tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post3140134042521612399..comments2023-05-26T08:10:48.078-07:00Comments on Arminian Baptist: Assurance of Salvation in Calvinism?James M. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064939564477543675noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-86518229733256989122015-06-27T17:44:49.392-07:002015-06-27T17:44:49.392-07:00As a Calvinist I know that I am saved/of the elect...As a Calvinist I know that I am saved/of the elect because of what the Scripture says. How does the Scripture tell me to have assurance. There are so many places this is addressed how can I chose where to begin. There's a whole book of the Bible that deals with that very issue: 1 John! It's not works righteousness to look at the fruit of God's work in a believer' s life to see where your heart is (this is examining yourself to see if you're in the faith). 1 John 2:3 says We know we have come to know if we obey his commands. So one test is obedience. Obedience is not the cause of salvation because grace is. Since God requires perfection even are best works are mortal sins. But I can discern God's work in my life because I am now eager to do good works (though imperfect) whereas before I desired to do evil in God's sight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282104670771063043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-65908234074446692792013-10-12T15:03:33.509-07:002013-10-12T15:03:33.509-07:00Many Christians have said the following to themsel...Many Christians have said the following to themselves during a very difficult period in their life: Am I really saved? Here are the thought processes on this issue for an Evangelical and a Lutheran:<br /><br />The Evangelical's Assurance of Salvation:<br /><br />1. At age ___ I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. At that moment I asked Jesus to come into my heart to be my Lord and Savior and to forgive me of my sins.<br /><br />2. But since I am currently questioning my salvation, maybe I didn't "do it" correctly. Maybe I didn't fully understand what I was doing. Maybe I didn't fully repent. Maybe I didn't really have complete faith. Maybe I did it just because my friends were doing it. Maybe...<br /><br />3. I don't know...maybe I should "do it" again, just to be 100% sure.<br /><br />The Lutheran's Assurance of Salvation:<br /><br />1. Have I been baptized into the name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, thereby receiving God's promise of the forgiveness of my sins, salvation of my soul, faith, and eternal life? <br />Answer: Yes.<br /><br />2. Have I outright rejected Christ as my Lord and Savior? <br />Answer: No.<br /><br />3. Am I living a life of ongoing sin in willful disobedience and defiance of my Lord? <br />Answer: No.<br /><br />Therefore, I KNOW I am saved!<br /><br />When your assurance of salvation is based on what GOD did and not what you did, it makes all the difference in the world!<br /><br />http://www.lutherwasnotbornagain.com/2013/10/salvation-is-much-simpler-than.htmlGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-28402916666886795342009-08-05T05:55:54.116-07:002009-08-05T05:55:54.116-07:00Thank you for this article, the link to which I fo...Thank you for this article, the link to which I found through a google search. Through it, I was able to discover what being a Reformed Arminian is. Thank you and God bless you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-85720066332713137152008-10-09T04:43:00.000-07:002008-10-09T04:43:00.000-07:00Absolutely right. According to Calvinism there are...Absolutely right. According to Calvinism there are 3 kinds of believers:<BR/><BR/>1) Soon-to-fall-away-believers (rocky ground)<BR/><BR/>2) No-fruit-believers (thorny ground) <BR/><BR/>and<BR/>3) True believers (good ground)<BR/><BR/>How does the calvinist know what type of believer he is? Obviously he must identify his fruit. How does he do this? By self-examination, that is ultimately self-righteousness. Here we go, Calvinism boils down to a salvation-by-works-gospel. For only by works they can have a glimpse of hope of salvation. Just watch the Sermons of Paul Washer and many other reformed chiefs. <BR/>Assurance? I sum it up like this: Calvinism = Check-If-You-Are-Saved-isma helmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159557031242847451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-48765274227679402372008-05-14T12:43:00.000-07:002008-05-14T12:43:00.000-07:00This is a great post. Another thing to note - Calv...This is a great post. Another thing to note - Calvin thought it was possible for God illuminate someone for a while, and then bail at a later point. So even if you ARE a believer, God might withdraw from your life, and then you're toast. The Puritans were plagued with this kind of fear (called the doctrine of the false hope).<BR/><BR/>Calvin:<I>There are two kinds of call. There is the general call, by which God invites all equally to himself through the outward preaching of the word-even those to whom he holds it out as a savor of death, and as the occasion for severer condemnation. The other kind of call is special, which he deigns for the most part to give to the believers alone, while by the inward illumination of his Spirit he causes the preached Word to dwell in their hearts. Yet sometimes he also causes those whom he illumines only for a time to partake of it; then he justly forsakes them on account of their ungratefulness and strikes them with even greater blindness.</I>Kevin Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472900037134045450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-45792724522398234932008-05-14T02:59:00.000-07:002008-05-14T02:59:00.000-07:00Assurance of salvation? Is this all that we are a...Assurance of salvation? Is this all that we are after? Is this what matters to us the most? Assurance of what's in it for us? <BR/><BR/>Rejoice in the assurance of CHRIST's LORDship over all! All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to CHRIST. THAT is the Good News!<BR/><BR/>If He commands me to spend the rest of eternity burning in hell just as I deserve, does this make Him any less worthy of our praise, honour and loyalty?<BR/><BR/>JESUS CHRIST is the alpha and omega of the Gospel, HE is the very heart of the Good News, the reason and centre of everything. This is what we should all joyfully and FAITHFULLY declare, whatever the cost.<BR/><BR/>To God alone be the glory!ignlacsinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136368461432802610noreply@blogger.com