February 16, 2006
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10 BIBLICAL ARGUMENTS PROVING THAT ALL ARMINIANS ARE
UNREGENERATE.1) John 10:5 says that believers will
NEVER follow a false shepherd. But Arminians follow false shepherds. Therefore,
Arminians are not believers.“the sheep follow him
because they know his voice. But they will not follow a stranger, never! But
they will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of the strangers.”
(Jn 10:4-5).2) Isaiah 45:20 says that those who pray
to a God that cannot save know nothing. Arminians believe that men have free
will and the god they pray to cannot save. Arminians know nothing of the Just
God and Savior.“Gather yourselves and come; draw
near together, escaped ones of the nations; the ones who set up the wood of
their carved image, and the ones who pray to a god who cannot save; they know
nothing. Declare and bring near; yea, let them consult together. Who has
revealed this of old; who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there
is no God other than Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none except Me.” (Isa
45:20-21)3) 2 John 9 says that those who do not
abide in the doctrine of Christ have not God. No Arminian is abiding in the
doctrine of Christ since all Arminians believe in a false gospel of salvation by
works. Arminians have not God. Of course, if God later converts an Arminian to
the true Gospel of salvation SOLELY by Christ’s BARE WORK then it would mean
that this Arminian is not reprobate. However, all Arminians who die believing in
any of the five points of Arminianism go to hell.“Everyone transgressing and not abiding in the doctrine of Christ does
not have God. The one abiding in the doctrine of Christ, this one has the Father
and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bear this doctrine, do not
receive him into the house, and do not speak a greeting to him. For the one
speaking a greeting shares in his evil works.” (2 Jn 9-11).4) Romans 10 says that the Jews were ignorant of the righteousness of God
and went about to establish their own righteousness. Likewise, no Arminian is
submitted to the righteousness of God because they do NOT believe the gospel of
imputed righteousness. If Paul was alive today he would pray for Arminians to be
saved for they have a zeal for God but not according to
knowledge.“Brothers, truly my heart’s pleasure and
supplication to God on behalf of Israel is for it to be saved. For I testify to
them that they have zeal to God, but not according to knowledge. For being
ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own
righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.” (Rom
10:1-3)5) In Acts 8:20 Peter judged Simon Magnus to
be unregenerate because Simon thought salvation could come by human efforts.
Arminians are no better than Simon in their beliefs concerning salvation. Both
Simon and Arminians believe that man has a role to play in justification.
Therefore, Arminians are in perdition, a bond of iniquity and a gall of
bitterness.“But Simon having seen that the Holy
Spirit is given through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, he offered
them money, saying, Give to me also this authority that to whomever I may lay on
the hands he may receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter said to him, May your silver
be with you into perdition, because you thought to get the gift of God through
money. There is neither part nor lot to you in this matter, for your heart is
not upright before the face of God. Repent, then, from this wickedness of yours,
and petition God if perhaps you will be forgiven the thought of your heart. For
I see you being in the gall of bitterness and a bundle of unrighteousness.”
(Acts 8:18-23)6) John 4:14 says that believers never
thirst for the waters of eternal life. Now, Arminians find their assurance not
in the finished work of Christ but Arminians drink from the well of salvation by
works (e.g. saving yourself by the work of their “free will”). Therefore,
Arminians are not believers.“but whoever may drink
of the water which I will give him will not thirst, never! But the water which I
will give to him will become a fountain of water in him, springing up into
everlasting life.” (Jn 4:14)7) 1 John 5:10-12 says
those not believing God’s testimony have called Him a liar. It also says that
those who call God a liar have not the Son and have not life. Arminians do not
believe God’s testimony, i.e. that the Father is perfectly well pleased with the
work of the Son and that all believers have been given everlasting life.
Arminians say that God is a liar and effectively treat Satan as a
truth-teller.“The one believing in the Son of God
has the witness in himself. The one not believing God has made Him a liar,
because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning
His Son. And this is the witness: that God gave us everlasting life, and this
life is in His Son. The one having the Son has life. The one not having the Son
of God does not have life.” (1 Jn 5:10-12)8) James
1:6-7 says that those who “pray” doubting can expect nothing from God. Arminians
do not believe that God controls everything, therefore they cannot pray with
faith. Arminians can therefore expect nothing from God (this includes
salvation).“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him
ask from God, who gives to all freely and with no reproach, and it will be given
to him. But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For the one who doubts is
like a wave of the sea, being driven by wind and being tossed; for do not let
that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a
double_soiled man, not dependable in all his ways.” (Jam
1:5-8)9) (a) 2 Corinthians 13:5 says that people who
are not sure whether or not Christ is in them are unregenerate. Arminians cannot
know that Christ is in them (by believing in a false christ they are ignorant of
who the real Christ is). Arminians base their assurance on their works and are
unregenerate. Of course, if God converts an Arminian to believe that Christ lay
down His life for the sheep and fulfilled the Law, then that Arminian is no
longer an Arminian. He is now a Christian and will deduce his election from his
belief in the bare truth of the gospel.“Or do you
not yourselves perceive that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are
disapproved?” (2 Cor 13:5)(b) Paul addressed his
letter to the Ephesians with “to the saints and faithful at Ephesus”. Paul
assumed that the Ephesians knew they were saints and faithful (otherwise, they
would not have known the epistle was for them). Arminians do not have the
assurance of salvation of the Ephesians because Arminians do not know that the
work of salvation is finished. Arminians are ignorant of the fact that NOTHING
is required for justification but the imputed righteousness and atoning blood of
Christ. By thinking that man has to contribute to justification, Arminians can
NEVER be assured of salvation by Christ’s bare work alone. Only those who
believe that man is TOTALLY PASSIVE in justification can be assured that Christ
COMPLETELY FULFILLED THE LAW. All who believe in the true gospel of imputed
righteousness will deduce that they are elect from their assent to the
propositions of the gospel.“Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints being in Ephesus and
faithful in Christ Jesus.” (Eph 1:1)(c) Peter wrote
only to those of “EQUALLY PRECIOUS” to the Apostles (2 Peter 1:1). Arminians do
not have the faith of the Apostles, however, because they deny “IT IS FINISHED”.
By believing that man must do x, y or z to be justified Christ profits them
nothing. Of course, if God later on converts an Arminian to the True Gospel (the
doctrines of the Finished Atonement and Imputed Righteousness) then that
Arminian has BECOME a Christian (the moment he believed the True Gospel) and
must be elect.“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle
of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like equally precious faith with us
through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Pet
1:1)10) 2 John 9-11 says that those who speak peace
to outward heretics share in the heretic’s evil deeds. Tolerant Calvinists speak
peace to Arminians. To all you TCs out there: You are unregenerate.“Everyone transgressing and not abiding in the doctrine of Christ does
not have God. The one abiding in the doctrine of Christ, this one has the Father
and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bear this doctrine, do not
receive him into the house, and do not speak a greeting to him. For the one
speaking a greeting shares in his evil works.” (2 Jn 9-11).I challenge every tolerant and doubting
Calvinist out there to refute the 10 Biblical arguments above.
Comments (9)
A girl who likes reading Sproul recently wrote an entry on justificaiton. Here’s my response.
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G’day Denae,
I found your entry on justification by searching “imputed righteousness” on the Xanga search engine. I AGREE with everything you wrote in the quoted text below and am very interested in discussing it. You wrote,
“I love the doctrine of justification/imputation by faith. … To me, very few things portray the absolute holiness and justice of God so clearly as this doctrine. … I’d say that the correct interpretation is that the “righteous” name given to us simply says that we are acceptable and in right-standing with God, because of the completed work of the Righteous One living in us. It doesn’t mean that we give forth righteousness on our own to acheive this salvation. We can’t. No one is righteous. Christ must be our Righteousness. … we are sinners until death, our accounts imputed with the righteousness of Christ that we might be acceptable to a holy God. God cannot sweep sins under the rug. In fact, Paul says God sent Christ in order that the righteousness and justice of God be made visible to men. … Not by faith, but through faith in Christ’s completed work. It is Christ alone Who saves us.”
My comment: The True Gospel is how the “absolute holiness and justice of God” is REVEALED. You are certainly right about that.
That means that anyone who does not believe the True Gospel of Imputed Righteousness is IGNORANT of God. They simply do not possess the knowledge of the Just God and Savior. Although they read the True Gospel preached by the Apostles in the Scripture because they do not believe their words, they “know nothing” of God. And God’s wrath abides on them because they call Him a liar and have failed to meet His demand for perfect obedience from all people. Unless God the Father imputes God the Son’s righteousness to them, they will perish eternally.
Danae, you agree with so far. OR DO YOU? Do you actually believe that ALL people ignorant of Imputed Righteousness are LOST? Does it matter how “sincere” they are? Who cares how religious they are!! The Pharisees were WAY MORE religious than Arminians will ever be. Arminians can be as zealous as they like and still go to hell. After all, they do not believe the True Gospel which means they do not have the PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ to met God’s requirement for salvation.
Danae, let’s talk about your friend who denies imputed righteousness. You write,
“I have a friend who loves logic and actually came to Christ by seeing the logic in Christianity, with the help of his now good friend and wife. We were talking one day about justification by faith, and he doesn’t hold this protestant view because he has trouble seeing the logic in it”
My comment: I hope you don’t mind but I am posting some arguments base on Scripture below that I think prove that your friend — and all who deny imputed righteousness — are lost.
[see this blog entry]
I commented on your last post. i was looking for your reply. Is it coming soon?
Andrew, I agree with you on full Arminians (i.e, those that also deny Original sin), but I do not categorically agree with you since one does not have to believe the other
Andrew, I agree with you on full Arminians (i.e, those that also deny Original sin), but I do not categorically agree with you since one does not have to believe the other 4-points in order to be
saved.
Andrew, exactly what is your purpose in blogging? I ss you attempting to throw alot of disunity into the Kingdom. Is it possible to not agree with someone and to yet still love them? Cause I am not seeing any love here at all…
Thanks for visiting my site.
What church do you go to and who is your Elder?
That is a hard stand to take. I’m sure you know.
I am a Calvinist, but would not go that far(i think wrong), but will need time to challenge your 10 points.
Hi Andrew. Thanks for subscribing to me. I am not a calvinist. I’m at work and didn’t have time to read your post and don’t really know if I want to anyway since I’ve debated this too many times already. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, died for my sins, and rose again on the 3rd day. I am saved because of His imputed righteousness which I received by repenting of my sins and having faith in what He did for me on the cross, but I guess according to you, I’m not saved. Well all I have to say is that Jesus said , ” By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you are a calvinist. ” Oh wait, that’s not what He said. He said , ” If we love each other.” So brother, even though you think I’m an unregenerate, I still love you as a brother in Jesus.
God bless
Larry
So… is this post supposed to be edifying? I’m just curious. You subscribed to my xanga, and I just stopped in to see who you are. This post intrigued me. I’m not sure I understand the good of labeling entire groups of people as regenerate or unregenerate, as condemnation is said in the Bible to be left for God alone.