tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post5149255940608452091..comments2023-10-03T04:23:48.046-07:00Comments on Reformed Mafia: Our Response to LordshipMachine Gun Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17501532765910479437noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-66232540158661436052007-09-03T16:41:00.000-07:002007-09-03T16:41:00.000-07:00Josh said:"P.S. I like the suit and tie combinatio...Josh said:<BR/><BR/>"P.S. I like the suit and tie combination the guy is wearing...Fred...you should wear that on Sundays."<BR/><BR/>I say:<BR/><BR/>Yeah, but the only problem with that is he'd have to borrow the suit from me and then I'd have nothing to wear! LOL!Machine Gun Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501532765910479437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-68656238155065989462007-09-03T16:03:00.000-07:002007-09-03T16:03:00.000-07:00One of the counter arguments to such good points i...One of the counter arguments to such good points is, "well what kind of response would a Calvinist as for". <BR/><BR/>I believe the only proper response of an unbeliever is to believe and then follow with baptism. But this notion that we're to evoke a response can be very addictive and misleading.<BR/><BR/>Do I ever lead someone in the "sinner's prayer"? Sort of. I have led folks in praying for God's mercy.<BR/><BR/>It's a tough thing. We should still plead with folks. We just can't give them false hope.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for elaborating on the subject G.Mike Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897602903962464086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-36909272289703917322007-09-03T15:38:00.000-07:002007-09-03T15:38:00.000-07:00"You need to invite Jesus into your heart" and "ma..."You need to invite Jesus into your heart" and "make Jesus your personal Lord and Savior" are two biggies that are obsessively, robotically repeated, as if those phrases are somehow sacred and biblically mandated. Auto-pilot evangelism. You're not a good Christian unless you switch off your brain and just go around bombarding the lost with insipid cliches. After all, that <I>is</I> the quickest way to earn the world's contempt (which is the prime affirmation that you're doing the Lord's work. "Hallelujah! Everyone's calling me an idiot! Praise the Lord!"). <BR/><BR/>Good post. It's so nice to read something like this. It's nice, as a Christian, to have my total contempt for Christianity affirmed.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04859070918878091126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-87336040565161977452007-09-01T19:14:00.000-07:002007-09-01T19:14:00.000-07:00Yeah, that "personal relationship" one, I had near...Yeah, that "personal relationship" one, I had nearly forgotten that, but this is very similar I guess. Glad you like that picture of me.Gordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527530618839981892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-18931070108596346082007-09-01T18:22:00.000-07:002007-09-01T18:22:00.000-07:00P.S. I like the suit and tie combination the guy i...P.S. I like the suit and tie combination the guy is wearing...Fred...you should wear that on Sundays.Joshua A. Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249446425823291103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415658708707994862.post-77671273465673490202007-09-01T16:48:00.000-07:002007-09-01T16:48:00.000-07:00Gordan, great post. I am in full agreement with yo...Gordan, great post. I am in full agreement with your post and Tozer's assessment. I believe you wrote something a while back at Incrediblog or perhaps here at the Mafia, that we don't need a personal relationship with God...because we already have one as sinners....its enemies, we just need a right relationship to God...submission to his already existing Lordship. I don't believe it's biblical to invite people to begin a personal relationship with Jesus, because they had one the moment they were born...they just need to fix it bu trusting in Jesus Christ.Joshua A. Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249446425823291103noreply@blogger.com