Arminian Grace!

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Reformed1

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This was posted on James White's blog several months ago. I think it accurately reflects the logical conclusions of Arminianism:



Arminian grace! How strange the sound
Salvation hinged on ME
I once was lost then turned around
Was blind then chose to see

What "grace" is it that calls for choice
Out of some good within?
The part that willed to heed God's voice
Proved stronger than my sin

Through many ardent gospel pleas
I sat with heart of stone
But then some hidden good in me
Propelled me toward my home

When we've been there ten thousand years
Because of what we've done
We've no less days to sing our praise
Than when we first begun

- Dennis Walter Cochran
 
Wow, on one hand that is funny but on another hand, if I take away the tune of the poem and just ask them (some acquaitnances) to read it, they probably wouldn't see anything wrong with it.
 
According to Arminian theology, God's choice is more like wish that might be or might not be fulfilled.
 
Originally posted by cih1355
According to Arminian theology, God's choice is more like wish that might be or might not be fulfilled.

Yes. I have come to see that it involves a lot of mental gymnastics to believe in Arminian theology. I truly don't understand it. Is it God's choice, or mine? Perhaps I'm just stupid (and there is a good chance of that), but I just don't understand it. It's an incoherent argument:

Arminian - "God chose me, because I chose Him. He saw that I would choose Him, so He chose me."

Calvinist - "But Jesus said that the God's choice precedes our coming in faith."

Arminian - "Well, God won't force Himself upon us. He lets us choose Him."

Calvinist - "But the Bible says He chose us first."

Arminian - "Because we chose Him."

Calvinist - :banghead:
 
Originally posted by Reformed1

Arminian - "God chose me, because I chose Him. He saw that I would choose Him, so He chose me."

Calvinist - "But Jesus said that the God's choice precedes our coming in faith."

Arminian - "Well, God won't force Himself upon us. He lets us choose Him."

Calvinist - "But the Bible says He chose us first."

Arminian - "Because we chose Him."

Calvinist - :banghead:


Yeah... don't you remember, "He loved us because we first loved Him."

:banghead:
 
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