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T.U.L.I.P

Who is Gene theologically speaking?

First, I am a Christian and I believe that the Bible is the the very Word of God without error in its original writing and language. I am a Christian saved from a life of sin and misery by the Sovereign choice of a loving and just God. The term "christian" has virtually lost its meaning today in a world of relativism and political correctness. So, while I do not cherish man-made labels, the best way to describe me is a Reformed Baptist.
What is a Reformed Baptist you ask? Read on........

Gene's Life Verse:

"I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." II Timothy 4:1-5

Doctrines of Grace

God’s ultimate purpose in all He does is to bring Himself the glory due His name as the Sovereign of the universe. God's plan of salvation for lost man brings Him no less glory. The reformed doctrine of salvation is remembered by the acronym T.U.L.I.P. which stands for –

Total Depravity:
or Radical Depravity teaches that man is born into sin because of the fall of our representative head, Adam. Sin effects every part of man’s being. Completely unable to move towards God, man can do nothing to warrant salvation and contributes nothing to his salvation.

Unconditional Election:
God, according to the eternal counsel of His will and for His own glory, has chosen some men to be saved and others to eternal punishment.

Limited Atonement:
or Particular Redemption. The work of Christ was carried out for the sake of the elect alone and guarantees their salvation.

Irresistible Grace:
or Efficacious Grace. The Holy Spirit gives to the elect the gift of faith and draws them to salvation. This plan of God cannot be thwarted by man’s will.

Perseverance of the Saints:
All the elect will be saved, sanctified, and brought to eternal glory.

What does it mean to be a "Reformed Baptist?"
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"We believe that the Baptists are the original Christians. We did not commence our existence at the reformation, we were reformers before Luther and Calvin were born; we never came from the Church of Rome, for we were never in it, but we have an unbroken line up to the apostles themselves. We have always existed from the days of Christ, and our principles, sometimes veiled and forgotten, like a river which may travel under ground for a little season, have always had honest and holy adherents. Persecuted alike by Romanists and Protestants of almost every sect, yet there has never existed a Government holding Baptist principles which persecuted others; nor, I believe, any body of Baptists ever held it to be right to put the consciences of others under the control of man..."

—Charles H. Spurgeon

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My links: Gene's Library Sermon Audio Gene's Spurgeon Page Five Solas Music 1689 Confession Church History On-Line Bible Study Tools Other Links: Puritan Library Monergism Spurgeon Archive Reformed Reader Hall of Church History Reformed Baptist Theological Review	Who is Gene theologically speaking? First, I am a Christian and I believe that the Bible is the the very Word of God without error in its original writing and language. I am a Christian saved from a life of sin and misery by the Sovereign choice of a loving and just God. The term "christian" has virtually lost its meaning today in a world of relativism and political correctness. So, while I do not cherish man-made labels, the best way to describe me is a Reformed Baptist. What is a Reformed Baptist you ask? Read on........ Gene's Life Verse: "I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." II Timothy 4:1-5	Doctrines of Grace God’s ultimate purpose in all He does is to bring Himself the glory due His name as the Sovereign of the universe. God's plan of salvation for lost man brings Him no less glory. The reformed doctrine of salvation is remembered by the acronym T.U.L.I.P. which stands for – Total Depravity: or Radical Depravity teaches that man is born into sin because of the fall of our representative head, Adam. Sin effects every part of man’s being. Completely unable to move towards God, man can do nothing to warrant salvation and contributes nothing to his salvation. Unconditional Election: God, according to the eternal counsel of His will and for His own glory, has chosen some men to be saved and others to eternal punishment. Limited Atonement: or Particular Redemption. The work of Christ was carried out for the sake of the elect alone and guarantees their salvation. Irresistible Grace: or Efficacious Grace. The Holy Spirit gives to the elect the gift of faith and draws them to salvation. This plan of God cannot be thwarted by man’s will. Perseverance of the Saints: All the elect will be saved, sanctified, and brought to eternal glory.

What does it mean to be a "Reformed Baptist?" Click Here	"We believe that the Baptists are the original Christians. We did not commence our existence at the reformation, we were reformers before Luther and Calvin were born; we never came from the Church of Rome, for we were never in it, but we have an unbroken line up to the apostles themselves. We have always existed from the days of Christ, and our principles, sometimes veiled and forgotten, like a river which may travel under ground for a little season, have always had honest and holy adherents. Persecuted alike by Romanists and Protestants of almost every sect, yet there has never existed a Government holding Baptist principles which persecuted others; nor, I believe, any body of Baptists ever held it to be right to put the consciences of others under the control of man..." —Charles H. Spurgeon
	Please keep checking back.....