Predestination & Free Will
What the bible says about being chosen by God for salvation versus you choosing God.
A Dialog Of Opposing Views On Election, Predestination And Free-Will
A Dialog Of Opposing Views On Election, Predestination And Free-Will
This dialog is a rather lengthy conversation between two people with strongly opposing views on election, predestination and free-will, as those issues pertain to salvation. The main point being: Do sinners come to the Lord Jesus Christ of their own free-will or are they NOT able to, requiring GOD to do the drawing, convicting and converting? The person referred to as “Arminianism defender” is defending man’s sovereignty in salvation. Conversely,… Continue reading
The Good News Gospel
The Good News Gospel
And How It Relates To God’s Requirement To Be Perfect
Based on what the Scriptures reveal concerning God, what is God’s acceptable requirement concerning His commands towards sinners, as concerning salvation?
The Lord Jesus Christ commands that you repent and believe the Gospel. What else did Jesus command when asked about eternal life? He also stated to sell all that you have and follow Him, and in Matthew 5:28, it states: “Be ye therefore perfect,… Continue reading
The Justice Of God In The Damnation Of Sinners
The Justice Of God In The Damnation Of Sinners
by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
“That every mouth may be stopped.” [Romans 3:19]
The main subject of the doctrinal part of this epistle, is the free grace of God in the salvation of men by Christ Jesus; especially as it appears in the doctrine of justification by faith alone. And the more clearly to evince this doctrine, and show the reason of it, the apostle, in the first place,… Continue reading
Salvation Taken Into God’s Own Hands
Salvation Taken Into God’s Own Hands
By Edward Griffin (1770-1837)
According to the plan of grace revealed in the Gospel, God has taken the work of salvation into His own hands. The great design originated in the mind of God. In the ages of eternity it arose out of His own self-moving goodness, without the counsel of any creature—without the intercession of any creature— without respect to the merits of any creature. It was His own purpose, His own favourite… Continue reading
Salvation Is Of The Lord By Charles Spurgeon
Salvation Is Of The Lord
by Charles H. Spurgeon
If GOD does require the sinner—dead in sin—that he should take the first step, then he requireth just that which renders salvation as impossible under the gospel as ever it was under the law, seeing man is as unable to believe as he is to obey, and is just as much without power to come to Christ as he is without power to go to heaven without Christ. The power must… Continue reading