Works are a part of faith, Calvin just took away the the Roman legality of it- having to look and act the part, or constantly keeping count of one's sins and works.
But those as yourself take it too far. It's that simple, really- except that where you perpetuate 'easy belivism', you oddly become a pompous Roman when attempting to be an example of a Christian
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No, it is really simple as your easy workism, over which you salivate.
Again...
Those that rightly divide the word of truth, understand "election," as pertaining to service, and separate eternal security from "predestination."
Breaking it down-"It's not that complicated"(STP):
In order for a Calvinist to "believe" he was predestined, he/she must believe he/she is saved. With me so far, sheep being conned by the Calvinists?
In order to believe he/she is "saved," he must be convinced that his/her "life style" meets the standard(just like "charismatics" like andycain). Still with me?
When his/her life style falls below a certain standard, say, he/she relapses on booze, on hookers/pimps, pot, or stops going to his/her "the" church, he/she loses that "feeling."
You know the feeling. "I know I'm saved, because my life style tells me so..."
Since I have fallen into the pit/ditch, I must not be saved. Since I am not saved, I must not be "predestinated," to get saved. I thought I was saved, but, it turns out, I was never saved. I was deceived into believing I was saved, when in fact.....
This is the Calvinist "logic." This is their material, not mine.
No, you can't get assurance, if you are looking at your behaviour as a barometer of how "saved" you are. This is what Calvinists do, despite any spin to the contrary. And most "Christians" do this, and therefore, most cannot get assurance of salvation.
That is their "good news."
Yeh, Calvinists believe in the "doctrine" of OSAS-but they believe that they were saved before they were born. But "assurance of salvation", confidence, that comes from within, is not "eternal security." .Many "churches" hold to the doctrine of "salvation." Does that mean that their church members are saved? Nope. Professing to believe a "doctrine" is one thing. But having an inner confidence, based on "assurance," is something else. I "believe" in eternal security. But I also have assurance of salvation. And nobody has that, unless they believe Eph. 2:8-9 KJV, and Titus 3:5 KJV, as well as John 17:17 KJV, Psalms 12, 19, 119, 1 Peter 1:25 KJV....
Very few "Christians" fall into this category. Most would know that, had you asked them, instead of logging into the Calvinist sites, and losing your mind.
Everything about your brand of Christianity is a conundrum. A rapture doesn't sit well within it even if there were such a thing- a rapture would require a predestined elect, otherwise it would be arbitrary. But you all don't see past your own noses to pick up on things like rapture theory originating
from predestinarians
And your concept of "predestination" is satanic-no scripture teaches your devilish doctrine, of predestinated to being saved, elected to be saved -your daddy devil taught it to you.
Rapture theory, you muse, deviled one? Stumped us there.
And, being lost, you have no idea re. my "brand of Christianity," due to that 2 Cor. 4:4 KJV, 1 Cor. 2:14 KJV, problem of yours.
Get saved, wicked Clavinist/Calvinist drone.
And stuff your Romanism charge, devilish drone, as that is you-Calvinism is a clone of Roman Catholicism. I know more about Romanism, being a former one, than you ever will know, and my knowledge of satanic Calvinism makes you look like Dora The Explorer, in comparison.