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1 A STRAW MY ARGUMENT AGAINST PREDESTINATION
Such people are known to others by their speech, and Christians are able to identify them by what they say about others, their use of language and actions. The words that come out of the mouth of a man show his heart, if it be corrupt or holy. A bad tree cannot bare good fruit, only bad fruit. The words that a person uses, and their language, betrayer’s the man. What words are used are referred to in scripture as the fruit of the lips or mouth Hebrews 13:15, Isaiah 57:19. Job 2:10, Job 15:6. Also listening to such a person reveals the source of his beliefs. If he denies the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ, by which I mean the vicarious, substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, the knowledge of which takes a believer to wash in his atoning blood (metaphor) , and by faith rest in His promises and in His imputed righteousness. This righteousness has been worked out by our Lord Jesus Christ during his humiliation and obedience to his father will during his earthly ministry, and as a result they walk in the newness of life, which is derived from the new birth effected by the Spirit of God in regeneration. Such a believer has no problem in accepting all that God has written in His word. All Scripture A Certain Guide By the written word I mean the record given to us in scripture, namely the word of God in the old and New Testament scriptures. It’s history, doctrines and prophecy. I have noted those who deny the book of Genesis and its author (Moses authorising it) and the literal being of Adam and Eve, the fall of Adam, the destruction of the world by a world wide flood in Noah’s day, the destruction of people of Sodom and Gomorrah for their sins known as Sodomy. These people generally deny the Sovereignty of God, predestination, particular redemption, the doctrines of grace and the soteriology taught by the Reformers and published during the reformation in the 16 century.
YOUTUBE VIDEO CLICK TO VIEW Scripture knowledge Important It also seems to me that without such knowledge of this soteriology one cannot learn eschatology or make sense of the world in which we live today. My Conclusion From this discussion or debate I will say that a man you can challenge the truth of God all he likes, disagree all he can, that a belief in a creed, or being in agreement with a creed, does not save a man. A man must be born again,
