Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Why "Antipelagian"?

I decided that the term "Antipelagian" encapsulates a number of truths that Christians have been silent on. Namely, salvation being a sovereign act of God where He regenerates sinners so that they will believe in Christ. Man, apart from the work of God's Spirit in conversion, is radically prone to sin (Gen 6:5,Jer 17:9,Rom 8:7). This necessarily means God is sovereign in all things, even justification (Eph 2:4-10).

With this truth largely neglected, Christianity has fallen into easy-believism, and seeker-sensitivity. The world is no longer to be taken dominion of, instead, Christians "baptize" the world's unbelief and wickedness calling that discipling the nations. The result is a church that is largely irrelevant, silent, and laughable. We are not called to make peace, but to make war with the world...peace comes through dominion. Being "Antipelagian" means voicing strenuous opposition to the gangrene of worldliness infecting evangelicalism.

We are to proclaim Christ. All His enemies will be His footstool (Psalm 110:1)