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Brother, you are one mixed up dude.
Make up your mind whether or not you ARE a calvinist because you can't have it both ways.
I have my mind in order. I don't agree with TULIP.
However, predestination is in scripture. Let me give a lesson:
Predestination and Election
Verses that support Predestination and Election:
Romans 8:29 “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
Eph. 1:5 “Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,”
1Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace by multiplied.”
I think before we go on, we should define these words predestination and election.
Definition of Predestination: 1. The act of predestining; destiny; fate. 2. The foreordination of all things by God, including the salvation or damnation of men. * Out of 59 Bible translations, the word predestined in Romans 8:29 is used 32 times. Other translations use foreordained, determined , decided or chose beforehand. *Note: This speaks strictly of our salvation , the actions and events that lead up to that, but NOT the color of pants or choice of food we will eat. God ordained events are the key significant events, a specific job, place you move to, person you marry, even accidents, etc., would be included in and influence the direction of your life and so it is and has always been known by God.
Since God knows the end and we have prophecy that describes in detail events that will happen, and so they are fact predestined to happen, prophecy simply states what is predestined to happen. If God did not predetermine, pre-ordain things to take place exactly how they will, then prophecy could not be written.
Definition of Election: the predestination of individuals for salvation.
One must realize that if certain events, people’s salvation, are to take place exactly how God intended and planned for them, the process leading up to the time this takes place is precisely ordered. That means man cannot mess it up. Again, God factors into His overall plan our blunders, errors, weak faith and with a few workers, His plan is carried on schedule.
Some things are just confusing. Don't worry, a lot of people are confused about this doctrine.The entire first half of your post makes no sense...I stopped reading at that point.
His Grace is experienced by all, the rain falls on the wicked and sometimes they can smell the roses too.Is God dumb?
He predestined everything but He still figures "ah, let me invite everyone --- just to fool them, but I already know who will be saved".
As for Calvin, he tried to put man's and God's nature in a box, an acronym that is flawed. I could argue each one of them except perseverance of the saints - but please don't bother testing me.
Man is not qualified to speak of God's ways in such a superficial fashion as to dress them up in a nice neat package. Listen, unless you are omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient, which Calvin was not, nor is anyone, it is not possible to create absolutes. TULIP is not an absolute, definitive construct, which is why the majority of Christianity do not receive it in harmony.
Hey sister, I'm Italian too, buon giorno. Ah Tuscany, it has been my dream to go to Italy.
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