Should have known, I guessed.....my comments (critical of Christian News Network) were promptly deleted.
And in further news, I STILL can't make sense of that "predestination" thing Amos believes in....which part of that "Nashville declaration" he posted would seem to contradict. Or at least it would seem that way to me.
Jocasta, Amos doesn't understand about predestination. He thinks that they will attain Salvation because the Lord chose them to be his "Elect" and that is anyone who believes in Christ. He doesn't understand that some people leave the faith, after believing, and that they are not part of the Elect anymore. He thinks those people would still end up saved, from what he told me.
Predestination isn't just about who will believe in Jesus. It's about God knowing who will believe and who won't, but it's about the growth involved in getting closer to God in an individual relationship. It's about strengthening our faith through trials, and our trust in God to take care of us. If we don't trust Him to take care of us, it will be a sign of the lack of faith, and he will want to help you strengthen your faith. If you give up then obviously you are not one of the chosen "elect" that Amos thinks will be saved anyway. Predestination is also the belief that Jesus has a destiny planned for each one of us, and he wants us to grow until we fulfill it. Some are big things, some are small, but we all are supposed to believe that he will take care of us. That's where a lot of the posters get mad at me because I have told them they have to trust God about the world, because we as Christians have no way to change what is happening. They think they are supposed to get involved with other people's sin (rebuking) and that's their main focus. They don't take care of their own salvation at all. They think that the grace that is offered is flat out grace for all sin, and it's not. The grace he offered is for past sins forgiven when we believe, and sins that are repented for afterwards. Baptism of water is the baptism of repentance. Amos doesn't understand that or that the bible showed us that we need to be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Amos is a follower. He has been told "this" and he believes "this" and won't look into whether or not the bible actually supports what it says. He is quite happy to let someone else take care of his salvation, and believe what they tell him to believe.
That's why some of the things he says he can't support without going off track. If he doesn't have the answer now, he "ignores".