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Hi Neal,

You say, "Bill, why do you have to bog us down with your Calvinistic judgments every day? You obviously detest the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican Communion, and Gene Robinson. As a proud Anglican churchman, I reject your Calvinism and assert the orthodoxy of the apostolic episcopate, the effacy of the sacraments and Arminian theology."

First, I am far from being a Calvinist. I do not believe in Predestination. I do not believe that God, who sent His Son to die on the cross so that you, I, and everyone in the world might have an opportunity to, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, receive His free gift of salvation -- would also condemn billions of people to hell without giving them the opportunity to receive this free gift of salvation which Jesus has already bought with His blood.

We are told in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." That WHOEVER means WHO EVER; that means that Neal, Bill, and WHO EVER will receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior -- will have eternal life. Does this sound like a God who would, before creation, decide who will and who will not be saved? Does this sound like a God who would condemn, before creation, billions of people to eternal hell? No, it does not. That is not the God of the Bible.

We are told in Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me." That ANYONE means ANY ONE; it means Neal, Bill, and ALL who will open the door to their hearts and invite Jesus in to be their Lord and Savior -- will have a personal relationship with Jesus, i.e., will be saved. In the Jewish culture of that day, to dine with a person was considered very intimate; therefore Jesus is waiting to be our very intimate Friend. All we have to do is to open the door of our heart and invite Him in. Yes, that is done with a simple, sincere prayer.

Those Scripture verses do not describe the Predestination which Calvinist teach. I do believe the Arminian theology which teaches that God is sovereign, but He has given man free will. But, on the other hand, I do disagree with the Arminian teaching that it is possible for those who are Christians to fall from grace, i.e, that man can lose his salvation. I do not believe that one can, once they have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, once they have been saved -- I do not believe that person can lose his salvation as the Arminian theology teaches. If that were possible; then Jesus Christ lied to us when He told us in John 6:47, ". . .he who believes has eternal life" -- and that is impossible.

I believe that once we open out heart to Jesus Christ, invite Him to come in and be the Master of our life, our personal Lord and Savior; once we have begun our spiritual walk with Him -- we will stumble often, we will fail often, we will sin often -- but, we will repent, ask forgiveness, and continue our walk with Him into eternal salvation. When Jesus tells us in John 6:47, "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life" -- He means it. Jesus Christ does not lie; nor does He change. He said it, and you can take it to the bank.

And, notice He did not say, "He who does rituals, he who has traditions, he who does the sacraments, he who does the Eucharist, he who follows the pope or the archbishop, he who has many indulgences, he who works hard -- has salvation." No, He says, "He who believes has eternal life" -- PERIOD!

Then, Neal, you declare, "It must be fantastic being assured of 'salvation' and your own 'election.' All the 'creationist' 'institutes' and web sites in the world are worthy of about as much consideration as is the contemplation of the price of rat pies in China. They are a bunch of snake oil salesmen, bloated off the teats of the gullible frightened seekers, and about as deep as is the Calvinist hard-shell crap you ramble on and on about ad nauseum."

Well, Neal, I am sorry to see that you totally discard the Bible, God's Written Word, and replace it with Tradition. So you want to call God a liar; that is your prerogative. I choose to take His Word as the Gospel; I choose to believe Him; I choose to follow Him.

And, you ask, "How is the mechanism of the creation of the world even remotely important or its eventual demise in a theological sense? Why live in the past and anticipate the future Tribulapture? Why not practice the Gospel message Our Lord gave us in the Sermon on the Mount and in His own good example today?"

Glad you asked. There are two Scripture verses which are foundation stones upon which the entire Bible, and Christianity, sit. First is Genesis 1:1 which tells us, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Then, for mortar, God continues to describe in Genesis 1 and 2 how He created the entire universe, including man and all life form, in six literal days. If you discard Genesis 1:1 and the subsequent verses -- you might as well just toss out the Bible, the Written Word of God -- for, if Genesis 1 is wrong, then the Bible has no foundation in truth -- and we have no hope.

The second foundation stone Scripture verse is John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." If this is not true; then we have no Christianity; we have no hope. But, praise God, it is TRUE!

And John 1:3 reassures us that He is God and that He created all the universe, "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.'

So, Neal, when you discard the Bible and replace it with Tradition -- you also discard these Biblical foundations -- and you discard all Christianity. You discard Jesus Christ. You discard your only Way (John 14:6) to salvation.

You declare, "Christianity is a religion of the present, not the future nor of the past! Our task is to set up God's kingdom here on earth, not to wait for some hideously convoluted binding of serpents, loosing of seals and Cristus ex machina to do it for us!"

No, my Friend, you are wrong. Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20 instructs us, ". . ."All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

And, in Acts 1:8, He instructs us, ". . .you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

So, we are to be His witnesses; we are to Go, Make disciples, Baptize them, Teach them -- all in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

He does not tell us to set up or build a kingdom, God's or otherwise, here on earth. Today, Satan is ruler of this world. Jesus verified this in John 12:31 that Satan has power over this present evil world. In John 16:11, Jesus tells us, "And concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged." And, in 2 Corinthians 4:3-5, the apostle Paul teaches us, "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake."

When Jesus Christ returns in glory (Revelation 19) as King of Kings and Lord of Lords; He will bind Satan and cast him into the abyss for one thousand years (Rev 20); and we, the Raptured church along with Old Testament saints and the martyred Tribulation saints, will be with Him as He reigns for one thousand years -- the Millennial Kingdom on earth. We are not here to set up God's kingdom here on earth -- but to be His witnesses and to make disciples until He returns to rapture His church.

Neal, you say, "You obviously detest the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican Communion, and Gene Robinson."

No, I do not detest them. I see where the archbishop is wrong and is misleading many people. He is pushing world ecumenism, where all religions will come together and each worship his own deity -- which is wrong. We gather to worship God, the God of the Bible. We do not gather in joint worship with folks worshipping deities of this world. The archbishop is also encouraging England to incorporate Islamic Sharia Law into the laws of England. If so, how long before an Imam rules England?

The Anglican Communion: I do not detest this. It is not right for me; but, I have no doubt that there are many good Christians in the Anglican church. Just as with any denomination; there will be good and bad -- and we have to recognize the bad and join with the good. In Matthew 13:36-43, Jesus teaches us of the wheat and the tares; the good and the bad -- and teaches the He will send forth His angels to separate them at the proper time.

And, the Anglican/Episcopalian bishop, Gene Robinson: do I detest him? No, I feel sorry for him; for he is living a lie. He is declaring himself to be clergy, a teacher of the Bible; yet, he is denying the teaching of the Bible. He professes to be a Christian; yet, his actively homosexual lifestyle denies that profession.

Finally, you say, "Why not practice the Gospel message Our Lord gave us in the Sermon on the Mount. . .?"

I agree with you. We can start with Matthew 5:17, "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." I believe this would also cover not attacking, nor attempting to negate, the work of other Christian believers who are trying to share the Gospel.

Especially those believers who are trying to tell folks of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it."

And, even more so when we attempt to warn folks of His teaching in Matthew 7:21-23, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'"

These are all teachings from His Sermon on the Mount -- and I believe we should live them and I believe we should share them with the world. Don't you agree?

So, Neal, I am not saying, nor have I ever said, that you are not a Christian believer. However, I am saying that you have a very skewed view of what the Bible teaches. I might suggest that you quit letting your archbishop tell you what the Bible teaches -- and search the Scriptures for yourself, become a Berean (Acts 17:11) and seek your own knowledge of God's Word, the Bible.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill Gray
billdory@pacbell.net

Alabama bred,
California fed,
Blessed by God to be a Christian American!

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