@david_g17@ThugLifeSproul No, it doesn’t. Jesus also uses the metaphor of “sick”. Paul and Jesus don’t disagree. It’s up to us to understand what is meant by the metaphors, and it’s the same thing.
@rootcausesleuth@HeckathorneJay@beready4rapture Faith is NOT our action or response. It is the gift from God.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast".
@1pckt So true.
I attend a Calvinist leaning Baptist church. The sermons have contradictions within them almost every week.
I honestly think most people are zoned out and don’t even notice. 😳😬
How do we reconcile the Well Meant Offer knowing that Christ only died for the elect? We do it in the same way that we reconcile predestination and man’s responsibility. We don’t. We learn to live with the tension, take God at His word, and trust Him to save those who are His