Or should I say that Calvin was a Paulist. The latter is probably more accurate.
Colossians1:3-4 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus.
Apart from a work of grace in the unbelievers heart, he cannot understand spiritual things nor believe in Christ. Faith is a gift from God that we exercise upon regeneration. Here Paul thanks the Father for the faith of the Colossians. If God were not the author of their faith then why would Paul thank Him? The answer is obvious. Paul thanks the Father for their faith because He is the giver of faith by the word of Christ.
I think it must be true then that every true believer is a practicing Calvinist for no one ever says, "Thank you, so-and-so for getting saved. Thank you for repenting and believing in Christ." Rather, we all say, "Praise God. Thank the Lord they believed." We know it's His work of grace.
Colossians1:3-4 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus.
Apart from a work of grace in the unbelievers heart, he cannot understand spiritual things nor believe in Christ. Faith is a gift from God that we exercise upon regeneration. Here Paul thanks the Father for the faith of the Colossians. If God were not the author of their faith then why would Paul thank Him? The answer is obvious. Paul thanks the Father for their faith because He is the giver of faith by the word of Christ.
I think it must be true then that every true believer is a practicing Calvinist for no one ever says, "Thank you, so-and-so for getting saved. Thank you for repenting and believing in Christ." Rather, we all say, "Praise God. Thank the Lord they believed." We know it's His work of grace.
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