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sound clear contending for the faith with sound doctrine and a clear mind a reformed resource group blog sound clear contending for the faith with sound doctrine and a clear mind a reformed resource group blog passion purpose identity contact posted by jonathan chambers june 24 2008 christ not faith saves us it is not faith that saves but faith in jesus christ it is not strictly speaking even faith in christ that saves but christ that saves through faith the saving power resides exclusively not in the act of faith or the attitude of faith or in the nature of faith but in the object of faith b b warfield quoted by sinclair ferguson in christ alone lake mary fl reformation trust publishing 2007 43 this hails from of first importance daily dose of the gospel 1 comment posted in faith salvation solus christus posted by jmyers86 may 27 2008 total depravity of man chart leave a comment posted in total depravity posted by jonathan chambers april 28 2008 the beauty of adoption part one t he introduction of the theology of adoption the doctrine of adoption is one of if not the most overlooked doctrines within soteriology in general when expanding upon the doctrine of salvation people easily include election effectual calling regeneration faith justification assurance sanctification and finally glorification yet believers never mention the doctrine of adoption or in many cases many might not even know that the doctrine even exists as an essential component of salvation the doctrine of adoption as stated in the baptist confession of faith is all those that are justified god vouchsafed in and for the sake of his only son jesus christ to make partakers of the grace of adoption by which they are taken into the number and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of god have his name put upon them receive the spirit of adoption have access to the throne of grace with boldness are enabled to cry abba father are pitied protected provided for and chastened by him as by a father yet never cast off but sealed to the day of redemption and inherit the promises as heirs of everlasting salvation 1 click here to read the rest of this post comments off on the beauty of adoption part one posted in adoption salvation posted by jonathan chambers march 13 2008 does 2 peter 3 9 teach that god desires all men to be saved saints consider these two excellent and short videos on 2 peter 3 9 2 peter 3 9 refutes universal salvation d oes 2 peter 3 9 overrule god s sovereign predestination comments off on does 2 peter 3 9 teach that god desires all men to be saved posted in election exposition god s sovereignty predestination universalism posted by jonathan chambers september 21 2007 foreknowledge there s more than meets god s eye from thinkman notice who or what is foreknown is it a decision is it a quality such as faith no rather it is a person an individual is known paul is making a relational statement god foreknows persons not merely events or decisions what we find in this passage is that those to whom paul refers to as the called and those who paul says were foreknown by god are the same ones who were predestined by god in each link of this golden chain we have men portrayed as the passive recipients of god s gracious action god calls them god predestines them he justifies them and he glorifies them if every subsequent link in the chain demonstrates god s activity and man s passivity why should we think that the very first link in the chain god s foreknowing would portray precisely the opposite picture john murray makes this point in his commentary on romans this interpretation furthermore is in agreement with the efficient and determining action which is so conspicuous in every other link of the chain it is god who predestinates it is god who calls it is god who justifies and it is he who glorifies foresight of faith would be out of accord with the determinative action which is predicated of god in these other instances and would constitute a weakening of the total emphasis at the point where we should least expect it it is not the foresight of difference but the foreknowledge that makes difference exist not a foresight that recognizes the existence but the foreknowledge that determines existence it is a sovereign distinguishing love 4 click here to read the rest of this article comments off on foreknowledge there s more than meets god s eye posted in foreknowledge posted by jonathan chambers september 4 2007 the elder list by nathan williams excerpt the list of qualifications for an elder is found in two places in scripture 1 timothy 3 1 7 and titus 1 5 9 some of the characteristics overlap and some are only found in one location but when combined these two lists make one list which gives us what god requires to be present in the life of an elder in his church it is interesting to note that in both lists paul says that these qualifications must be present in the life of a man before he can serve as an elder these are not suggestions or optional by providing these lists paul is giving an objective standard by which to judge whether a man is qualified to serve in that role read the rest of this article comments off on the elder list posted in elders posted by jonathan chambers september 4 2007 should our goal be to make conversion easy by a w pink quoting aw pink the feverish urge of modern evangelism is not how to promote the glory of the triune jehovah but how to multiply conversions the whole current of evangelical activity during the past fifty years has taken that direction losing sight of god s end the churches have devised means of their own bent on attaining a certain desired object the energy of the flesh has been given free rein and supposing that the object was right evangelists have concluded that nothing could be wrong which contributed unto the securing of that end and since their efforts appear to be eminently successful only too many churches silently acquiesced telling themselves the end justified the means instead of examining the plans proposed and the methods adopted by the light of scripture they were tacitly accepted on the ground of expediency the evangelist was esteemed not for the soundness of his message but by the visible results he secured he was valued not according to how far his preaching honored god but by how many souls were supposedly converted under it read the rest of this post here comments off on should our goal be to make conversion easy posted in pop evangelism quotes posted by jonathan chambers august 31 2007 ten effects of believing in the five points of calvinism by john piper these ten points are my personal testimony to the effects of believing in the five points of calvinism i have just completed teaching a seminar on this topic and was asked by the class members to post these reflections so they could have access to them i am happy to do so they of course assume the content of the course which is available online from desiring god ministries but i will write them here in the hope that they might stir others to search berean like to see if the bible teaches what i call calvinism read the rest of this article here comments off on ten effects of believing in the five points of calvinism posted in calvinism reformed theology posted by jonathan chambers august 27 2007 scary implications 1 god failed some time ago in a religious magazine one man who believes in an indefinite redemption made this statement the triune god has done is doing always will do all that triune god can do to save every man woman and child on this earth what is hell it is an infinite negation it is infinite chaos and it is more than that i tell you and i say it with profound reverence hell is a ghastly monument to the failure of the triune god to save the multitudes who are there i say it reverently i say it with every nerve in my body tense sinners go to hell because god almighty himself cannot save them he did all he could he failed now most people who believe in an indefinite provisional redemption would never make a statement like that but if they are logical that is what they must say god has done all that he can he failed excerpted from this article comments off on scary implications 1 god failed posted in scary implications posted by jonathan chambers august 27 2007 unconditional election by frank b beck by frank b beck read ephesians the first chapter it has been well said that in the doctrine of election a theologian takes his final examination francis pieper christian dogmatics vol iii p 503 man is totally depraved and therefore deprived of any good toward god that we have seen in the previous chapter if any man is to be saved then god himself must choose to save that man that very thing god has done as we shall show in this chapter how he has done it we shall show in the next three chapters if the doctrine of total inability depravity or original sin be admitted the doctrine of unconditional election follows by the most inescapable logic if as the scriptures and experience tell us all men are by nature in a state of guilt and depravity from which they are wholly unable to deliver themselves and have no claim whatever on god for deliverance it follows that if any are saved god must choose out those who shall be the objects of his grace loraine boettner p 95 the reformed doctrine of predestination the examination of unconditional election what unconditional election is the word elect comes from the latin electus from eligo e out with lego choose to choose out literally it signifies to pick out choose to gather out desk standard dictionary funk and wagnalls w e vine expository dictionary of new testament words vol ii p 21 unconditional means not to be limited to any conditions or prerequisites whatsoever we mean therefore by this doctrine that god in eternity chose or picked out of mankind whom he would save by means of christ s death and the work of the holy spirit for no other reason that his own wise just and gracious purpose read the rest of this article comments off on unconditional election by frank b beck posted in election older posts categories adoption arminian vs calvinism atonement belief statements biblical interpretation calvinism reformed theology cross centered doctrine elders election emergent exposition faith five solas foreknowledge god s sovereignty hypocrisy man monergism pop evangelism pop theology predestination quotes salvation salvation cliches scary implications scriptural defense sola scriptura solus christus synergism the cross the reformation total depravity truth unity universalism top posts christ not faith saves us total depravity of man chart the beauty of adoption part one does 2 peter 3 9 teach that god desires all men to be saved foreknowledge there s more than meets god s eye the elder list should our goal be to make conversion easy ten effects of believing in the five points of calvinism scary implications 1 god failed unconditional 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