How do we live the Spirit-filled life? How do we walk by the Spirit? How do we make decisions that are in God’s will? These questions are answered in the following passages: (Ephesians 5:15-18 – NET) — 15 Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, 16 taking advantage of every opportunity, because the […]
For most of my life I was an Arminian Christian. I wrote and taught Arminian theology for many years. But I was not merely an Arminian, I was passionately against Calvinism. No one wrote against Calvinism with more passion than I did. I even prayed against Calvinism. I think it would be accurate to […]
Arminianism (also Provisionism) teaches that the atonement of Christ is unlimited, where Christ died for all and salvation is available to all. However, in the strict meaning of the word, there is no such thing as unlimited atonement. That would only be true if everyone got saved. The fact is, only a small fringe group of people believe in universal salvation. Orthodox, historical Christians […]
God’s choosing of specific individuals to be saved was just as certain as God’s choosing of His Son to save us—as His “Chosen One” (Lu 9:35), as these passages reveal: (Ephesians 1:3-4) – 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: 4 even as he […]
Fulfillment Theology (Covenantal) views the covenant promises and prophecies relating to Israel as being fulfilled in Christ and to those who are in Him, as His Church. Christ fulfilled what Israel could not. He alone has the right to be called “Israel.” He is thus, a nation of One, as the True Israel of God. His Church is Spiritual Israel of […]
In regard to the call to salvation in Christ, there’s two forms: First, there’s a general call that goes out to the world via the spoken or written gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s inevitable that there will be many people who hear the words of the gospel message, because the message is going out to the world via […]
In the passage below the Apostle Paul talks about “approving” or seeking the “things that are excellent.” In other words, we’re to seek to live a life of excellence as servants of Christ. Our path of life is to be Christ-centered and characterized by Christ-likeness. (Philippians 1:8-11) – 8 For God is my witness, how I […]
I appreciate the Got Questions? website. I think it’s very helpful in answering a lot of questions about the Bible. However, as an Amillennialist, I strongly disagree with their Dispensational Premillennial position. In one of their articles titled, “What is Dispensationalism and is it Biblical?,” they make the following statement about the thousand years of Revelation […]
I believe the Bible teaches that there will be a worldwide persecution against the Church shortly before the return of Christ, led by a world ruler whom I believe is the “man of lawlessness” of 2 Thessalonians 2. Here, I want to explore the idea that that world ruler will be someone who comes […]
All Scripture quotations are from the 1901 American Standard Version unless otherwise noted. Premillennialism: While this position has been losing ground to Amillennialism over the years (as evidence suggests), it’s still probably the most popular eschatological position (esp Dispensational Premillennialism – DP). I talk about this now because we will be dealing with the only passage in […]
