Rather, he either fails to save whom he wills, or he saves fully whom he wills. He separates his sheep from the goats, but he welcomes in his sheep by lavishing upon them love that they do not deserve.
1Co 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
So He's either powerless or unloving?
ReplyDeleteEither way, he's irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteRather, he either fails to save whom he wills, or he saves fully whom he wills. He separates his sheep from the goats, but he welcomes in his sheep by lavishing upon them love that they do not deserve.
ReplyDeleteWell said evanmay! Well said.
ReplyDelete1Co 2:14
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
Either powerless or unloving?
ReplyDeleteTo the contrary, God is omnipotent in his redemptive love for the elect, and omnipotent in his just judgment of the reprobate.
And it's quite relevant whether God is your Redeemer or your Judge.
As to whether this makes atheism appealing, in atheism, everyone is consigned to oblivion.
"in atheism, everyone is consigned to oblivion... and I don't like that, so I'll invent a god to make me feel better."
ReplyDeleteHi Ted,
ReplyDeleteMaybe you're a little dull, but if you scroll up a ways you'll notice that I was answering Loftus on his own grounds.
So one could just as well say that since Loftus doesn't like the God of Calvinism, he'll invent a secular worldview to make him feel better."