Index But hasn't Christian tradition long held an absolute correlation between being regenerated and being assuredly saved? Even going by the Master Scientist's demonstration, the distinction between God's working and not working in man was always most clearly seen in His supernatural work of regeneration - if this is now believed to be possible for…Read more Regeneration and Rebirth – Part 1
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The Fallacy of Piper’s Two Wills teaching
Index When it comes to the elect, God does not factor in any of their self-determinism - it's just unconditional election unto salvation. So God has a single desire to manifest His glory to a chosen people and He counsels to fulfill this desire and begins work on this. This root desire or purpose is…Read more The Fallacy of Piper’s Two Wills teaching
Desire and Counsel of God
Index The English translations of Scriptures do not convey with consistency the original words. The greek words thelēma (desire - eg. Luke 10:24) and boulē (counsel - eg. Acts 2:23) are both translated as the same English word, "will" (Luke 22:42). To avoid confusion and be precise, let us use the greek words or for simplicity,…Read more Desire and Counsel of God
Two Wills of God
Index John Piper does an amazing, earnest job at attempting to explain the calvinist paradox of holding God's predestining the condemnation of the non-elect before any good or evil simultaneously with God's desire for these very non-elect to be saved. You can read it here - https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/are-there-two-wills-in-god Piper begins illustrating the theory with the betrayal…Read more Two Wills of God