Afrikitty
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | BEWARE - I eat heretics alive! |
| Location | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Introduction | I am a Calvinist! I believe Calvinism is Christianity. I believe the system known as Calvinism is pure Scriptural truth. When I got saved on 7th March, 1987, I knew nothing about Calvinism. I was raised Roman Catholic, so it would be true to say I was a rank Arminian, because that is what Roman Catholicism teaches - regardless of what they try to tell you. In Christian theology, you are either an Arminian, or you are a Calvinist. It was GOD who settled the Doctrines of Grace, known by the acronym TULIP, in my heart. These are the words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on this: 1. TOTAL INABILITY or TOTAL DEPRAVITY-- "No man can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him." John 6:44 2. UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION-- "You have not chosen Me but I have chosen you." John 15:16 3. LIMITED ATONEMENT-- " I am The Good Shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the Sheep." John 10:11 4.IRRESISTIBLE GRACE-- "All that the Father gives shall come to me." John 6:37 5. PRESERVATION OF THE SAINTS--"They will never perish." John 10:28 "Who shall bring any charge against Gods elect? It is God who justifies." (Romans 8:33) |
| Interests | "I declare unto you the gospel...By which also ye are saved...how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures..." (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 excepted) "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life." (Romans 5:10) "Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God." (Romans 5:9) "...and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith." (Romans 3:24-25a) "In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1 John 4:10) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree.....By his wounds you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24) "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God...." (1 Peter 3:18) "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21) "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:1-2) "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:1) "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law." Romans 3:23 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14) |
| Favorite Movies | Matthew - A Dramatic Presentation of the life of Jesus, The Gospel of John, God's Outlaw, Amazing Grace, Luther, The Notebook, Out of Africa, The Shawshank Redemption, Blood Diamond, Legends of the Fall, Fracture, Tears of the Sun, The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 & The Gods Must be Crazy 2, The Carol Burnette Show, Fawlty Towers, I love psychological thrillers. |
| Favorite Music | Blues, Jazz, Classical, Opera, Big band, Christian Music in those genres, Elvis Presley, Glenn Miller, Michael Buble, Chris Isaaks, Luka Bloom, Harry Connick Jr, Ivo Pogorelish, Damaris Carbaugh, David Meece, Ron Tolson, Steve Amerson, Steve Green, Bobby Michaels, Matthew Ward, Jim Brickman, Amy Sky, David Phelps, Oh, I do beg your pardon - did you want ALL the music I like and listen to to be Christian music? |
| Favorite Books | The Bible, Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ by John Owen, The Complete Works of John Bunyan, Justification by Faith Alone by Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology - Charles Hodge, Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Loraine Boettner, The Case for AMillennialism by Kim Riddlebarger, Here I stand by Roland Bainton, A Treatise of the Law and Gospel by John Colquhoun, A My Utmost for His Highest - Oswald Chalmbers, Blood Covenant:The Michael Franzese Story - Michael Franzese, Biographies, Auto-biographies and Historical Novels, "The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body." (Eccleisiastes 12:11-12) SOLA SCRIPTURA! |
Salvation is of the Lord Alone: "Salvation belongs to the LORD." (Psalm 3:8) "The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble." (Psalm 37:29) "The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations." (Psalm 98:2) "Salvation belongs to the LORD!" (Jonah 2:9)