Amen; all ism is men worshiping themselves. John Calvin is the founder of Calvin ism.
Adam experienced guilt.
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And he said, "I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself". And he said, "Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?" And the man said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat."
According to Calvinism, Adam should have said, "You caused me to eat, I was doing your will."
Adam could not have experienced guilt in the garden unless he believed he sinned by choice; an act of his own free will.
Without free will, man cannot assume resposibilty; without responsibility, man can have no guilt.
Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
AMEN; however you trust in Calvin.
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh
AMEN; however, you don't worship at all; worship comes from one's heart in accordance with one's own free will.
Heb 2:9-10
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain or author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 5:9
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
He is the Author of them that are obeying Him, for that is evidence of their Salvation from Him. This is True because by nature they are as the children of disobedience Eph 2:2-3
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
We cannot obey God in that nature we have by nature, our obedience comes out of an New Nature which Christ is the Author of !
Again, He is the Author of Salvation specifically to those who are obeying Him, which means their obeying Him has been caused by Him being the Author of their Salvation.
We must be saved from or out of disobedience / unbelief, which we were made unto because of sin Rom 11:32
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Unbelief here also means disobedience , and by nature we are in it permanently, nothing but New Birth can free us !
By nature we are imprisoned therein unto disobedience, so we must be saved out of it in order to become obedient, or to obey or as the word obey means in Heb 5:9 hupakouó:
I listen, hearken to, obey, answer, ("obey" is acting under the authority of the one speaking, i.e. really listening to the one giving the charge (order).
to hearken to a command, i. e. to obey, be obedient unto, submit
This by nature as carnal and in the flesh we cannot do Rom 8:7
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Notice that Paul says " neither indeed can be"
That simply denotes inability to be subject to God by nature ! Being subject means obedience, or obeying Him !
Now understand what Heb 5:9 must be saying, That one does not first obey Jesus to get Eternal Salvation, But He saves them, Authors their Salvation so that they may now beging to obey Him.
The fact is, He cannot be the Author or causer of our Salvation our obedience, if in fact we are not saved by Him until after we become obedient on our own, that makes our own obedience the cause or author of our salvation.
But yet how could we obey Him, if we were not already saved out of disobedience ?
Heb 5:8-9
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Is teaching the same thing as Rom 5:19b
19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
By His Obedience, those He represented become experimetnally obedient, just as those adam represented became experimentally disobedient ! Paul says of the Elect Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
But Christ's death changes that, and Authored our Obedience Heb 5:9
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
May Christ be Glorified for any and all Obedience to the Gospel !
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