Synergists teach '... and as many as believed were ordained to eternal life.' but The Bible teaches 'AND AS MANY AS WERE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED.' (Acts 13:48)
Synergists teach that 'salvation depends on human will', but the Bible teaches that 'it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy." (Rom 9:16)
Synergists teach '...'no one knows the Father except those who choose the Son.' But the Bible teaches that 'no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him' (Matt 11:27) They are the ones who 'choose' the Son.
Synergists teach that 'All can come to Christ of their own free will', but Jesus teaches that 'no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.' (John 6:65) and all whom He grants will come (John 6:37) Free Will Synergism Vs. Free Grace Monergism
Synergists teach that 'you are not Christ's sheep because you do not believe', but Jesus teaches that 'you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.' (John 10:26)
Synergists teach that 'the reason you are not of God is because you are unwilling to hear and believe God's words.' Jesus, on the other hand, taught, 'The reason why you do not hear [God's words] is that you are not of God." (John 8:47)
Synergists teach that 'salvation is so easy a cave man can do it" but the Bible teaches that "What is impossible with man is possible with God." (Luke 18:27)
In the Divine economy men are responsible to believe the gospel, but are morally impotent to do so (when drawing from their own native resources). This inability (due to our intimate solidarity with Adam's sin) is something we are culpable for, much like owing a debt we cannot repay. So God has every right to call us all to account to 'repay our debt', so to speak, even though fallen man does not have the resources to do so. The Church has a privilege and an obligation to call all men to repent and believe the gospel (an imperative) but, left to themselves, no one believes. But God, in his great mercy, still has mercy on many, opening their hearts to the gospel that that might believe.
To this sometimes a synergist often quotes "whosoever will may come" to which we reply that this quote does not teach an indicative of what we are able to do, but rather, teaches what we 'ought' to do. As Martin Luther said, "Does it follow from: 'turn ye' that therefore you can turn? Does it follow from "'Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart' (Deut 6.5) that therefore you can love with all your heart? What do arguments of this kind prove, but the 'free-will' does not need the grace of God, but can do all things by its own power...But it does not follow from this that man is converted by his own power, nor do the words say so; they simply say: "if thou wilt turn, telling man what he should do. When he knows it, and sees that he cannot do it, he will ask whence he may find ability to do it..." Luther BW,164
I play this �game� with you not in Hope that you will �Open� your Eyes and �See��for you are too �Deep� in your Trance and I Fear of no Hope�
But I do this for those that will Read this Thread. I have an Obligation to them to Point out and Rebuke your LIES.
James�you Play a DANGEROUS GAME with Scripture. You �DISTORT� the WORD of GOD! You hold �up� Scripture in such a way that you make it �Say� something that God �never intended� it to say or mean. You do this in Hope of Fooling Christians to �follow� you and your God Calvin.
2 Peter 3:16
��. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.�
��which ignorant and unstable people distort,�
Here is the rest of that Scripture that you so �Conveniently� Omitted.
Acts 13:44-48
New International Version (NIV)
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: �We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
��I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles,
that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.�[c]�
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
Paul and Barnabas had been Preaching �The Good News� to The Jews and The Gentiles�to all that would Listen. When The Jews turned on them�Paul Told them that because they �Reject� this �News� that they do
��now turn to the Gentiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
��I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles,
that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.�[c]�
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.�
The Gentiles were Very Happy to Hear that�they Too�could Obtain Salvation! Because of them HEARING THE WORD OF GOD
They BELIEVED (Honored the Word of The LORD) and were SAVED!
James�God�being Able (having the Ability�The POWER to) to see Into The Future�KNEW Beforehand (Preknowledge�Omni-Prescient) Whom WOULD Not Believe or WHOM WOULD BELIEVE His WORD!
I am sure you can Understand this Concept�even in this Trance that Calvin has you Under.
Since God Already Knew who Would Believe God had ALREADY APPOINTED them for ETERNAL LIFE.
God APPOINTS (puts in that Position�puts in that Place�places in that Condition) (much as The President Appoints an Ambassador) them to �Eternal Life��even �Before� they are Born!
So in that Scripture�God had Already Appointed Those Gentiles to Be Saved.
I haven�t looked at the Rest of your Scriptures�but I am sure I will find the SAME TACTIC in All of them.
James�if you are anything�you are True to your God Calvin and therefore PREDICTABLE in your Deceitful Ways!
Again you DISTORT Scripture (God�s Word) to Fit your Agenda
��which ignorant and unstable people distort,�
I will show the Verses you (once again) Leave out.
Romans 9:14-16
New International Version (NIV)
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses,
�I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.�[a]
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God�s mercy.
These Verses Speak to the Fact that we Do Not Tell God�what God can�or cannot DO! It is Up To God to Decide Whom God will have Mercy on or Compassion on�not what Man DESIRES�but What God DESIRES!!
This is not Speaking about Man�s Free Will!
I am not even going to READ the Rest of your �Scriptures��you have Shown your True Nature.
2 Peter 3:16
��. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.�
Alright�I could not resist�I looked at one more Scripture (why�I don�t Know) and this one isn�t as Bad as the others�yet you still Mislead by OMISSION.
(you write) Synergists teach '...'no one knows the Father except those who choose the Son.' But the Bible teaches that 'no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him' (Matt 11:27) They are the ones who 'choose' the Son.
Matthew 11:27
New International Version (NIV)
27 �All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
This CLEARLY says That
Jesus �CHOOSES� whom Jesus will Reveal The Father to. I think you may be trying to �Pull a Fast One� with that last line�
� They are the ones who 'choose' the Son.�
Not Quite sure who �They� are?
�Of COURSE�The ELECTED!!� Yes! God Forces Jesus to Reveal Himself (God) to them (whom God Forces to Accept Him and Love Him)�which Forces Jesus to Die on The Cross so that God can Force The Elect to LOVE HIM�which Forces�Whew!...How do these Calvinists keep it all straight?
That means That God Forces Himself to Die so that God can Force...
James I will let you in on a little clue the father has appointed all unto eternal, but there are some who have sown confusion about the topic, spreading lies on the goodness of God.
James I will let you in on a little clue the father has appointed all unto eternal, but there are some who have sown confusion about the topic, spreading lies on the goodness of God.
James replies:
So, you are a universalist.
You believe that God has chosen to save everyone who ever lived, and that no one is going to Hell?
You have no Scripture to support this idea, and MANY verses that contradict that idea.
If God had decided to save NO ONE, and put everyone in Hell, He STILL would have been PERFECTLY JUST.
God decided to save a portion, a remnant, just like He did with the Jews.
No james ignorance o fscripture is no excuse, but there is a strong advantage of knowing the lord and his holy spirit, you see the father does all by faith.
