With all the evil Armenianism running amok in churches these days, I sure hope the members of Landover are all adherents to the saintly principles of the Bible, advocated by the greaat reformer John Calvin, summarized as "TULIP"
Total Depravity - Everyone is completely evil when they are born due to Adam and Eve (mostly Eve) sinning 6000 years ago.
Mark 7:21-23
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Genesis 6:5
5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Unconditional Election - God has already decided who's going to be saved before you are born.
Ezekiel 11:19-20
19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Romans 9:15
15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Limited Atonement - Jesus' sacrifice will save those people on God's special list, and everyone else goes to hell.
Romans 3:25-26
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Isaiah 53:12
12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Irresistible Grace - God sends His Holy Spirit to make the people who are to be saved into good people. Everyone who is not chosen will never be a good person.
Romans 8:28
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 9:16
16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Perseverance of the Saints - And once you are saved, you can do whatever you want because you'll never be unsaved!
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Genesis 18:19
19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
So remember, if you ever hear any "Christians" babbling on about stuff like men having "Free will", choosing to "accept Christ", that Jesus died "for everybody", to "let God in your heart", or of "fallen" Christians - you know these people are of their father the devil!
Total Depravity - Everyone is completely evil when they are born due to Adam and Eve (mostly Eve) sinning 6000 years ago.
Mark 7:21-23
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Genesis 6:5
5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Unconditional Election - God has already decided who's going to be saved before you are born.
Ezekiel 11:19-20
19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Romans 9:15
15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Limited Atonement - Jesus' sacrifice will save those people on God's special list, and everyone else goes to hell.
Romans 3:25-26
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Isaiah 53:12
12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Irresistible Grace - God sends His Holy Spirit to make the people who are to be saved into good people. Everyone who is not chosen will never be a good person.
Romans 8:28
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 9:16
16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Perseverance of the Saints - And once you are saved, you can do whatever you want because you'll never be unsaved!
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Genesis 18:19
19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
So remember, if you ever hear any "Christians" babbling on about stuff like men having "Free will", choosing to "accept Christ", that Jesus died "for everybody", to "let God in your heart", or of "fallen" Christians - you know these people are of their father the devil!
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