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Apr 26

“…so does the Holy Spirit leave the indwelled presence of the believer when they denounce Christ? I thought Ephesians 1 says we are sealed until the day of Redemption?”

Thanks for asking bro bro.

Remember, we must interpret the scriptures in view of the whole of scripture.

To isolate a verse away from the immediate context and the broader context of scripture gets us into trouble.

Calvinist have done a great job with collecting the scriptures related to God keeping us (amen!) but haven’t done the same quality job with the warning text.

Many reduce them down to being hypothetical or they dismiss them as proof that a person was, “never with us in the first place.” That’s not good sola scriptura. It is however, logically consistent with the 5 point tulip.

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Mar 23

If you were under the immediate threat of death would you do whatever our Holy God asked of you, to live? Picture yourself living in the midsts of an outbreak. An outbreak of fiery serpents that could end your life after only one bite.

Imagine God clearly communicated, in an unquestionable manner, the precise cure for this deadly plague. Yet, the cure resonates with your personal sentiments as utterly absurd. It registers in your mind as illogical and far-fetched. Superstitious even.

Your emotional sensory is triggered also, because it make you “feel weird” even considering it. Nonetheless, God said, “do this and live.”

The cure for this deadly epidemic is:

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Mar 4

As I sat listening to popular Reformed Baptist pastor, he continued to speak of sanctification in terms of a letter grade. He exclaimed that some may have a “C” in sanctification while others may have a “B-.” My mind drifted as I began to contemplate what grade might I have?

I thought to myself, well, based on a few nights ago, maybe a “D+.” But, based on the last few days, I’d say, at least a “C+.” Because I was hyper trained and hyper focused on monitoring my motives & affections. I was careful to not pridefully grade myself too high on the scale.

After all, God was watching and knows my heart. From there, I simply spiraled downward into a brief pit of despair.

During my time in that space, I’d argue that sanctification was arranged in the room in such a way that one constantly will stub their toe.

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Feb 23

Romans 9. I remember when I first heard the Calvinist explanation of this chapter. I was horrified. As an average churchgoer from the hood, my Full Gospel Baptist church had never addressed this text. During my first semester in Bible college,

I joined a Reformed Baptist Calvinist church and attended a Bible study there. One of my professors lead the study. He explained to us that he’d be teaching on election and predestination. I was excited and a bit scared, if I’m honest. We isolated the chapter and dealt with it as

if Paul’s intentions with Romans 9 was to teach the doctrine of predestination and double predestination. That was wrong and not Paul’s intentions. Romans 9 should be considered in light of the entire book and in particular, with chapters 10 & 11. Paul is building the case that

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Feb 21

We do not set the terms for what it means to be God. We do not establish the criteria for what a sovereign God can and cannot do. We must not measure God up against our rubric of what right and wrong is. Only to then, judge Him and His, “God-ness,” by our self imposed standards.

That, in fact, would make us god.

During my time as a Reformed Baptist, I used to think I had to answer Calvinistic queries like these:

1.So, you’re saying, Jesus failed if people He died for ends up eternally separated from Him?

Answer: Where in the Bible does it call us to judge whether or not Jesus passes or fails based on who comes to Him or not? Nowhere. That is a self-imposed test that you have placed on Jesus. In His freedom, it appears He has chosen to be resistible.

Matthew 23:37

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Feb 10

Standing on stage in Kingston, Jamaica, I looked at a crowd of hundreds and hundreds of people and wanted to tell them Jesus died for them. But I couldn’t. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and simply spewed off something like,

“Jesus loves us and died for all those who would believe.” That was it. I felt horrible. I felt like I lied to them. Yet, my Calvinistic informed conscience restricted my verbiage. I admit, I struggled deeply just to get through that concert.

It was as if the Holy Spirit was grieved and was tugging at my heart, that I had been unfaithful to the gospel. Had I? It was a strange and conflicting experience. Why would the Spirit be disappointed? Aren’t I communicating, “sound doctrine?”

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