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Originally Posted by Scott1  There are a lot of good comments here.
At the root of this, is soteriology. If you believe man is ultimately responsible for his own salvation, you tend to behave one way, in the church and individually.
On the other, if you believe God is ultimately responsible for salvation, you behave another. If you believe that, your life is full of praise and obedience for what you could never have done for yourself.
Reformed Theology sees more that the job of the church is to worship Him and to make His invisible Kingdom visible, not to press people for "decisions" outside of the context of His Church. | I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you mean we don't exhort people to repent and believe? I certainly don't agree with trying to scam someone into praying a "sinners prayer" but the gospels and book of acts are filled with Christ and the apostles exhorting people to repent and believe the gospel. I may be misreading you.
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Manley Beasley
Southern Baptist Convention
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Wir sein pettler. Hoc est verum (We are beggars. This is true.).--Luther's dying words |