"God was in Christ reconciling us and the world unto himself" 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
We had nothing to do with God reconciling us and the world unto himself by Jesus Christ. God reconciled us and the world unto himself before we ever came into this world. Calvinism does not reconcile. Catholicism does not reconcile. The only one that reconciles is Jesus Christ, Romans 3:26.
"And you that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled" Colossians 1:21.
These scriptures refute Calvinism, Catholicism and all religions. This reconciliation was between God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. We had NOTHING absolutely nothing to do with it. Paul makes this clear when he wrote...
"But God commanded his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.
Before we were born we had already been reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ. Before the foundation of the world it was God's plan that all of humanity would be reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ.
"Accordingly he has chosen us (humanity) in him (Jesus Christ) before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love" Ephesians 1:4.
The only way that God can see us as holy and without blame is for God to see us in his Son Jesus Christ. This is why Paul wrote,
"That I might be found in him, not having my own righteousness that is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith" Philippians 3:9.
All that Jesus is and all that he has done, is ours by faith. We are complete in him. The law has been fulfilled, Matthew 5:18. Sin has been atoned for. All that God demands for the salvation of fallen man has been met in Jesus Christ.
"And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power" Colossians 2:10.
If we are perfect and complete in Jesus Christ, then what good is religion? If we have already been reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ then why do you need to be predestinated? If God already sees you as perfect and complete in his Son Jesus Christ, why do you need Catholicism?
We had nothing to do with God reconciling us and the world unto himself by Jesus Christ. God reconciled us and the world unto himself before we ever came into this world. Calvinism does not reconcile. Catholicism does not reconcile. The only one that reconciles is Jesus Christ, Romans 3:26.
"And you that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled" Colossians 1:21.
These scriptures refute Calvinism, Catholicism and all religions. This reconciliation was between God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. We had NOTHING absolutely nothing to do with it. Paul makes this clear when he wrote...
"But God commanded his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.
Before we were born we had already been reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ. Before the foundation of the world it was God's plan that all of humanity would be reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ.
"Accordingly he has chosen us (humanity) in him (Jesus Christ) before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love" Ephesians 1:4.
The only way that God can see us as holy and without blame is for God to see us in his Son Jesus Christ. This is why Paul wrote,
"That I might be found in him, not having my own righteousness that is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith" Philippians 3:9.
All that Jesus is and all that he has done, is ours by faith. We are complete in him. The law has been fulfilled, Matthew 5:18. Sin has been atoned for. All that God demands for the salvation of fallen man has been met in Jesus Christ.
"And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power" Colossians 2:10.
If we are perfect and complete in Jesus Christ, then what good is religion? If we have already been reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ then why do you need to be predestinated? If God already sees you as perfect and complete in his Son Jesus Christ, why do you need Catholicism?