From a Calvinist perspective, what does it mean if you have doubts?
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From a Calvinist perspective, what does it mean if you ... - 11/11/2009 1:18:46 PM
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Jersey79
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In other words, say every once in a while you have doubts and are afraid that maybe there is no God, or what if the Bible isn't accurate and you'll never know that you were wrong when you die because there is nothingness? From a Calvinist perspective does that mean that you are not elect even though you love Christ and WANT it to be true and obey Him? Because personally, these doubts I get sometimes frighten me. I mean I love CHrist and I seek to obey Him, but these doubts come up every once in a while and I just wish they weren't there!
And it's weird because they don't limit themselves to just the above. Sometimes I doubt whether I am really saved or not, or that because I stopped walking with God at some point in my life that maybe I was never allowed to come back. These doubts are troubling to say the least. They interrupt my walk. It's almost like a battle.
Thomas Nagel in his book "The Last Word" talked about his atheism and said something to the affect of "It's not that I don't believe in God just because I don't think there is enough evidence. I don't believe because I don't want there to be a God. I don't want the universe to be like that." I am the complete opposite. I believe in God/Christ not just because I believe there is enough evidence, but because I WANT the universe to be like that. I want Christ. When I hear Christ's words my heart says "that is the Truth." And I want Him and seek to obey Him. But still these doubts get interjected into my mind. It's really tough.
Jersey
< Message edited by Jersey79 -- 11/11/2009 1:28:10 PM >
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RE: From a Calvinist perspective, what does it mean if ... - 11/11/2009 1:29:56 PM
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Please ask this question in the CALVINISM ONE-STOP THREAD.
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