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Originally Posted by Acoustic
That God "ordains" some to Hell is a common misunderstanding of Reformed/Calvinist theology. God does not need to ordain any go to Hell as we are all already going to Hell.
It also does not say that God "arbitrarily" picks some to save. Anyone can see from a basic reading of God's Word that he is not arbitrary in any way.
I don't expect anyone who is not Reformed to become Reformed as it is really offense to our western way of thinking - to say that we have no choice in our salvation tears at everything we believe.
This was my reaction and the reaction of my wife and is the reaction of my non-reformed friends, yet after several years of fighting it I have come to taste the sweetness of what it means to be justified by God's grace - to know that none who are given to Christ will be lost and be able to rest (be still and know that I am God) in the Sabbath that is Jesus Christ.
I better stop now or I will keep on going.
SDG
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nah. That's fine. Keep going.
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