The Catholics are semi pelaganist. They believe in justification by faith,
but they believe that it is infused, and we believe that it is imputed.
The Catholics see that he original infusion of justification by faith
must be replenish by an ongoing participation of the sacraments and the
mass. Good works cause a new infusion of
justification.
Arminius believe that justification by faith as imputed, but a persons faith is the cause of the justification. Faith is by grace but the person has a self determined will and has the ability to choose whether to believe or not to believe.There is confusion in this position as to what the definition of grace which is unmerited favor because in armininism man is given an ability to believe which grace does not allow.
We believe that there is nothing in man that can obtain salvation. It is all of grace, even the believing. We reject self determined will, we say that it is no will at all, it has no cause.You must be regenerated before you can believe. By regeneration a man is dead in sins and trespasses, that a dead man cannot respond to the gospel, a dead man has not spiritual ability. A dead man must be made alive by and act of God in giving new life to the soul. This new principle is an application to the mind of divine knowledge, so that once a man knows who Christ is then He can rely upon Him completely. The other side of faith , in obeying the gospel is an act of God in which God destroys the old will and gives a man a new will, causing a man to walk in His ways. We believe in sovereign grace .God has chosen to give salvation to some men while choosing others to go to hell, before the foundation of the world.
Arminius believe that justification by faith as imputed, but a persons faith is the cause of the justification. Faith is by grace but the person has a self determined will and has the ability to choose whether to believe or not to believe.There is confusion in this position as to what the definition of grace which is unmerited favor because in armininism man is given an ability to believe which grace does not allow.
We believe that there is nothing in man that can obtain salvation. It is all of grace, even the believing. We reject self determined will, we say that it is no will at all, it has no cause.You must be regenerated before you can believe. By regeneration a man is dead in sins and trespasses, that a dead man cannot respond to the gospel, a dead man has not spiritual ability. A dead man must be made alive by and act of God in giving new life to the soul. This new principle is an application to the mind of divine knowledge, so that once a man knows who Christ is then He can rely upon Him completely. The other side of faith , in obeying the gospel is an act of God in which God destroys the old will and gives a man a new will, causing a man to walk in His ways. We believe in sovereign grace .God has chosen to give salvation to some men while choosing others to go to hell, before the foundation of the world.
God is fully present in every space in the universe. He has designed what is present before our eyes in creation. We can understand the mind of God by our spiritual eyes. In this dimension we experience a freedom because we are rejoicing in Him, as ever present , what we see with our physical eyes. And yet His dimension goes far more than just the design in creation. He thought out whatever comes to pass in our lives. His love is better than our lives. We are wrapped up in God by His thought of reality, and filling us with all that we could possibly hold. We could not hold the mysteries of Gods design.
He is responding to every intent of our hearts before we think by saying i will remember your sin no more. When everyone turns their backs on us he remembers His love and His faithfulness. He is intercepting grief with His pre ordained design as we changed by the glory of Christ . What He thought in eternity has been designed in our thoughts to bring us back from grief to rejoicing. We change by the power of His thoughts interwoven with our thoughts to bring us to a rejoicing. This joy far outweighs earthly happiness. Did you know He has given us new birth, spiritual eyes, and spiritual ears. He is the author of all things!
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