in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant".
There are some teachers that teach that Gods anger is limited in His
universal love. We are taught that our suffering in this world is normal
because we are sinners. This is why some theologians reject the use of
the curses. They teach that we deny ourselves when we turn the other
cheek. And in fact it is a command of God as self denial. This really is
a two line view of Christian doctrine. In other words we are being
sanctified by the conviction we experience as a result of being
confronted by the law. So the normal christian growth is enforced by
suffering in order that we would be converted by the experiencing the
condemnation of the law.
They believe that cursing of the law is a imbalance understanding of Gods love for all mankind.Their question is ...how can you love your neighbor when you are cursing the wicked? So they say that to curse is to hate people. Ive had other Christians threaten me with receiving the curses that i repeat that I speak from scripture. After 30 years of speaking the Psalms it is my view that these people are trying to control their growth. The Psalms teach that if we can control Gods wrath, love, kindness etc then we can control God. Their doctrine is filled with using the means to control their growth. They use the laws threat to control their will. They teach that the curses that are clearly set forth in scripture are not allowed. So they control the curses. This is a very dangerous way to use scripture.
We must understand that Gods salvation is to release us from the control of people and threats of perdition. This is why we need to examine every word of scripture so that we can be more detailed in our understanding. I disagree with the view that the curses are no longer part of the gospel. And the truth is that Calvinism teaches that our new wills must be given to us by God. Where as these other teachers believe that our new wills are still in need of changing. They do not believe that our old wills were destroyed. They believe that the will needs to be changed by the process of sanctification. So modern day Calvinist believe the same teaching on sanctification that an armininist teach. But if you examine the Calvinist position on the will it is historically taught the old will was destroyed.
The question is does Calvinistic salvation address our control over these means of grace? Does it take away our control in the initial salvation...that being it is by grace alone and the give our control back in sanctification. The Psalms address the evils of trying to control Gods attributes. I will explain.
They believe that cursing of the law is a imbalance understanding of Gods love for all mankind.Their question is ...how can you love your neighbor when you are cursing the wicked? So they say that to curse is to hate people. Ive had other Christians threaten me with receiving the curses that i repeat that I speak from scripture. After 30 years of speaking the Psalms it is my view that these people are trying to control their growth. The Psalms teach that if we can control Gods wrath, love, kindness etc then we can control God. Their doctrine is filled with using the means to control their growth. They use the laws threat to control their will. They teach that the curses that are clearly set forth in scripture are not allowed. So they control the curses. This is a very dangerous way to use scripture.
We must understand that Gods salvation is to release us from the control of people and threats of perdition. This is why we need to examine every word of scripture so that we can be more detailed in our understanding. I disagree with the view that the curses are no longer part of the gospel. And the truth is that Calvinism teaches that our new wills must be given to us by God. Where as these other teachers believe that our new wills are still in need of changing. They do not believe that our old wills were destroyed. They believe that the will needs to be changed by the process of sanctification. So modern day Calvinist believe the same teaching on sanctification that an armininist teach. But if you examine the Calvinist position on the will it is historically taught the old will was destroyed.
The question is does Calvinistic salvation address our control over these means of grace? Does it take away our control in the initial salvation...that being it is by grace alone and the give our control back in sanctification. The Psalms address the evils of trying to control Gods attributes. I will explain.
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