How would you share a reformed understanding of the Gospel?

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[Reformchick]

What is with all these haters spamming Piper? Are we sharing the Gospel or engaging in petty bickering?

[got2liv4him]

one of the greatest signs of regeneration is love for the things about God that go against our nature...

Romans 9 is not the only place where God's unconditional election is clear... John 1:11-13, John 6, John 17, Ephesians 1...

[BDUBYAUSA]

One of the reasons why I am a Reformed believer(besides the fact that it is taught over and over again in Scripture), is that it is not easily accepted by the masses, and it is hated by many. People in sin and darkness hate the light and do not come to it lest their evil deeds be exposed.

If people just read their Bibles they would easily see that God's sovereignty is on display everywhere in His Word!

[Strefanasha]

i would not share a "reformed" understanding of the gospel. The reformation was such a violent hate fest (just read some hisory) that they did not belivee the gospel any more than the catholics that they hated so much.

this protestant hankering after the reformation is pure idolatry

[209jaedoe]

If you say you had a part in your salvation, thats boasting'' a man cannot spiritually make himself reborn!!! so therefore he cant choose god in the flesh!!!

[HallofTyrannus]

@EverydayRevival : Without the sacrificial death of Christ ,no salvation is possible. The most important thing is God's part without which no amount of anything can save man from any of his sins. Man has a part in salvation ,which is receiving the gift fo God by the arms of faith. If man has a responsibility in sinning , man has a responsibility in salvation too, which is to respond to the conviction of the Holysprit , repent and receive Christ by faith, failing which he is judged.

[EverydayRevival]

@HallofTyrannus Basically what you're saying is that Christ did not die on the cross and was raised on the third day to SAVE ANYONE... but that He made people SAVEABLE, and if only sinful fallen man would make a "choice" or a "decision" than he'd essentially be saving himself, by taking advantage of the work of Christ.

Christ died to save all those that would believe on Him, as many as the Father has given Him.

Christ didn't die to make a way for sinners to save themselves from Hell.

[HallofTyrannus]

@EverydayRevival : I don't think we have revelation regarding whether that would make him unhappy for eternity or not. I don't want to speculate.

[HallofTyrannus]

@EverydayRevival : God has not failed . People do not accept the solution he has given to the sin problem and so they perish. In Ezekiel , it says ,"Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?" .God has not failed because it his design that everyone who accepts the sacrifice of Christ be saved and he has provided the way out for everyone though only some take it.

[EverydayRevival]

@HallofTyrannus So wouldn't the fact that people are perishing and being cast into Hell mean that God has failed to save some people and wouldn't that make Him unhappy for all of eternity???

[HallofTyrannus]

@EverydayRevival : He is not partial regarding Jew and Gentile either. So the character of God is that he is not Partial. Take the story of Jonah and ninevah. The Israelites never expected it. But that 's God. He has compassion on everyone he has made and does not want anyone to perish.

[Tomsedated]

@EverydayRevival yeh definately, i have to agree with you. its just that i'm not a theologian, i study engineery, and since i'm not surrounded by people who are more likely to have debates...since i'm more involved with evangelism (we have a multi denominational ministery) and discipleship at church, ya know more practical stuff..i think thats why usually i can't be bothered to these kind of debates, i do have friends who have gone seminary, i guess they have to deal with it more than i do