Bibliophile wrote:
Does the Antichrist administer the Mark of the Beast?
If not, who does and why?

1960's Began the rejection of all societal authorities and institutions.

At this time the religion of anarchy - Liberalism, - gains a foot hold in the church communities, as well as outside the church.

Thus the authority of God, - From whom ALL authority comes, - is rejected in western countries.

The god of mammon begins his reign - and now reigns supreme.

Money and ambition become the way and the life for people.

Women leave wife and motherhood to worship mammon and the new religion.
Abortion, sex, adultery and divorce and deviancy, get rid of the responsibilty of "go forth and multiply."

Men enjoy the new found freedom of sex without responsibility.

ARMINIANISM

A HERESY.

After we see them perform their falacies in post on this site.

FIRST
"he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost"

SECOND
"That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

"but believeth on him"
= A believer is identified

"that justifieth the ungodly"
God justifies the elect.
Prior to this they are unregenerate.

Any way you put it JD
It is rediculous that as you imply
God would Justify a person unregenerated.

Because God doesn't Justify the UnRegenerate person.

is
their endless
and "pointless"
search for
acquiescence
to
Salvation by Human Effort.

I guess their humanistic philology
must be satiated
before they accept
any statement on doctrine.

If God is
slightly removed from the equation,

and
human ability advanced
as at least partially responsible
for
their access unto salvation

Then and only then
are they satisfied.

[20] "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, *NEITHER COMETH* to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
[21] But *HE THAT DOETH TRUTH COMETH* to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are WROUGHT in God."

As we are given ability to receive the Truth, we can observe here also that the two opposing groups of "Elect" and "Reprobate" are further identified.

1] "Neither cometh" - This group cannot come to salvation as the verse confirms.

2] "He that doeth truth cometh" - This group are the Elect of God, whose deeds are wrought in God.

God's call is effectual

Rom 8:30 "Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."

Eph 2:8 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: *IT* *IS* *THE* *GIFT* *OF* *GOD*
[9] NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast."

NOT OF WORKS.
NO HUMAN INPUT.

Clearly like most Arminians/FW's you think iniquity and sin is zero problem in the human condition.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
= Q. Who is qualified to believe.?
= Answer "universalism" NO.!

[17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
=Q. Is all the "world" condemned.? - No.!
=Q. Is all the world saved.? No.!

So, Who is saved. - Who is condemned.

Answer=

1] [18] "He that believeth on him is not condemned"
2] "but he that believeth not is condemned *ALREADY*, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

Again we find the question - Who can or can't. Here is the crux of the matter. Viz Who or what makes the difference. - God, or man dead in sin and at enmity with God.? Who happens to be "ALREADY" condemned. The condemned don't have to *DO* anything they are the condemned.

It is not about personal human choice/decision - Because the reprobate CANT make a decision they are ALREADY condemned.

As per usual it is bad exegesis, bad exposition and doesn't even agree with the Bible Lexicons.

Yamil, JD and the Arminian club must desperately seek the alternatives to Biblical Doctrine, to assert their humanistic philosophies.

Stone the flamin crows.!! - Just look where your heresy is leading to, you Arminians.

You are planting the seed of Liberalism and Darkness. All this idiotic FreeWillicker nonsense is killing the authority of Scripture; - Not to mention the correct exegesis of it.

It's just that all the Saved/Elect speak in terms of the Doctrines of Grace.

There is no academic value to salvation.

But the Elect have the divine influence of the Holy Spirit in them. Theirs is the fruit of the Spirit.

The True Body of Christ - "THE" Church - flock together as one likeminded with Christ.

And since we in Britain have reduced justice and punishment to a parody, and a branch of the social services, we must appear even more rediculous than we have these last four decades.