Monday, September 03, 2007

Pleasing God

Does Calvinism deal with the idea of "pleasing God" in a consistent manner?

Calvinism say that we cannot please God.

Calvinism also says that we try to please God, and that is what they see as the error of Arminianism.

But what does the Bible say about pleasing God?
1 Thes 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Once again the Bible and Calvinism stand at polar opposites. Calvinism tells us that the very desire to please God is Arminian and we can't do it, so why try? OK. So be it. Paul, the author of 1 Thes, must have been an Arminian, too!

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