Predestination And Free-Will

Which Comes First, Salvation Or Turning To Christ?

 
You’ve heard the expression: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” In a sense, that is the issue that has been addressed in this paper – “Which comes first: A. Our obedience to God’s commands to repent, believe the Gospel and receive Christ? OR B. God granting us repentance and salvation?” In other words:

1. Do we first accept Christ and His lordship, and then God rewards us… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

So What Is A Hyper-Calvinist?

 
Contrary to the claims of some free-will gospel promoters, a hyper-Calvinist is not the same as a Calvinist. A Calvinist believes that the doctrines of grace are the doctrines of the Bible. Also, a Calvinist understands His total inability to participate in raising himself to “newness of life” (Romans 6:4) and he also is grateful to God for having mercy on his soul, so he does his best out of… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Why Preach If Salvation Is All Up To God?

 
This is one of the main concerns about Calvinism of the free-will camp. They think that if all Christians were Calvinists, no one would share the Gospel. Not to worry. A good Calvinist knows his Bible. For instance, he knows what it says in Romans chapter 10:
 

Romans 10:14-15 – “14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Where Did These Modern Evangelism Methods Come From?

 
Where did people get their modern-day ideas for presenting the Gospel? Certainly we can learn wrong doctrine when verses are taken out of context and combined with plausible explanations. When error is repeated often enough, it can easily become accepted as fact. But there is a major reason why error goes on being repeated without being corrected. “What is it?” you may be wondering. It has to do… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Getting Decisions For Christ?

 
In the interest of seeing people saved, we can invent methods of evangelism that give us the results we are looking for – tangible evidence that our efforts are bearing fruit. The problem with this approach is that “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9) and so only God can give the increase (1 Corinthians 3:7). Any attempt on our part to give the increase will yield false fruit – people who… Continue reading →