🌷 The scandal of TULIP is that it leaves man with nothing to boast about.
You were not spiritually neutral.
God did not choose you because He foresaw something better in you.
Christ did not merely make salvation possible.
Grace does not wait helplessly for permission.
And your final perseverance does not rest on your grip on God.
From election to glorification, salvation is God’s work.
That is precisely why fallen man hates sovereign grace.
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Con lo de Brasil, parece que el rumor era cierto: en LATAM la izquierda ganaba cuando tenía presupuesto de USAID, el petroleo venezolano y el Foro de Sao Paulo, y con ello capitalizaron el voto de las minorías ideologías activistas; feministas, LGBTI, los neocomunistas y todas esas variantes activas.
Llegaron al poder y se quedaron en el discurso, por su incapacidad técnica, su improvisación, agravaron la corrupción y no pudieron servir a quienes realmente necesitaban ayuda: al trabajador, a el pueblo.
“Se alguém não quer trabalhar, também não coma.” (2Ts 3.10)
A Bíblia manda socorrer o necessitado. Mas também ensina responsabilidade pessoal. Compaixão e responsabilidade não são inimigas.
The argument isn’t “God predestined THIS evil act and therefore predestined ALL evil acts.”
The crucifixion proves:
1) God does predestine evil acts and it doesn’t make God evil (because he has good purposes)
2) God can still hold the evil doer responsible for doing what he predestined them to do.
When it comes to the generality of ALL evil, we go to more general texts, such as Isa 46:10-11.
Brovisionism is a secret agreement that no matter what, we swear to attack Calvanism and accept all other beliefs so long as they hate the bible view of Gods sovereignty as much as us
SOBRE AS ELEIÇÕES
“A justiça exalta as nações, mas o pecado é a vergonha dos povos.” (Pv 14.34)
Economia importa. Emprego importa. Segurança importa. Mas uma nação não prospera verdadeiramente enquanto celebra aquilo que Deus chama de pecado.
«Esta es la esencia de la incapacidad moral: el pecador posee todas las facultades naturales necesarias para creer; sin embargo, no puede creer porque no quiere hacerlo. Sus afectos están volcados en contra de Dios, y solo un cambio sobrenatural de naturaleza puede producir una nueva inclinación hacia Cristo».
Jonathan Edwards
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Do you see it, kids? Read that again. Carefully. Then note:
If Judas or Pilate repented, He could certainly use others in His plans.
See it? Open theism. The Βουλομαχοι cannot avoid it! The church prays, in accordance with OT precedent (Daniel 4, Isa, Psalms), that what took place did so according to the predestining decree of God. But Provisionists? Nope...Judas? Pilate...could have been otherwise. God would just shift plans! Move to Plan B, then Plan C, etc. So the Jews, Romans, Pilate and Herod...could have been plan #3,457 for all we know.
If LF and his boys had walked into the church in Jerusalem to explain to the Apostles how God does not have a decree and what took place in their lives was just one plan amongst many, well, the looks would have been classic, to say the least.
Leighton needs you to know “You do not believe because you are not my sheep” really means “You are not my sheep because you do not believe.”
The reason he has to continuously twist scripture to fit Provisionism is because Provisionism has no basis of its own in scripture.
“La vida es demasiado corta, demasiado preciosa y demasiado dolorosa como para desperdiciarla en burbujas mundanas que estallan. El cielo es demasiado grandioso, el infierno es demasiado horrible y la eternidad es demasiado larga como para quedarnos holgazaneando en el umbral de la eternidad.”
John Piper
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Una mujer se acercó a George Whitefield y le dijo: «Cada vez que le he oído predicar, lo único que dice es: “Deben nacer de nuevo”. ¿Por qué no dice nada más?». Whitefield la miró y respondió: «¡Porque usted debe nacer de nuevo!».
“Respondió Jesús y le dijo: De cierto, de cierto te digo, que el que no naciere de nuevo, no puede ver el reino de Dios.”
Juan 3:3 RVR1960
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