J.E. Bennett

Christian, husband, father, pastor in KY.

[J.E. Bennett @M2Christos74]

@blustatep8triot @mikgroyp @farmingandJesus @JoelWebbon @sola_chad I guess you are not familiar with paraphrasing?

[J.E. Bennett @M2Christos74]

@mikgroyp @blustatep8triot @farmingandJesus @JoelWebbon @sola_chad It's one thing to say "our marriage is imperfect but by God's help we are striving to grow and be like Jesus."

It's another to say "our marriage is not ideal because my wife is not white like me. But there is nothing we can do about that, but I'll be faithful."

[J.E. Bennett @M2Christos74]

@mikgroyp @blustatep8triot @farmingandJesus @JoelWebbon @sola_chad That was your takeaway from my comment???

[J.E. Bennett @M2Christos74]

@blustatep8triot @farmingandJesus @JoelWebbon @sola_chad I'm sure his wife just LOVES hearing her husband state, publicly mind you, that his marriage to her is "not ideal".

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin Doesn't seem to. Even when I was a Calvinist, I rejected the LF because it didn't make sense with particular redemption.

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin But if it is "sufficient for the world", it seems like that is what the language is indicating.

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin Ok, so did God lay the sins of the one world on Christ?

[J.E. Bennett @M2Christos74]

@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin But it seems you affirm the first sentence of the LF. Christ's atonement was sufficient to satisfy divine justice for all the world. And as we know, not all have the atonement applied to them. Thus we have unbelievers with an atonement accomplished for them that are judged.

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@Livng4Jesus @806_reformer Specific example - an unhealthy lifestyle provokes us to anxiety and depression. Therefore, commit to discipline yourself in exercise, better sleep, and a healthy diet for the benefit of your soul.

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@Livng4Jesus @806_reformer God made us in His image and all that in the world. Surely there is something there God has for us in soul care. (1/2)

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@Livng4Jesus @806_reformer God's revelation is enough, both Scripture and creation.

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin Do you believe that would contradict the Lombardian Formula?

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin I've read several volumes of Owen, but not on that subject. So my apologies if I am misrepresenting him. However, did he not teach that Christ's suffering was sufficient only for the elect?

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin I think the double payment argument handles this distinction poorly.

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin Owen's contention that God's wrath poured out on Jesus was equivalent to the amount and intensity of His suffering fits with limited atonement.

"Sufficient for all, efficient for the elect" does not. It makes better sense of redemption accomplished and redemption applied.

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@WoodsReflection @MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin I don't see how it doesn't. In fact, I would agree with it as a non-Calvinist.

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@Biblethumpingwi Nope. I have no interest in that at all. What led me out of Calvinism was Scripture.

Commence the gaslighting.

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@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin Do you agree with Owen's view or the Lombardian formula?

[J.E. Bennett @M2Christos74]

@MarkMacdonald75 @PuritanGold @WordWithJustin Yes, He did.