My favorite Calvinist was Paul.
My favorite Paulist was Calvin.
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Grace isn't a ladder you climb, it's God carrying you. The church? Just the family He gathers. No more, no less.
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"Jacob I loved, Esau I hated"
Why didn't God give Esau a chance to cooperate with His grace?
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It's not willpower.
It's transformation.
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The Orthodox and Catholics believe that, though Man is fallen and dead in sin, unable to choose God on his own; God gives His grace to everyone, waking us up just enough to freely say yes or no.
Salvation happens through this ongoing cooperation: faith, repentance, sacraments, and good works, turning us toward God. Anyone can resist or walk away anytime, and the saved are those who keep saying yes, with His help, till the end.
In the end, Man has the final say as to his salvation, so those in hell end up their by refusing God's invitation.
Jacob's Ladder. 🪜☁️
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Jesus is either God or a fraud.
There is no middle position.
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Did the blessed saints of the Bible, Abraham and Mary and Paul and so on, obey and trust God because of their own merit, or was it because God granted them a nature of obedience and showed them their true dependence upon Him?
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Do the Orthodox and the Catholics believe that you can prevent God from saving you, by refusing to cooperate with Him, even if He has set you aside for Himself since before time began?
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You can still build a life outside of doomworld. There's still time. Leave #X today. Go find your people IRL.
It may seem like God is elusive and only the best men can pursue Him until the end.
The truth is the opposite: we are elusive, we universally flee, and it is God who pursues *us* to wash and redeem us, even sacrificing His son in order to have our sins accounted for and to provide a righteousness in our place.
We can never comprehend God's love.
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All great men will stand beneath the judgement seat with nothing in their hands but sin and rebellion, deserving eternal damnation.
Cling to the cross, and trust in the finished works of Christ alone.
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TLDR : No.
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