Originally Posted by
Nang
I will offer a little anecdote to explain my "no" vote . . .
I have been sharing about time spent when first saved in an Arminian church, under that false teaching, which is ungodly without a doubt. But even in the darkness, God gave us revelations of truth; mostly through the Word of God, but even from conversations with the members of that church.
At a home bible study one evening, a quiet gentlemen, who almost never spoke up, said to the group "Faith is given to us from God."
His words went south with the others, and I don't remember even why he said them, but they hit me like a lightening bolt, and husband and I discussed that concept for hours later, and the incident added just one more piece to our coming to understand the sovereignty of God.
This gentleman died not too long after, and I have always wondered about his soul. How did he have this true insight, and speak it, if he were a child of the devil? Could have been accidental on his part, and not deliberate. I don't know and will never know until Judgment . . . but I still cannot find it in my heart to condemn him as reprobate, even though he spent his lifetime under wrong teaching. What he said was truth, and it blessed my soul.
So how can we judge the eternal destiny of Wesley. We can judge (evaluate) his teachings as wrong, but are we the judge of his fate? I think not, and I think that is what Spurgeon was trying to get across.
Let us judge our own conduct, and be faithful to Holy Scripture to warn others of wrong teachings and the hypocrisy and damage it causes . . without damning people to hell.
We have no right, for being like sinners, do not deserve the grace we have received.
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