With all due respect, AwasC, no I'm
not missing the point. I have read pretty clearly what they are asking for, what they expect of those they have asked, and what they are seeking.
That aside I was, again, only addressing your continued question on the validity of the trinity being shown rather clearly in the Scriptures. You have not commented on my post in response to issue of the trinity. I have shown you a place where it
is quite clear that all three are God. Do you disagree?
As for Calvinism, and the doctrine that Jesus died only for the elect (clearly defining that those who are damned were created for that purpose), I don't find it anywhere either, so with them I agree.
Now, I hear what you're saying, that we who do
not subscribe to predestined election (in the sense of calvinism) don't apply that across the board. As a truth, I'm sure there are plenty of which this is a true assessment.
However there are plenty that believe in the free will of man, even unto salvation, that
do apply it across the board. I know that I certainly do. The difference is that I see how predestination (as the Word clearly speaks of this!) is not counter to free will, as I have said I believe. Quite the contrary, they are
complimentary...that's what I've seen. And yes, free will
does have a significant role in all of that.
But I digress...I only intended to answer your continued question on the trinity, just for the sake of moving that out of the way a bit for the sake of the election discussion, fwiw.
Many blessings, HITR