This quote from John Wesley is absolutely stunning if it's true! Although, on second thought, it would be more so if it had come from a antinomian like the excellent Dr. Gill, but surprising it remains, whatever Mr. Wesley's personal beliefs as to the perseverance of the saints were( he believed you could lose your salvation ). Well, I believe I've introduced it sufficiently, here it be:
"Despite his achievements he never quite overcame profound self-doubt. At the age of 63, he could tell his brother, "I do not love God. I never did. Therefore I never believed, in the Christian sense of the word." (Quoted, Tomkins John Wesley: A Biography (Eerdmans, 2003) 168.)"
How sad..
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- polemic turtle
- turtle believes his Bible, loves His God, and is being divinely conformed unto the image of God's Son, though if one were to think in terms of Romans 9, turtle would confess that he is a very stubborn and brittle piece of clay. thankfully, the Potter works omnipotently for turtle's good and shows him mercy and grace every day.
2 comments:
Hmmmmm..... That's kinda stunning that he would say something like that....
Jesse L.
That is sad. I guess when you believe you can lose your salvation, you will find your life rather hopeless and pointless.
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