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The Sovereignty of God Bible Test

July 13, 2011

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  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us […]

You Do Not Believe Because…

June 23, 2011

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You do not believe because you are not part of my flock. – John 10:26 Last Friday’s post Atheists Hate Jesus, but Some Don’t Realize It has created quite the stir in the comment section.  Many Atheists have commented asking many questions about “the Christian God” (as they say), but the answers given have not […]

Calvinism: "Salvation Is of the Lord"

June 6, 2011

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From The Grace Community Blog on an excerpt taken from a sermon titled “A Defense of Calvinism” by C. H. Spurgeon Calvinism: “Salvation is of the Lord” That is just an epitome of Calvinism; it is the sum and substance of it. If anyone should ask me what I mean by a Calvinist, I should […]

Why Are You Saved?

May 25, 2011

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But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus […]

Why Every Calvinist Should Be a Premillennialist

April 11, 2011

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If you want to get the future right, you’ve got to get Israel right and you’ve got to get God’s sovereign electing purpose right. – John MacArthur I am currently going through a series from John MacArthur titled, Why Every Calvinist Should Be a Premillennialist, and wanted to go ahead and share it with you […]

John 3:16 – "Whosoever" and "the World"

April 9, 2011

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Tradition tells us that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever will believe in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. However, this is what the Scripture says: KJV:  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him […]

What Is Wrong with NON-Lordship Salvation? – Part 7

April 7, 2011

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On March 19th the Bible Prophecy Blog posted an article by Dr. Andy Woods of Sugar Land Bible Church refuting the biblical doctrine of “lordship salvation” titled, What Is Wrong with Lordship Salvation? I’m very thankful this was posted and praise God for the opportunity to carefully examine critical and essential doctrines of the Christian […]

You SHALL Come!

February 11, 2011

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All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. – John 6:37 In listening to Steven Lawson’s five-part series on TULIP, I have been richly blessed in learning more about the sovereign work of the Holy Trinity in my salvation. In […]

"Why Evangelize If Election Is True?"

January 21, 2011

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This is a common question for those who reject the doctrines of grace, otherwise known at Calvinism with the accompanying acronym TULIP, and also for those who simply do not understand the doctrines and are earnestly seeking to reconcile evangelism and sovereign election. Unfortunately, there are many hypercalvinists who have distorted the biblical teaching of […]

The Dead Will Hear and Live

January 20, 2011

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I am so thankful and humbled that God would continue to reveal His sovereign grace to me. Since surrendering my life to the Lord Jesus Christ in March 2009, He has slowly unraveled the mysteries of His divine providence to me in ways that I could handle, in small bits at a time. As I […]