Discipleship
Various topics relating to Christian discipleship.
Predestination And Free-Will – Can Unsaved Man Cooperate With God?
Predestination And Free-Will
Can Unsaved Man Cooperate With God?
Have you ever witnessed to a Catholic, a Catholic who knows what their church really teaches? Do they not say that a person must cooperate with God’s grace in order to maintain their works-based salvation. They consider this cooperation to be a lifelong process. In a similar fashion, free-will teachers say that the will of God works with the will of man to effect a man’s salvation. This idea is… Continue reading
Predestination And Free-Will – Why Would God Tell Us To Receive Christ If We Can’t?
Predestination And Free-Will
Why Would God Tell Us To Receive Christ If We Can’t?
Why indeed, would the Bible say over and over that in order to become saved we must believe the Gospel, we must repent of our sins, we must receive Christ, we must do all sorts of things that we cannot possibly do as spiritually dead beings? The Bible is full of commands that no one is capable of obeying. Take just this one for instance:… Continue reading
Predestination And Free-Will – Why Would God Predestine Anyone To Hell?
Predestination And Free-Will
Why Would God Predestine Anyone To Hell?
This is surely a sixty-four thousand dollar question. It of course relates to the paragraph above (Why does God save some people and not others), but it goes beyond that question to the real heart of the matter – the matter of man’s heart:
Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
The heart of man is… Continue reading
Predestination And Free-Will – Why Does God Save Some People And Not Others?
Predestination And Free-Will
Why Does God Save Some People And Not Others?
This is a question that can best be answered by another question: “For who hath know the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” (1 Corinthians 2:16). We do know that whatever God does, it is for His own good pleasure:
Luke 12:32 – “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
Ephesians 1:5 –… Continue reading
What Most Churches Don’t Teach Their Members
What Most Churches Don’t Teach Their Members
After many years of attending “Bible-believing” churches and after being a member of a couple of these churches, I have come to the realization that most conventional churches (from the leadership on down) are not aware of what it means to make disciples. There are some very basic, fundamental issues that all believers should be taught and yet most churches do a very poor job of teaching – if they even teach these… Continue reading