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Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

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You've lost the context of my reply, which is still relevant to the OP.

MAYBE NOT...

Paul was chosen and apprehended by the presence of God and blinded - do you think he could resist that by his will ?

God's love reigns supreme as part of His sovereign will.

He didn't whisper 'Hey Saul - this is Jesus - would you consider going easy on my Christian friends - please' ?

He (Jesus) is in control here - not us.
 
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He didn't whisper ' Hey Saul - this is Jesus - would you consider going easy on my Christian friends - please ?
I had a similar thing happen.

14th of november 2012. an angel woke me up at 4am in the morning over a forum post i made about entropy wins and there is no rapture.

said post was made the 24th of may, 2011. man my memory is foggy, I thought there was a 4 month gap, not a year and 6 months.

this still remains the singular most terrifying and obviously from God experience i've ever had and it still makes no sense in that.. why, why was that so important. no one on that forum listened to anything i said anyways.
 
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I had a similar thing happen.

14th of november 2012. an angel woke me up at 4am in the morning over a forum post i made about entropy wins and there is no rapture.

said post was made the 24th of may, 2011. man my memory is foggy, I thought there was a 4 month gap, not a year and 6 months.

this still remains the singular most terrifying and obviously from God experience i've ever had and it still makes no sense in that.. why, why was that so important. no one on that forum listened to anything i said anyways.

It seems modern Christianity lacks encounters that leave one mute when the almighty or His messengers speak.

His ways need to be politically correct these days it seems, when any display of force is considered abuse and necessarily from a wrong spirit.

There will be a lot of surprises when His Holy Magnificence is encountered at judgement - sure the Lamb's blood will cover us but the Terrible Presence of the Father will be there as well.

In fact His indwelling fear in us keeps us from falling away and is our best friend.
 
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