tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post2331975968581901492..comments2023-03-28T15:30:45.255-04:00Comments on Hammer and Nail: Am I a Heretic? Are you?Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-77518424058284285582007-05-02T18:42:00.000-04:002007-05-02T18:42:00.000-04:00Anonymous,Thank you for your question. I would pr...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your question. I would prefer to answer to a name rather than to "Anonymous," but I will go ahead anyway.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I do consider myself to be a Calvinist. I prefer the term "Doctrines of Grace," but I will take Calvinist, too.<BR/><BR/>God has created all humanity for His glory. He has given us all the responsibility of serving Him only. We have all seen enough in this world to know that there is one, holy God (Ps. 19, Rom. 1). However, none of us serves Him. In fact, we are all (prior to salvation) God-haters, and followers of the devil (Rom. 1, Eph. 2). Thus, we all deserve Hell.<BR/><BR/>However, God is gracious, and has chosen to elect some people to salvation. He does this out of His own wisdom and good pleasure (Rom. 9-11). Nothing we do deserves salvation; rather, God chooses based on His grace alone.<BR/><BR/>God is, therefore, glorified by the elect going to heaven, and the lost going to Hell. Both His love and His holiness are exemplified in this. God's desire may be for all to be saved (II Peter 3:9), but His will is for some to go to Hell (Rom. 9-11).<BR/><BR/>God saves completely out of His grace.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous (I feel silly referring to you that way), I would like to ask you a question. Do you believe that man has free-will to choose God? If so, can you please show me where the Bible says that? All men are corrupt (Rom. 3), so how can we have free will?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-81741737295165523072007-05-02T17:37:00.001-04:002007-05-02T17:37:00.001-04:00I was wondering while reading this. Would you the...I was wondering while reading this. Would you then consider yourself a Calvanist? If so , why do you believe that God would only elect to save a few and create people for the sole purpose of dying and going straight to hell without any chance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com