don't see that one can freely use the term the elect with that theology. Whenever man's freewill or choice trumps God's sovereignty then God's freewill decree becomes non-sovereignty. Apart from the whole double jeopardy argument, Christ's atonement was with design.
“ Great Sermon! ” I love listening to Dr. Sproul. He has taught me many things. He has a great mind and has dedicated his life to the study and service of God.
I agree with 95% of what is in this message. The fundamental error is in the definition of the word "all". All means "all".
God is like a merchant in the marketplace. He is offering salvation to all people. He calls out in the market place, trying to get everyone's attention. But not everyone responds. Those who do respond, some look at the merchandise closely, but do not buy it. Some may even buy it, but later on they decide they do not like it and return it.
'Many are called, but few are chosen.'
'Taste and see that the Lord is good'
God has an infinite supply of goods. If everyone came to buy, everyone would obtain. But not all come to buy.
2/3/14 9:05 PM
