Question #1

[Reformationist]

I wanted to ask a series of 5 questions and see where we stood on these issues in the P/R/E forum. I will ask them one by one so we can see if we can identify any patters, i.e., all the people who chose "A" in question 1 chose "A" in question 2, and so on. Which of the following views most closely reflects your beliefs:

A) The Fall of man was not total. There remains enough good in man for him to will to accept Christ unto salvation.

B) The Fall of man was complete. Unregenerate man is in absolute bondage to satan and wholly incapable of exercising his own will freely to trust in Christ for salvation.

Thanks,
God bless

 

[BBAS 64]

Good Day, Don

I voted "B". Free will was exersized for evil once and the total destruction of it and man is clear and systemic.

Bless you,

Bill

 

[SavedByGrace3]

I wanted to ask a series of 5 questions and see where we stood on these issues in the P/R/E forum. I will ask them one by one so we can see if we can identify any patters, i.e., all the people who chose "A" in question 1 chose "A" in question 2, and so on. Which of the following views most closely reflects your beliefs:

A) The Fall of man was not total. There remains enough good in man for him to will to accept Christ unto salvation.

B) The Fall of man was complete. Unregenerate man is in absolute bondage to satan and wholly incapable of exercising his own will freely to trust in Christ for salvation.

Thanks,
God bless

• Salvation comes by exercising faith, which is of the spirit. Faith comes by a revelation from Christ. The power is in the revelation, (the word), not in our ability to believe or decide anything.
• "Will" is of the soul, or mind.... so salvation has nothing to do with "willingness".
• Salvation has nothing to do with a decision... it has to do with a revelation: revelation you are lost and revelation that the Lord is merciful and will save all who call on His name.
• You do not need to be good to choose God... you just need to know you are fallen: Try to be good.. Find out you cannot, call on the Lord for mercy. All this by revelation of the Spirit to man.

 

[theseed]

Unregenerate man is in absolute bondage to satan

I don't think man is in bondage to satan, but to sin and sinful nature. If God was to destoy all Satan and all the other fallen angels, we would still sin.

 

[Dan V.]

That's easy. 'B'

Dan V.