Does Man Have Free Will? - Pastor Patrick Hines Reformed Christian Podcast #shorts #Christianshorts
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Answers to Common Roman Catholic Questions for Protestants - Pastor Patrick Hines Reformed Podcast
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Does Man Have Free Will? - Pastor Patrick Hines Reformed Christian Podcast #shorts #christianshorts
For documentation, please see:
www.aomin.org/aoblog/roman-catholicism/the-33000-denominations-myth/
And
www.youtube.com/watch
I'll be answering these good questions a thoughtful Catholic person posed to a member of the congregation I pastor:
1. If the last man that had free will was Adam, what sins do we have to repent of and be forgiven? What debt do we owe that Jesus must pay? Isn't our free will necessary in order for there to be judgement at all?
2. How does God select who to save and who not to? It can't be our faith, that would be a choice (invoking free will or even a WORK that we participated in) does He just love some of us more than others? And if He does love some of us more than others, doesn't that mean that He ceases to be omnibenevolent?
3. Whose interpretation of the Bible (or the entire deposit of faith) do you subscribe to? Your own? Some particular ecumenical council? Some particular latter-day prophet? And why wouldn't the apostolic succession (and the "keys of heaven") be a more trustworthy source of interpretive authority than us?
4. What does it mean when the Bible says we are made in the image and likeness of God? Most people interpret that as including a soul and mind capable of free will, intelligibility, and creativity. But that cant be the case if we don't have free will.
5. If we were to subscribe to our own interpretation of scripture, which is probably not a good idea, since it produced 24,000 different denominations that all believe something different and they have the privileged and correct truth, then why does the New Testament council us to "sin no more," "carry our cross," or "endure?" Or any of the language that very thinly veils the implication that our choices MUST matter? Why do we even need to know that the crucifixion and resurrection occurred if nothing we could do about it matters? Why does Jesus command the apostles to go out and forgive sins, make disciples and baptize the nations?
▶️Pastor Patrick Hines has recently had a brand new book published, called, "Earth's Foundational History - Part 1: Genesis Chapters 1 Through 5." (Paperback – May 4, 2023) cutt.ly/16RCeZ0
These two books are also available on Amazon. All proceeds go directly to Pastor Hines:
▶️Am I Right With God?: The Gospel, Justification, Saving Faith, Repentance, Assurance, & The New Birth cutt.ly/S6RCbuM
▶️Redrawing the Battle Lines: 23 Sermons on Critical Issues Facing the Church cutt.ly/m6RCTi0
▶️Bridwell Heights Presbyterian Church www.bridwellheightschurch.org/
▶️Reformed Presbyterian Pulpit Supplemental (Pastor Hines' YouTube Channel):
www.youtube.com/channel/UClW5Qzh27Zx7HO2fKkCcR5g
From the church website:
We subscribe to the Westminster Standards as our doctrinal statement. It consists of the following documents:
The Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Larger Catechism
The Westminster Shorter Catechism
We also believe that Christian Worship is to be regulated and defined by God's Word, the Bible.
Our worship services are designed to please and honor the Triune God of the Bible. We place Scripture reading and the preaching of the word of God at the center of worship along with Baptism and the Lord's Supper. These are God's gifts to His church and ought to always be at the center of Christian worship. We are a congregation that loves to sing God's praises, recite His Word back to Him, and actively engage in hearing and learning from God's Word.
We embrace and promote a comprehensive Christian world and life view.
There is no area of life which is not under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. It is to God and His law which all people, including governments and civil rulers, will answer. The Word of God embraces and informs the way we view marriage, the family, children, education, politics, worship, law, government, war, the church, missions, evangelism, and worship. In the world today there is a battle of opposing worldviews. There are basically only two positions: God's Word and man's ideas. We stand positively for Biblical truth and negatively against man's ideas which are opposed to Biblical truth.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only hope for mankind.
Because all men fall short of obeying God's law, all men everywhere are in need of divine grace and salvation from God. This salvation is found only in the Lord Jesus Christ who died for sinners.
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