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Originally Posted by Bnonn  I've lost you completely. You are saying that what believers do as a consequence of their doctrine determines whether or not the doctrine is correct? So, if Christians believe as the Corinthians did that, since they are free from the law, they are free to sin all they like, it is not true that they are free from the law? This simply doesn't make sense. The logical extreme of your position is that the Bible is false, since people misunderstand and misapply it all the time. Jesus, on the other hand, did not blame Scripture when people misunderstood it, but the people themselves.
I'm also kinda curious—what the heck does it mean to believe 0.5 points of TULIP? |
Yes, that is what I am saying. Look at what was done by Jesus' teaching and the apostles teaching. You'll always have devils and antichrists but.....The church at Corinth didn't have the Word of God, and they certainly were not taught heresy by Paul. Jesus plainly said the mysteries were not for all at that time lest they believe, but that the mysteries were for the disciples. Beyond that, yes, he rebuked the disciples. After 3 years of drilling it into them, can you blame him? Even then they still didn't get it and needed Paul to come along much later and explain it all.
TULIP is the 5 Points of Calvinism, deeply rooted in Reformed Theology and 98%+ the 'church'.