Romans Chapter 9 DOES NOT Disprove Freewill but Actually Reinforces It. Looking At The Context Of The WHOLE Book of Romans

This article is part 2 or a continuation of my last article entitled "God HAS Given Us Freewill. It IS Revealed In The Bible"
Please click here to read that first article.

On that last article I chose to not discuss Romans Chapter 9 (which contains verses which the Calvinists use as their strongest arguments AGAINST the belief of freewill) because that chapter contains such a lot of material and raises too many objections/questions to cover within the general topic of the last article. Quite honestly it needs a separate article all of its own. Therefore, this article serves that purpose.
Romans 9-11 go together

I will now try to show how Romans chapter 9 DOES NOT deny freewill but actually reinforces it when you consider everything in its rightful context.  What I have written today on this article (14 Sept. 2012) is the results of my initial investigations and study. I may add other material to this article as/when I find more.

Anyway, long introduction, but here now is the article.




Anyone with an honest heart will have to admit that if Romans chapter 9 is saying that no-one has freewill, then that chapter sits isolated from the vast majority of the Bible which teaches otherwise.  I follow the golden rule that if some isolated verses (or even a chapter) seems to say something contradictory to the rest of the Bible then it must be US who are interpreting that particular passage incorrectly. We should NEVER make a doctrine out of isolated passages – very dangerous.

Let us look at the context of Romans 9. First, who was Paul writing to? Was it Jews or Gentiles? It appears primarily Jews but also to Gentiles. Why did Paul apparently swap his line of thought in Romans 8 and insert chapters 9-11 before continuing on again in ch 12?

Some say it was a digression. Actually, if you were to read all the chapters 1 to 16, you will actually see that chapters 1 to 8 were a build up or foundation to the main thrust of his message, i.e. chapters 9-11 are the KEY to

God HAS Given Us Freewill. It IS Revealed In The Bible.

Note:  Added More Material 14 Sept 2012

The purpose of this article is to refute the "no freewill" arguments of Calvinists (and others who hold to a similar reformed theology) demonstrating that the Bible DOES teach freewill.

I will start by laying a foundation. The Bible teaches us that God is full of Love, Compassion, Mercy, He is Just and Righteous in all His ways. Those who teach that we have no freewill in our salvation and that only those who God chooses through His predetermined plan, will be saved, actually defame God’s character by (effectively) teaching that God in His predetermined plan has created many people deliberately predestining them to an eternal torment of hell. This is actually blasphemy because it teaches something about God's nature which is blatantly untrue!

Romans 8:32 says “He who did not SPARE His own Son”. Therefore, why would He (out of a nature of love) create humans to then send to an eternal hell (without them being capable to choose God)?  Surely that would be the case, if (as they teach) some have no chance of repenting because they are not of the elect. If they are incapable of choosing God because they are DEAD, then EFFECTIVELY God has created souls to be tormented for eternity. How can God be a God of Love and also be Righteous and Just if He did such things? How can you trust a God like that?

No wonder Atheism has taken on in a massive way because “how can you believe in a God like that?” No, I cannot believe in a God like that because that is NOT His nature.

What about 2 Peter 3:9 “it is not God’s Will that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentance”. If we do not have

Exposing The New Age Influence Within English Hymn "Jerusalem" As Sung At London 2012 Games

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how gnosticism (now known as New Age) is at the centre of the hymn "Jerusalem" and why it has (dangerously) become so very important to English culture.

At the London Olympic Games 2012 we saw a whole scenario of England a green and pleasant land. it showed the Glastonbury Tor with its "thorn" (a tree) as centre stage which was as a backdrop to the very English hymn "Jerusalem".

What was that all about? Why is that hymn so important to England? Why is it NOW sung as the English national anthem at the Commonwealth games and at England's Cricket test matches? What is its significance?

To answer most of those questions, I have copied a section from an article written by Tony Pearce of "Light For The Last Days" entitled "Isles of Wonder,London’s weird Olympic opener". Here is the link:

http://www.lightforthelastdays.co.uk/Iles%20of%20Wonder.pdf

I would like to thank Tony for giving me permission to publish that section here. This is what was written. It is very revealing.

Some consider ‘Jerusalem’ to be a Christian hymn, because it talks about the ‘holy lamb of God’ (i.e. Jesus), but the fact is that Blake was certainly not a believing Christian.  He had visions of ‘angels’ from a young age and associated with mystics and occultists, participating in

Pastors: Should We ONLY Preach The Gospel and Nothing Else?

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I received an interesting email which highlights something very important. I was told by a pastor "I am thoroughly weary of all this. We seek to preach Christ, and Him crucified." Therefore, I would like to address his statement in this article.

Is he correct?






Edited 4th Aug 2012 (parts edited are highlighted blue).

Of course our focus MUST be on Jesus. However, Paul told us to not be ignorant regarding the methods used by our enemy and that we should be vigilant as watchman in warnings and prayer. "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices." 2 Cor 2:11


I assume that "we preach Christ and Him crucified" means that these pastors focus entirely on ONLY preaching the gospel message of salvation and nothing else.  If that is true, it gives me grave concerns.


Pastors:  Is that ONLY what we should be preaching?


If you are ONLY preaching to the unsaved then it would be totally acceptable. But, if you are preaching to the saved, then shouldn't you be taking note of Hebrews 6:1-2:


" Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment" ?


Our job is not to go over the same elementary message over and over again but go on to disciple believers. Part of the discipleship process is 

Chuck Missler. His Vatican, Ecumenical Associations and Other Apostasies Exposed

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Edited 30 Jun 2012 (see edited section at the bottom of this article)

I cannot do better than simply to show this following link which says it all!

http://www.discerningtheworld.com/2012/01/09/do-not-be-unequally-yoked-together-with-unbelievers-chuck-missler-and-roger-oakland-exposed/#more-10502

I also wrote (a number of times) to those who still endorse Chuck Missler  (like Moriel Ministries) but never at any time received any replies. That is actually odd, because I used to receive replies to my emails from them.

This is what I wrote:

The Rising Of The New Inquisition. Joels (Locust) Army

Joels Locust Army

This blog has shown how the Evangelical Protestant church, which had always been centred on Biblical Christianity, has now been hijacked during the late 20th century by the Vatican through Catholic and Jesuit infiltration.






The links to those articles which discuss these things, can be found at the bottom of this article.

This blog has shown how the increase in momentum  of this infiltration seemed to coincide completely with the emergence of Israel as a Nation again. Very interesting is how replacement theology took centre stage from 1948 onwards - same year that Israel became a Nation again after almost 2000 years. I do not believe that that was a coincidence but as a response in opposition to the new nation. Possibly because the Vatican felt threatened in some way.  Israel being a Nation again especially flies in opposition to the Catholic Church's dominionistic agenda.

Anyway, so infiltration began via Latter Rain, Word of Faith and now through emerging church and New Calvinism. They are all reading from the same handbook which leads to the belief of a super church emerging through the belief that this super race can all become Jesus on Earth by becoming little gods. We are witnessing a joining together of all these groups into a united mission to take conquest for Christ globally.

My blog has shown how these groups have arisen and how the Vatican is behind it all in its Vatican II ecumenical mandate to bring all groups under submission to the Pope. 

Added section on 11 Dec 2014 (in blue)
To showcase this, here is another article written in Nov 2014: 

Rick Warren and Word of Faith's Full Apostasy Is Complete. Mystery Babylon Is Taking Even Greater Shape Before Our Eyes

This article will now show how a new Vatican Inquisition is starting to take shape through the Latter Rain's (aka New Apostolic Reformation) Manifest Sons of God, now known as JOELS ARMY and their NEW BREED. Effectively, this Joel's Army has all the same hallmarks that we saw with the Spanish Inquisition. Just as Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes "there is nothing new under the sun". The same tactics are used over and again at opportune moments in history.

I can do no better than show the following video which tells you everything you need to know about this very dangerous development within evangelical Christianity. Please do not be put off by the length of the video (2 hours) it is very watchable. I couldn't stop watching - it really got my attention. We ALL need to be aware of this very dangerous movement and  contend earnestly against it.

Here it is:


This video shows that the Latter Rain and its Joels Army focusses on the Bible's Book of Joel Chapter 1 and 2 which talks about the locusts. Anyone who reads those chapters honestly will see that it CANNOT be talking about the Christian church.  The book of Joel discusses the locusts as an ENEMY to the people of God. How on Earth do Latter Rain twist those chapters so violently and read things into the text that definitely are NOT there? Do they liken themselves as the enemies of God's kingdom? No they don't BUT the passages say that the locusts are exactly that. wooooow, I have never seen just decimation of scripture verses before.

As promised here are links to other articles in relation to this article. See below. 

New Calvinism. Explaining And Exposing This Latest Ecumenical and Apostate Movement Which Is Taking The Church By Storm

Introduction

I was asked to investigate what reformed theology teach. During my investigations on the subject, it led me to something much bigger than I imagined, opening up a massive "can of worms". I discovered   the newest fad which is taking Christianity by storm.



The last paradigm shift was the “emerging church” which was a call for Christians to return to vintage (Roman Catholic style) Christianity. NOW there is the NEW CALVINISM aka new reformation. What I read disturbs me a lot. Therefore, I feel led to write an article on my findings.

 New Calvinism is on the rise and taking the church by storm, especially amongst young believers (the future of the church).  This new movement is causing much concern for discerning Christians because of its ecumenical, worldly nature and because it embraces “dominion” theology.

At first glance it seemed to come out of the “seeker sensitive” movement because of its methodology of trying to appeal to the carnal nature of mankind. Therefore, I sensed it was vitally important to investigate this whole thing by seeking answers to the general questions I had, such as how everything fits together and how it fits into the ecumenical dominion apostate global scheme of things.

Introductory Information About The Dominionism and Ecumenism Of New Calvinism

For a background to this article (to get things into perspective) please reread my older article entitled:
"Why Dominion and Kingdom Now Theology Leads The Church Down The Same Road To Apostasy As Pursued By Rome" click here to read it

During my investigations I discovered another vital ingredient behind the “dominion” apostasy of the 20th-21st Century church.  My previous articles on the subject didn’t cover it because I was not previously aware of the dominionism (inspired by “a-millennial” theology and later “post-millennial”) behind Calvinism and the subsequent “reformed theology”.

From what I now understand, the New Calvinist movement has links with the New Apostolic Reformation both embracing Dominionism and both hold (generally) to a reformed theological position.

My previous article on “dominionism” showed how its history began within the Catholic church of the dark ages. I showed how Dominion theology was Catholic and those protestant/evangelical denominations/organisations who embrace its teachings are worldly or have been influenced or infiltrated by the Catholic Organisation through ecumenism in the form of disguised Jesuits and Illuminati/freemasons.

It has NOW come to my attention that new reformed theology also embraces the exact same things. This article will now demonstrate the evidence AND will show that new Calvinism is the same as old Calvinism BUT is much more dangerous and leads to a global ecumenically united, dominion apostate religion.

I used to think that Calvinism was harmless because it emphasised great truths like the eternal security of all “born-again” believers and emphasised salvation by grace and not by works and opposition to the paganised Catholic church and therefore would not embrace the ecumenism that this blog preaches against.

I think that most believers would think in this same way about Calvinism without knowing the actual truth and not realising that AT ITS ROOT Calvinism has ACTUALLY some very sinister elements to it.  Actually even most Calvinists do not know its “dark” background.  The “dark” background could all be explained by its extra biblical, allegorical “spiritualised” version of  the church and its “a-millennial” stance.

In fact any teaching, be it a-millennial or post-millennial, which preaches that Jesus will not return until the church reigns for a thousand years first (1000 years could be taken figuratively to mean a LONG period of time or a literal 1000 years) becomes part of the false/dangerous idea of “kingdom now” or “dominionistic” theology which teaches that the Church is responsible for setting up a global kingdom on Earth. This is the biggest concern behind the New Calvinists teaching – more so than the other reformed teachings which also contain unscriptural theology.

By understanding the background (I will try to describe it within this article) you will discover WHY New Calvinism embraces Dominionism and ecumenism?  In fact, could it be

The New Apostolic Reformation. Why We Should Be Concerned About It

I thought I had written about this subject before on a separate article. But on checking I can see I did not get round to it. I certainly wrote things indirectly about it within other articles and particularly within "comments" sections of articles (in several places) but no specific article. I am in the process of putting together another article which reports on the new "New Calvinist" aka New reformation movement (NOW PUBLISHED on this shortcut link  New Calvinism. Explaining And Exposing This Latest Ecumenical and Apostate Movement Which Is Taking The Church By Storm

Whilst investigating I looked at how it links with the New Apostolic Reformation (aka NAR). In so doing I was drawn to a recent excellent article from the blog of the "Sola Sisters".

The Sola Sisters have covered much of what I had previously intended to write about. Therefore, I asked them if I could copy/paste their article here. They have agreed. Therefore, the following article is taken from their blog from the url link below:
What Is The New Apostolic Reformation? (And Why Should We Be Concerned About It?)

I will probably be adding to this article in due course giving even more information about the ecumenical heresies of this movement.

Here is the article:

Word Of Faith Deception. Everything You Need To Know On Video

JUSTIN PETERS VIDEO SEMINAR
A Call For Discernment


Justin Peters has a specialised ministry on revealing the history, doctrines and the leaders of  the WORD of FAITH movement.

He has produced 3 very watchable videos. very skillfully presented. You cannot fail to realise the error of this movement after seeing these videos. If you are convinced (after watching) please spread the word to your contacts too.

You can view the entire Justin Peters Seminar here.    Each episode is over an hour long, so you may want to bookmark them for future viewing.  Enjoy!

Part One  Dangerous Doctrine (includes some history)


Part Two   Mangled Manifestations


Part Three  The Hurt Of Healing


I have written a number of other articles relating to Word Faith.  You can find them all speedily by clicking on the label "word faith" below (in red). To find the "labels"  just simply look at the 2nd line after the line which says "posted by John Chingford" which is immediately below this article.

Why Book Of Enoch Is A Fake, Alert

Did the enemy write this?

Edited 31 Jan 2011 (Have added another link as evidence). See the bottom of this article. Also edited 29 Oct 2014 (in brown).


I read through the Book of Enoch about 6 months ago, out of interest because it was mentioned in the book of Jude (in the Bible). I did this (out of curiosity) to see why it was not considered as inspired scripture and also so that I could answer those who had read it.


The first thing I noticed was how scrambled it was - all over the place, much like what you find in other religions or cults holy books. I tried to make sense of it but could not.


Certainly it contradicts canonical scripture, quotes heresy and is nonsense by the way it has been put together. It doesn't give you the sense of inspiration or truth that the 66 God breathed books give in the recognised Bible.

Apparently, the book of Enoch was discovered together with the dead sea scrolls. Some people assume that because it was found with the dead sea scrolls, that that (in itself) authenticates its reliability. Are they correct? It actually reminds me of an excerpt from Matthew 13:27-28 "Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this". Jesus stated that the good seed is the Word of God and therefore the bad seed is NOT the word of God but a false or counterfeit version. This principle of teaching could be applied to the book of Enoch (bad seed) amongst the good seed found in the same place.


Here is one site that exposes the falseness of that Enoch book:
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/book_of_enoch.htm

This article on that site highlights many things which illustrate that the Book of  Enoch is a fake. This is an excerpt from that page, which I agree with:


"As you read the Book of Enoch, you will notice