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Recently, I’ve been hearing a lot about Calvinism vs Arminianism. Have you ever noticed that when one ism starts talking about a different one, tones get hard, words get harsh, and voices tend to get raised? Aren’t we supposed to be family? This has always bothered me. And since we look at everything here through the lens of what it means to be a Christian. I thought that is what we’d do as we look at this whole Calvinism vs Arminianism thing and see what we can see.

And just to get us on the same footing, what we mean when we say Christianity is a following of Jesus the Christ, which involves, first and foremost, a relationship with him, which then leads to studentship from him, leading to a life lived from everything learned.

Chapters:

00:00 – 00:53 – intro

00:54 – 02:19– The lens we will use to look at this

02:20 – 06:57 – What teacher should we follow?

06:58 – 13:09 – How should we think about our teachers?

13:10 – 16:06– How to test what we hear

16:07 – 17:58 – when teachers disagree

17:59 – 19:36 – a teaching and a prayer of Jesus

19:36 – 21:49 – who the focus needs to be

21:50 – 22:27 – conclusion

Scriptures Referenced:

1 Corinthians 1 – 4 – Do not adhere to a mere messenger of God but to God himself. And all the whys and wherefores of that.

1 Corinthians 4:6 – Paul states that he is using himself and Apollos as an illustration.

1 Corinthians 4:1, 2 – How we are to regard, think about, messengers of God.

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 – Paul he proclaimed nothing except Jesus Christ and him crucified. So faith no rest on human wisdom but on God’s power.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 – test all teachings and hold on to what is good.

Revelation 2:2 – Test and examine all to find the liars.

1 John 4:1 – Test the spirits.

1 Corinthians 14:29 – Others should weigh carefully what speakers say.

2 Corinthians 13:5 – Examine yourselves, test yourselves to see if you are in the faith.

John 13:35 – How others know we are in Christ by our love for one another.

John 17:11, 21 – we are to be one (mind, purpose, soul) as Jesus and the Father are.

Matthew 23:13 – 32; Luke 11:42 – 52; John 5:39, 40 – The Pharisees having religious thoughts, facts, and rituals and it not being enough. It is Jesus who is important.

1 Corinthians 14:33 – God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

James 1:5 – Ask God for wisdom, and he will give generously.

John 14:26; 16:13 – The Holy Spirit guiding us into and teaching us all truth.

Galatians 1:6-10 – ignore gospels other than what Paul had preached. And if anyone taught something other than the gospel of Christ, they were under God’s curse.

2 Corinthians 11:4 – a warning about adopting a different gospel than had been taught.

1 Corinthians 13:12 – seeing through a glass darkly, seeing dim reflection.

1 Corinthians 13:9 – we know in part, and we prophesy (teach) in part.

Here are some links to:

My favorite YouTube apologists: Mike Winger , Frank Turek

My favorite online church service: Alistair Begg

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