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John 16:8 And He (God's Spirit), when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me (i.e., Christ)...
Heb 6:4 "For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6 and then have committed apostasy (rejected Christ), to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt."
The genuine gospel is neither Arminian nor Calvinist
Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by AndThisGospel, Jan 9, 2017.
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What Mr. Knight states is not what the Bible states...
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“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18 -
Paul, in Romans 7:7, states that "I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'"
Sin is defined as the transgression of the law (i.e., the moral law - the Ten commandments). Since we are born in sin we naturally transgress. Transgression brings "the curse of the law". Christ has delivered us from under law by becoming a curse for us. Those who reject Christ invite death. Those who reject Christ wish to remain "under the law". To be under law means death - the 2nd death.
Again, persistent rejection of Christ is the unpardonable sin. It's the one sin that can't be pardoned because the sinner has rejected forgiveness in Christ Jesus. -
According to Matthew 1:21 Mary was to name her baby boy "Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
So clearly Jesus came to save us from our sins.
What does this mean?
We have two possible answers:
- He came to teach us how to stop sinning so we could go to heaven
- He came to deliver us from under the death penalty, the 2nd death, for transgressing the moral law.
Christ came to save the human race from "the curse of the law".
Gal 4:4 "But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to Sonship" -
And where does the bible say that rejection of Christ is the unpardonable sin? Most competent bible expositors say the unpardonable sin was seeing Christ do miracles while here on earth and attributing the power to do those miracles to Satan.
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Apparently you did not persistently reject the Spirit of Grace, right? So you didn't commit the unpardonable sin.
The unpardonable sin is a sin against grace and not a sin against the law. The unpardonable sin is rejecting the spirit of grace and that’s how the Bible defines it -
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Here, let me help you a bit.
Mark 3:22-30 states, “And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebub,’ and, ‘By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.’ …‘Assuredly, I [Jesus] say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation;’ because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit’”
In Matthew 12:31-32, Jesus says to the Pharisees, “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come”
So, there is what the bible says about the unpardonable sin. Please point out where it says the unpardonable sin is rejecting Christ. -
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The Scribes accused Jesus of casting out demons using the power of Satan instead of the power of the Holy Spirit. Does that not prove a harden heart? What does a harden heart do? It ultimately rejects Christ doesn't it? And why? Because it has rejected the Holy Spirit who turns men's hearts towards Christ the Savior of mankind. -
This discussion has become focused in on the unpardonable sin instead of the gospel. I'll start another discussion and I'll name it "the gospel according to Paul"
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