tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post4718243844004606462..comments2023-10-03T04:23:48.046-07:00Comments on Reformed Mafia: The Demonic Doctrine of Cheap GraceMachine Gun Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17501532765910479437noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-12645328749830837092007-07-10T10:31:00.000-07:002007-07-10T10:31:00.000-07:00I guess the whole James 2 problem is that some peo...I guess the whole James 2 problem is that some people do not take into consideration the purpose of this book. James is not talking about how you get saved, like Paul does in Ephesians, but he's talking to people who are already saved. While Ephesians and Romans focus on faith and grace as means of salvation, James focus on the fruits of that faith.<BR/>There is no contradiction in the Bible. Thank God for coherency!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834206595961596424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-58407372431167841392007-07-06T15:59:00.000-07:002007-07-06T15:59:00.000-07:00When I was an Arminian, preaching in a Pentecostal...<I>When I was an Arminian, preaching in a Pentecostal denomination, this Antinomian perversion is exactly the kind of nonsense I used to attack at every opportunity. Ironically, now that I'm a Calvinist in the Southern Baptist movement, I'm still in opposition such nonsense! The idea that a person can experience a genuine conversion and continue living in a completely reprobate manner is untenable. This sort of "easy-believeism" is what has plagued Baptist churches for decades and has resulted in a multitude of people who profess to know Christ, who profess to be Baptists, but in their works deny him.</I><BR/><BR/>You have an interesting background, Rhett...quite similar to mine. I too, as a pentecostal, had a great aversion to antinomianism, and like you, as a Calvinist, continue to have one. Free-Grace proponents create a red-herring when ascribing so-called Lordship positions to just us Calvinists. Good postScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963170918571560973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-82119952611605462162007-07-06T11:41:00.000-07:002007-07-06T11:41:00.000-07:00Andrew Murray says this: "To the sinner out of Chr...Andrew Murray says this:<BR/><BR/> "To the sinner out of Christ, works may be his greatest hindrance, keeping him from the union with the Savior. To the believer in Christ, works are strength and blessing, for by them faith is made perfect (James 2:22), the union with Christ is cemented, and the soul established more deeply rooted in the love of God."Joshua A. Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249446425823291103noreply@blogger.com