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Deliver me oh Lord, from evil men
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Hi Behe. You are correct. Classical Calvinism resolves the dilema with the two separate wills of God, forging a separation between desires and decrees. Nonetheless, Calvin did not pervert the text as DrSteveJ does, who teaches that the "any" of verse 9 is "the elect." Calvin and many other Calvinists possessed the integrity to refrain from trampling on the obvious intentions of the author of 2 Peter. They rightly divide the text and see the "any" as a reference to mankind.
P.S. This "the any is the elect" interpretation is very popular on the internet.
Interesting, I never figured that arminians would agree with the following statement of Calvin's:
For God there stretches forth his hand without a difference to all, but lays hold only of those, to lead them to himself, whom he has chosen before the foundation of the world.
Just curious - would you consider yourself an arminian? If so - do you agree with the above statement?
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