tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post7565643235356398326..comments2023-05-12T10:37:20.308-05:00Comments on Examining Calvinism: James White & ElectionRichard Coordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05600859155973820653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post-42610638485526336612008-11-24T18:41:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:41:00.000-05:00"By His doing (God's) are you in Christ Jesus...so..."By His doing (God's) are you in Christ Jesus...so that whoever boasts let him boast in the Lord"<BR/><BR/>God's doing, not man's.Skalapunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192577787999625391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post-78798947312937321722008-09-22T17:42:00.000-05:002008-09-22T17:42:00.000-05:00Here are three quotes from Jacob Arminius:“For God...Here are three quotes from Jacob Arminius:<BR/><BR/>“For God chooses no one unto eternal life except in Christ, who prepared it by his own blood for them who should believe on his name. From this it seems to follow that, since <B>God regards no one in Christ unless they are engrafted in him by faith, election is peculiar to believers</B>....” (<I>Works of James Arminius</I>, Volume 3)<BR/><BR/>“<B>God can ‘previously love and affectionate regard as His own’ no sinner unless He has foreknown him in Christ, and looked upon him as a believer in Christ</B>.” (<I>Works of James Arminius</I>, Volume 3)<BR/><BR/>“<B>God acknowledges, as His own, no sinner, and He chooses no one to eternal life except in Christ</B>, and for the sake of Christ. ‘He hath chosen us in Him,’ (Ephes. i. 4); ‘wherein He hath made us accepted <B>in the Beloved</B>,’ (verse 6). ‘Nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ (Rom. viii. 39). ‘God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.’ (2 Cor. v. 19).” (<I>Works of James Arminius</I>, Volume 3)<BR/><BR/>This is a constant theme among Arminians concerning Election.<BR/><BR/>Paul mentions “In Him,” “In Christ,” “In the Beloved,” 11 times in the first 13 verses of Ephesians chapter 1:<BR/><BR/>v.1: “The saints who are at Ephesus, and who are faithful <B>in Christ Jesus</B>.”<BR/><BR/>v.3: “Blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places <B>in Christ</B>.”<BR/><BR/>v.4: “He chose us <B>in Him</B> before the foundation of the world.”<BR/><BR/>v.6: “Which He freely bestowed on us <B>in the Beloved</B>.”<BR/><BR/>v.7: “<B>In Him</B> we have redemption through His blood.”<BR/><BR/>v.9: “Which He purposed <B>in Him</B>.”<BR/><BR/>v.10: “The summing up of all things <B>in Christ</B>.”<BR/><BR/>v.11: “<B>In Him</B> also we have obtained an inheritance.”<BR/><BR/>v.12: “We who were the first to hope <B>in Christ</B> would be to the praise of His glory.”<BR/><BR/>v.13: “<B>In Him</B>, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed <B>in Him</B> with the Holy Spirit of promise.”Richard Coordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600859155973820653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post-17788707369079928782008-09-20T10:42:00.000-05:002008-09-20T10:42:00.000-05:00How did these become “His elect” in the first plac...<I>How did these become “His elect” in the first place? White, as far as I can tell, does not say. Instead, that is left to an “inscrutable mystery.” </I><BR/><BR/>And this even though Eph 1:9 says And he <B> made known to us the mystery of his will </B> according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christa helmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159557031242847451noreply@blogger.com