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Thursday, January 04, 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:58:24 GMT

                                      STUDY VERSE

Mark 7:6 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

There are indeed many hypocritical false professors of Christianity who have the language on their lips, carry Bibles & go to church, who are void of the root of the matter in their hearts. Worse there are those who profess the Christian religion while they not only have no root, but their very lips continue to pour forth disgusting profanities. Both are an abomination to a Holy God! Think about it.

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Friday, December 29, 2006

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:24:17 GMT




             HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY SALVATION!


1John 4:
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether
they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the
world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and
this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it
cometh; and now it is in the world already.

This passage gives a clear command to true Christians to examine and
question anyone who claims he is a Christian. The opening
sentence plainly says that Christians are not to go around believing
everybody is saved just because he says so. Instead, the Christian 
is directed to examine and question people who say they are saved 
and such questioning is based on Doctrine. It has been rightly said 
that the ongoing battle for the souls of men takes place in the Mind. 
And the one and only function of the mind ladies and gentlemen is 
the ongoing activity of processing Doctrine. And that includes 
everything that goes into and comes out of the mind; whether it's 
religious or not!

  Everything you learned when you went to school for at least 12 
years was all Doctrine. Even when you smoked pot in back of the 
school yard.. you were learning and processing Doctrine! And a man's 
Doctrine determines how he will live... and die. All who die in 
unbiblical false doctrine shall spend eternity in the Lake of Fire, 
no matter how much they said "Jesus" in this life!
              
                          MANY.....

...will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
~in thy name~? and ~in thy name~ have cast out devils? and
~in thy name~ done many wonderful works? Mt 7:22 
I'll bet lots of people thought these were "godly men" But what does
the Son of God think of them? Next verse, 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: *depart* 
from me, ye that work iniquity.

   Questioning people's salvation is no fun issue folks!
Especially when the people are friends and loved ones. It's probably
for this reason that most people who claim to be Christians do not 
pay any attention to a passage like this. Oh, there is no doubt that
they do when the JW or the Mormon knocks on the door on Sat morning.
But that's where it ends. No one goes around in his circle of 
friends and loved ones and questions those who carry a Bible, go to 
church and say "Jesus". And especially do they ever have the 
audacity to ever, ever question the man who stands in the pulpit! Oh
sure... you can "ask the preacher" any question any time you want 
to.. but don't you dare ~examine~ his doctrine in the light of the 
Bible. And if you happen to find that what he believes is not found 
in Scripture, what should you do..? Sit down, shut up & don't make 
waves!
 But you see folks, that course of action is in direct
contradiction to the instructions given by the Holy Spirit, who is 
the Spirit of Truth, in the Scriptures. To do that is to walk in 
direct disobedience to God Himself. No sir...! The Christian is
~commanded~ to examine everybody, even if it means making waves and
becoming a marked man. And believe me you will become a marked man.
You will lose friends and influence people... to call you all kinds
of things like; Judgmental; Ungracious; Arrogant; 
Who-are-you-to-judge; and on & on. But you know what folks... read 
this next one carefully;

The Son of God testified of the world that its works were evil! John
7:7. And His main target was... Religious people... and especially
those who were Religious Leaders. Why do you think they ended up
putting Him on the cross?

  The Greek word "prove" in verse 1 is the verb dokimazo~
dok-im-ad'-zo. It means;
1) to test, examine, prove, scrutinise (to see whether a thing is
genuine or not), as metals.
2) to recognise as genuine after examination, to approve, deem 
worthy.
  It is derived from the noun form dokimos dok'-ee-mos which
means;
1) accepted, particularly of coins and money.
2) accepted, pleasing, acceptable.

There is a negative form; a-dokimos; the 'a' in front of the word is
called in Greek an 'alpha privative' which simply means that when 
the Greek letter 'alpha' or 'a' is put in front of a word it negates
the meaning. In English we have the prefix 'un' so you might have a 
word like... unsportsman.. [like conduct, as in football]. The Greek
 word a-dokimos means;
1) not standing the test, not approved.
1a) properly used of metals and coins.
2) that which does not prove itself such as it ought.
2a) unfit for, unproved, spurious, reprobate.

This word study teaches that when Christians examine people who say
they are saved what they are doing is determining whether or not 
their Doctrine is acceptable based on the standard of the Bible; 
the word of God. And if it is discovered that a person is holding to
false doctrine the Christian then points that out and instructs the 
person to repent of his false doctrine. If the person repents, then 
thou hast gained a brother. A prime example is Peter and Barnabas in
the book of Galatians. They were condoning both false doctrine and 
those who were bringing it and Paul issued the strongest rebuke he
could by saying these people were under the curse of God! Gal 1:6-9.
The result was that Peter, Barnabas and all true believers 
recognized their sin and repented.

But if he does not repent, then what does that tell us about the
person's doctrine. It tells us that his doctrine is UNapproved
according to the Scriptures. It tells us that his doctrine is the
doctrine of the Reprobate! And so we have such passages as;

Ro 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate [a-dokimos] mind, to
do those things which are not convenient;

These people were guilty of.. guess what? They were surpressing the
truth in unrighteousness, verse 18, which is exactly what people do 
when they persist in their false doctrine.

Those who hold to false doctrine indeed "do not like to retain God
in their knowledge" and therefore are on extremely dangerous ground 
for if they continue in their false doctrine the True and Living God
might just give them over to the fullness of a reprobate mind.. 
which means they will be ~sealed~ in their doom! And if you don't 
think God will do this to people who say "Jesus" and claim to 
believe in Him then read this next passage with sobriety;

2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but
had pleasure in unrighteousness.

You will notice that the opposite of having pleasure in
unrighteousness is belief of the truth. Therefore the having 
pleasure in unrighteousness means abiding in false doctrine; that 
which is not of the truth. Another...

2Ti 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these
also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate [a-dokimos]
concerning the faith.

This one shows that those who persist in their false doctrine and
resist the truth are men of corrupt minds and reprobate [a-dokimos]
concerning the faith. This is shown by the fact that they resist the
truth and therefore persist in their false doctrine. Again this
demonstrates that Doctrine held by the Mind is a Vital issue.
Another...

Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they
deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good 
work reprobate [a-dokimos].

This verse shows that the condition is found right within the
confines of Biblical religion. That means people who claim to be
Christians! They are considered by others as such "godly people". 
But you see folks, godliness and false doctrine are a Deadly 
mixture. Many people are judged to be 'godly' by unbiblical 
standards. Men are judged to be 'godly' by how much Scripture they 
know; or how 'powerfully' they preach, or how intently they pray. 
But who do you know that judges godliness based on what doctrine a 
man believes? No one does that.. except radicals like me!... and the
Savior!  But this is why John wrote what he did in 1John 4.

 These are sobering passages ladies and gentlemen. The
instruction to true Christians in all this is clear. Whenever we
discover that people who say they are saved, and who we even thought
they were saved,... whenever we discover that their Doctrine is not 
in accord with the word of God... and they refuse to acknowledge and
repent, true Christians are to have no religious fellowship with 
them. And why not? Because, according to this passage in 1John 4, 
such people are not of God. It matters not how much they quote the 
Bible, how much they go to church, how much they "witness", or 
preach, or pray, or how many Bible schools they went to, or how 
"godly" they appear to be in the eyes of men! In all of this... 
NOTHING matters except what doctrine they believe. And the Holy 
Spirit testifies that if their doctrine is not according to 
Scriptures they are not of God. Rather they are of the spirit of 
anti-christ! And folks... I did not write that. The Holy Spirit of 
Truth wrote it thru the pen of the Apostle John and HE says... 
"every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is 
the spirit of the antichrist,".

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:16:03 GMT

   TRUTH   ALONE SETS   MEN   FREE

John 8:31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, If you continue in My Word, you are truly My disciples.
32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

In this passage Jesus Christ is speaking to unregenerate Jews who believed in Him and were still lost. They were in bondage to their sin and they did not know the truth.

There are many people today who believe in Jesus Christ and are yet still lost in sin. Such people are <nominal> Christians; that is, they are Christians in name only. They carry Bibles; they go to church[es]; they quote verses and use religious language; they not only 'believe in God' but they believe in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ as well, just like the Jews in this passage.Yet they are still unregenerate and lost in their sin, just like the Jews in this passage.

One reason this is so is because their religion is one of -Experience- rather than one of Truth. They have had an Emotional Encounter with their god which has little or nothing to do with the truth as it is contained in the Bible. The Jews above claimed their blood line with Abraham and their adherence to Moses were grounds enough to show they were children of God. But the Lord Jesus Christ tells them otherwise... that they were not only -not- God's children, but that they were the children of the Devil! As such they were still in bondage to their sin and there was no truth in them, just as there is no truth in Satan, their father!

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                                  LION OF

                                    JUDAH

The God of the Bible is the God of Truth!
Ps 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, God of truth.
Isa 65:16 He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth. And he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former distresses are forgotten; and because they are hidden from My eyes.

The God of the Bible has a Son, who is Himself The Truth!
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Those who would worship God must worship Him in spirit.. and in Truth!
John 4:23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such ones that worship Him.
24 God is a spirit, and the ones worshiping Him must worship in spirit and truth.

God the Holy Spirit is... The Spirit of Truth!
John 14:17 the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him nor know Him. But you know Him, for He abides with you and shall be in you.

His ministry is that of leading all true Christians in the truth, which bears witness to Jesus Christ!
John 15:26 And when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, that One will witness concerning Me.
John 16:13 But when that One comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you into all truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will announce the coming things to you.

The Scriptures are the Word of truth!
John 17:17 Sanctify them in Your truth; Your Word is truth.

The Gospel is the word of truth!
Eph 1:13 in whom also you, hearing the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also believing you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

The Gospel is truth!
Gal 2:5 to whom not even for an hour we yielded in subjection, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Gal 2:14 But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you being a Jew, live as a non-Jew and not as the Jews, why do you compel the nations to Judaize?
Col 1:5 because of the hope being laid up for you in Heaven, which you heard before in the Word of the truth of the gospel,

Truth is the means God uses to save His people.
2Th 2:13 But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

The Truth of the Gospel is the means God uses to regenerate His people.
1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

No wonder Messiah said... it is the Truth that will set you free!

Therefore, without the knowledge of the truth, no one is a Christian! Without truth one is still in bondage to sin and Satan.

Messiah spoke these words...
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, Going into all the world, preach the gospel to all the creation.
16 The one believing and being baptized will be saved. And the one not believing will be condemned.

He commanded to preach the Gospel because the Gospel is the only truth that will set men free. Only those who believe the truth of the Gospel are true Christians. All those who do -not- believe the truth of the Gospel are not Christians. They are lost. Such includes all who hold to false doctrine. False doctrine is of Satan and is not of the Truth because no lie is of the Truth.

1John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

to be continued......

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:15:10 GMT

Call On God in Truth

Ps 145:18 The LORD is near all those who call on Him, all those who call on Him in truth.

We read in the NT that 'whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved´ and such is made the basis of many a false gospel message in our day. And why? Because most have never even heard of Ps. 145:18 where we are told here the precise nature of this calling. It is a calling that is done within the confines of the truth.

Many people call upon a god who is ignorant of the future. He must 'look ahead', down the corridors of time to find out who will do what.
Yet Scripture clearly teaches that the true God knows all things before they ever come to pass.

Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

...because He has ordained everything that comes to pass.
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Ro 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Therefore such people are not calling on God in truth. They are calling in a lie. God is far from them.

They call upon a god who loves e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y; no exceptions.
Yet Scripture clearly teaches the true God does not love everybody;

Psalm 11:5 The LORD tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,

Rom 9:13 Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

Therefore such people are not calling on God in truth. They are calling in a lie. God is far from them.

They call upon a christ who has died for e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y; including Judas Iscariot and everyone in Hell. Again no exceptions.
Yet Scripture clearly teaches the true Christ gave His life for His sheep.

Jn 10:11 I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

And His Church...

Ac 20:28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

The death of Messiah has purchased all in whose place he stood. Those who say He died for e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y are saying there are people in Hell that were purchased by the blood of Messiah. This is sheer blasphemy and is not the truth!

Therefore such people are not calling on God in truth. They are calling in a lie. God is far from them.

They call upon a god who is powerless to save unless they let him by the exercize of their free will.
Yet Scripture clearly teaches that salvation has nothing to do with man's will;

Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Therefore such people are not calling on God in truth. They are calling in a lie. God is far from them.

They call upon a god who, when he saves, leaves them in the same condition of wickedness and depravity as they were when they came into the world. They remain unchanged in their character as well as their conduct. They say that they are still 'sinners' and everything they do is "tainted with sin."
Yet Scripture clearly teaches that when God saves a man He changes him in both his character;

2Cor 5:17 So that if anyone is in Christ, that one is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new!

Mt 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mt 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Lu 8:15 But those on the good ground are the ones who, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.

..as well as his conduct;

John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

Ro 6:4 Therefore, we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we should walk in newness of life.

1John 3:6 Everyone who abides in Him does not sin. Everyone who sins has not seen Him nor known Him.

Therefore such people are not calling on God in truth. They are calling in a lie. God is far from them.

Some even call upon a god who saves apart from truth as expressed by correct doctrine. They say 'We are save by a person, not doctrine.' Others even go so far as to say we are not saved by doctrine at all. When asked the question..'how much doctrine does one need to know in order to be saved?' they answer.. None! The expression of doctrine, they say, is the 'evidence' that one has been saved. When asked 'what must a person do to be saved?' thay answer "absolutely nothing."! Both of these ideas deny the truth that a man must believe the Gospel or he is not saved;

Mr 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

And he must believe the truth of the Gospel in its correct doctrinal content.
Scripture teaches that proper doctrinal truth is the means God uses to save His people.

2Th 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

1Tim 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

2Tim 3:15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Jas 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Apart from belief in the doctrinal truth of the Gospel there is no salvation.

Therefore such people are not calling on God in truth. They are calling in a lie. God is far from them.

Have you called upon the Name of the Lord in truth? If not then God is far from you.

1Ki 18:21 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

He who limps is lost.....

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:13:40 GMT

Justification By Faith

Paper is being edited & updated. Meanwhile see other references to Justification by Faith from Romans 4 on my Poor Man's site here;

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:11:41 GMT

WHY DEAD CALVINISTS ARE NOT SAVED
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In anticipation to your extreme bafflement as to what exactly a 'Dead Calvinist' is;

First; What is a Calvinist ?
A Calvinist is a person who believes in the popular 'system' [1] of theology known as 'Calvinism' which is expressed by the well known acronym, TULIP; alternately referred to as the "5 points of Calvinism" or the "doctrines of grace." This definition may be expanded to include other points of theology but this is the 'nut-shell' definition.

A 'Dead Calvinist' is a person who holds to Calvinism but is not saved. Nor did I invent this term myself. I got it from J.C. Philpot. [2]

Why is a Dead Calvinist not saved ? The main reason is that a Dead Calvinist believes in 2 different gospels.

He believes the gospel that proclaims God has, from all eternity, chosen some people out of the entire mass of fallen, spiritually dead humanity, all of whom have absolutely no ability of themselves to savingly come to Jesus Christ and believe the gospel... to become saved. This choice was based on nothing in the sinner but only on the sovereign will of God in Jesus Christ. [Total depravity and Unconditional election.] These people are called in Scripture God's elect, or Christ's sheep. God then sent His Son into the world to rescue His sheep by giving His life as a full and complete payment for all the sins of all the elect and them only, thereby fully satisfying the penal debt to the law of God for their sin. Such complete satisfaction both secures and guarantees the salvation of all the elect. [Limited Atonement.]
As well it establishes a righteousness for the elect that they all need in order to be acceptable and pleasing in His sight and this righteousness is freely imputed to them and received by faith. Therefore, in their lifetime, God infallibly sees to it that they come under the sound of the preaching of the gospel and sends the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of Truth to regenerate them and cause them to believe the truth of the gospel, repent of their sins, and come to Jesus Christ for salvation. [Irresistible grace.] When they do come to the truth they are in possession of >eternal< life, which is, as it says, eternal. It will last forever and never end so that once God saves them they can never 'lose' their salvation. [Perseverance.] This of course is an accurate description of the true gospel found in the Bible and is what most, if not all who call themselves 'Calvinists' believe.

But there is another 'gospel', which is not another, that contradicts the true gospel as given above. This is the popular gospel of Evangelical Arminianism which proclaims that God, from all eternity, looked ahead down the corridors of time to see who would and who would not 'accept' His Son, and believe the gospel. Upon that basis God then 'chose' all those He 'saw' would accept Jesus Christ and be saved. [3]
As you can see this is quite different and even in opposition to the true gospel as stated above. God choosing based on His own sovereign good pleasure in Jesus Christ and His choosing based on what a sinner is going to do are two entirely different concepts and are mutually exclusive. They cannot both be true.

This 'gospel' further teaches that God did not send His Son in order to actually and really save any particular person or persons, including those He 'saw' would believe. Rather He sent His Son to die in order to make salvation 'possible' and that for the entire human race. Christ, they say, has died for everybody but each person must 'accept' his death on their behalf in order to be saved. The result is that many for whom this 'christ' has died end up in Hell because they did not exercise their 'free will' and get saved. This again is obviously not only very different but the exact opposite to the Biblical teaching that Messiah came for, and died for, a particular number of people called the elect, or His sheep >and actually saved them all by His death!< Christ dying for only >some< people and His dying for >everyone who ever lives< are again two mutually exclusive concepts and cannot both be the truth.

This 'gospel' further teaches that anyone can, by an act of his own 'free will', either accept or reject the message of salvation >while he is yet unregenerate.< This of course denies the truth that the natural man has no ability to embrace the truth of the gospel unto salvation in his natural, unregenerate state. He is dead in sin and as such he cannot know the things of God in a saving manner.

One of these is a false gospel folks! One has salvation completely rooted and grounded in, and dependent on nothing else but the Person *and the work* of God's Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. The other has salvation rooted and grounded in, and dependent on, the person *and the work* OF THE SINNER!

Clearly these are two separate and distinct gospel messages. One is from the courts of Heaven and the other from the pit of Hell. One is the means God uses for the salvation of His people while the other is the means Satan uses for the damnation of his followers. But here comes the Dead Calvinist and says....

"O-O-O-O-o-o-.... NO Jay! You have it all wrong. These people, the Arminians, who hold to and believe in their Arminian message are still saved... because they have trusted in Christ. In fact.. I myself was saved as an Arminian and did not -come into- the 'doctrines of grace' until much later >after< God saved me. When you say that Arminians are not saved you're ungracious, you're uncharitable, you're judgmental, you're divisive, you're..."

In so saying he is declaring that he firmly believes that the Arminian message, which is diametrically opposed to the truth of the gospel, and is from Hell, is just as valid a gospel message as the one he [thinks] he believes when he goes about chanting TULIP and the 'doctrines of grace'.

Here now the words of the Holy Ghost through the inspired pen of the Apostle Paul;
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Notice in both verses Paul uses the emphatic phrase *any other gospel*. This is instructive as it tells us that such people are... not 'theologically confused' as some would have us think.. but they are under the curse of Almighty God. And even though the Dead Calvinist may not actually preach the false gospel of Evangelical Arminianism, he still regards those who hear, believe and hold to it, as his 'brothers and sisters in Christ.' In so doing he is saying that he believes the Arminian false gospel is just as valid as the true gospel. Since these are two *separate and distinctly opposing messages* it is now easy to see that the Dead Calvinist does indeed believe in two gospels and in so doing he is declaring that he is under the indictment of Galatians 1:8,9 and is cursed of God.

Furthermore, in saying that Arminians, who despise and reject the doctrine of Jesus Christ and His blessed gospel, are saved is to deny the words of God in 2John 9-11 where it is plainly stated that;

2John 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

This is clear that anyone who believes in and holds to a false gospel does not have God. The Dead Calvinist says... "O yes he does!" By saying that the Arminian is saved the dead Calvinist contradicts the words of the Holy Spirit and calls God a liar!

10 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.
11 For the one speaking a greeting shares in his evil works.

Are you a ... Calvinist ?
Do you regard the Arminian to be saved ?
If so... then you are still Dead in your sin. Repent.

Notes;
[1] I enquoted the word system because many people try to separate a so-called 'system of theology' from the gospel and say that you can believe in any given 'system' of theology that you want to and still be saved, even if that 'system' contradicts the doctrine of Jesus Christ. One person actually told me, and I quote; "Neither Calvinism nor Arminianism is the gospel." This is a reflection of the notion that neither theology nor doctrine have any part in the process of a person's actually becoming saved. The root of such thinking is found in Mysticism, which teaches that a person is saved by having an 'experience' with God and/or Jesus Christ, which is usually emotional. This 'experience' is separate from any intelligent thinking, understanding and believing of theology or doctrine; although in many instances the person is encouraged to believe that he 'is a sinner' and needs a savior and Jesus Christ is that savior. All he need do is 'trust Christ' and he is 'saved'. All theology and doctrine comes >after< a person 'gets saved' and is part of the growth process. Since one's 'theology and/or doctrine' have nothing to do with becoming saved one can believe almost anything, even if it contradicts the clear teaching of the Bible, and still be considered a Christian; because he has 'trusted Christ' for salvation. This is the exact carcinoma of Evangelical Arminianism folks and it's dragging countless into the fires of Hell on the wings of a false gospel.

[2] "But what do I mean when I say that the heir of heaven has light to see guilt and wrath and condemnation, but not mercy, love and pardon? Do I mean that he merely sees these things as certain revealed truths, as a system of dry doctrines, just as our DEAD CALVINISTS that swarm through the country see everything and anything but their own ignorance'?" The HEIR of HEAVEN Walking in Darkness. J.C. Philpot

[3] Why would God, who is >Omniscient< which means He knows everything... have to 'look ahead' to find something out ? He already knows all things. As you can see here, to say that God must 'look ahead' in order to 'find something out' is a direct attack on God's attribute of Omniscience, which is an attack on God Himself.