anna3b said:
Anyway, why do we say that Arminians can be saved though they believe in a works salvation?
IMO, it's not all that fruitful to speculate about the salvation of others. The fact is that many Arminians don't even understand the Scripture enough as yet, to know that they are heretics.
What we do know is that the thief on the cross was saved by simply exercising his (mustard seed) grain of faith with his words and belief that Jesus was innocent and that he was guilty. By grace, the Spirit (
Sola Fide) and the Word of God removed the mountains of his sin.
Still, it should be noted that in no way did the thief claim, as the Arminians do, that God was acting and was indebted to him because of his own exercise of "free will".
Thus, "arminianism" is a very dangerous denial of Scripture truth and Christian soteriology and should be reproved by all believing Christians whenever so confronted.
So,- the problem and focus is not whether God may save certain errant or heretical individuals or not, but our being knowlegeably obedient to the truth of Scripture.
Denny
Romans 3:22-24
