@ScottAniol The Trinity was not divided. But, once again, in his humanity, the Person of the Son truly experienced being forsaken by the Father. This is not controversial. https://t.co/3D4cWxjdkG
@TheJollyBrawler Read in context, it's pretty apparent he's talking about how things "strike people today." It's not representing his own opinion, but how others think. Don't fall for this kind of sinister misrepresentation.
@ScottAniol In his humanity, the Person of Jesus experienced full forsakenness. Without that, there is no atonement. That is the Reformed tradition and should be affirmed boldly.
@jwsherrod@TomHicks2LCF I find the forum too limiting for detailed discussions, especially when the questions have been answered well at length, with biblical interaction. If the questions are sincere, those are good sources for answers.
@jwsherrod@TomHicks2LCF Read John Murray's Free Offer of the Gospel. Calvinists (except Hyper-Calvinists) affirm that God desires all men would be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.
1/And this will be a sign for you,
to know him right and see him true
as he who comes to be like you
the lowly meek and frightened few
To bring to naught the pride of man
the wise man’s thought, the strong man’s hand
In manger lowly, meek and mild,
Will you find God’s only child.
3/Come must we to Bethlehem,
to see this Son to praise this Lamb.
On me, on me God’s favor rests
Despite my sin and sore distress.
For I will see this Savior’s face
This Babe will smile with forgiving grace.
And it will be the face of God
to save me from this guilty sod.
Obamacare is a nightmare...every year. The PA state exchange is broken. No agent has any idea what's going on; they just pass the buck to somebody else, who also has no idea. I spend hours on the phone several times a year trying to find someone to fix their own agency's mistakes
2/ What we see of people now includes the remnants of God's common and restraining grace. Once that grace is removed, what will be left will be unimaginably offensive. And God's judgment will be an everlasting testimony to his justice. Rom.9:22.
1/ It is hard to imagine people we know suffering for eternity in hell. But we have to remember that who they are in eternity is not what we see of them now.