God be glorified
Calvinism has made me a very sad and at times, angry man..
The hurts come like every other day. That said.. i must say i am have been never found so joyful at hearing the gospel before. never.. first time in my life, i’m excited about what i hear because i finally see the sovereignty of God. I finally understand by God’s mercies, what is grace..
but in just 3 days, two very brothers in christ whom i really looked upon in the past, doesn’t have the same understanding. Can i still stand on what i’m convicted of? what if my convictions that come from the Bible are false claims and something i made out of myself? Today yibin said i should not be following too deep into theology? that it doesn’t matter? how can it not matter? why doesn’t it matter to him even when he is someone who read so much into these things? or must i accept the fact that he might not be among the elect that God has chosen to open the ears and mind? the questions that caoqi raised today are answered from the Bible by yibin, but no thought has been spent on our human nature - that is sin..
how can any good come out of any person? the more i understand how the Bible describes men - dead in transgressions, no one who does good, no one is righteous, all have turned away, chosen darkness though light has come, this is the verdict, death.. darkness..
why should any good happen to anyone? no one will ever have the ability to choose to do good, needless to say, accept Jesus Christ. nobody can. nobody will, period
o how unimaginable then is this grace. Grace of salvation. why did he choose some to be saved? why even did he chose me? o what grace! mercy..
“death o death where is your sting?”
these words are remarkable. how can i say that? o only when i understand the fullness of this atonement. how long does the church want to sing such lines without understanding it.. how long.. Lord have mercy!
I am very joyful and thankful for the ability to understand and be convicted that election and particular redemption is true because the Bible tells me so..
I am also very sad because many don’t see the way I see and even oppose the way I’m viewing it..
nothing i cling to.. except the grace of God, to keep me from falling.
