The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Holy Spirit Question

<script language="JavaScript" src="includes/ubbt_blink.js"></script><span id="blink"><blink>AMEN!</blink></span><script language="JavaScript">blink();</script> It is just because salvation is Sola Gratia that there is no one who is unsavable. It is only because the Father Who has predestined, the Son Who has secured atonement and the Holy Spirit Who regenerates and infallibly draws sinners to Christ that anyone can be redeemed, rescued and reconciled to God.

However, it is the responsibility of those who have come to know the truth to preach the pure Gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation. It is the Spirit working in and through the Word that brings a sinner to faith. A truncated message will invariably produce a truncated response. Where there is no mention of men's incurable condition, hopeless state, both spiritually and judicially, there will be no conviction of sin and thus no repentance. Where there is no mention of the depth and sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice, there will be no motivation for a sinner to trust, believe and depend upon the Lord Christ for the remission of sins. Thus, the weight falls not upon how much a sinner needs to know, but upon the one who brings the message to make known the truth about God, Christ, sin and salvation. If one preaches another Christ, another Spirit and/or another Gospel, then likewise it will produce a spurious faith and deception.

Let me also just rebut a remark that catholicsoldier said, at least by implication, in my regard. What I know of biblical truth is that which has motivated me to work in Gospel Missions (how many times have you had drunken sinners vomited upon you while ministering to them?) and in jails and prisons (how many times have you been caught in a lock down during attempted prison breaks and had their life threatened during a worship service?). It is because of the knowledge of sovereign free grace which has been revealed, both to the mind and in one's heart that reminds them from whence they have been saved and to take pity upon those who are alienated from God. The greatest evangelists, missionaries and preachers the world has ever known have been Calvinists. May God raise up thousands more who are steadfast in proclaiming the truth as it is found in God's written Word.

In His Grace,