GraceAmbassador

Real Name

Milton Almeida

Gender

Male

Location

Holland, Michigan

Occupation

Minister by calling, everything else by necessity

Interests

hang around people who enjoy living under Grace

Biography

Brazilian who taught Pele to play and Graham to preach. Also proud of his humility. Seriously, I was an arminian (without even knowing the word) for 41 years of my life! God brought me out of it into His Sovereign Grace. I was the major translator from English into Portuguese of the biggest TV preachers both on television and in mass evangelism crusades. I was not in it for the money that they paid me well. After I became Sovereign Grace I left these gentlemen and have refused invitations to come back even when I need the money (what a hero!).
I was born and KILLED in a Baptist Church in Brazil (I was probably conceived there as well, it was a cozy building). I became a very successful preacher in South America having my own mass evangelism crusades. Today I preach (when I preach) to a half of dozen of four or five strayed "cats" but I feel more in the center of God's Sovereign will today than ever before. I could write until my 3000 characters would run out, but I don't want to cure your insomnia!

Religion / Church Affiliation

Too Calvinist for the Charismatic and too Charismatic for the Calvinist

All members are required to answer this questionnaire. We apologize that it takes a long time to fill out, but we like to see how everybody lines up theologically. It has helped our discussions tremendously.

Soteriological Position

Calvinism (Supralapsarian)

Eschatological Position

Historicist/Amillennial

Covenantal Position

New Covenant Theology

Creeds and Confessions

Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), London Baptist Confession of 1689, London Baptist Confession of 1644, Canons of Dort, Heidelberg Catechism

Are some men elected to salvation?

Yes

Are some men elected to damnation?

Yes

Is salvation by works?

No

Do men have free will?

No

Is salvation offered to all who hear the Gospel?

No

God wants all men to be saved?

No

Salvation dependent upon acceptance of truth?

No

Jesus died for all men?

No

God loves all men?

No

Christ experienced sin in His person?

No

Was sin imputed or imparted to Christ?

Imputed

Is righteousness imputed or imparted to believers?

Imputed

God predestines all things, including sin?

Yes

God wanted Adam to fall into sin?

Yes

What sin is imputed to the elect?

God never imputes sin to His elect.

When Adam and Eve sinned, what really happened?

It was revealed to Adam that he was a sinner and needed the righteousness of Christ which demonstrated the eventual regeneration of every elect individual.

God has how many wills?

One (His decretive will of purpose is His will of pleasure)

Do you believe in Justification from Eternity?

Yes

What point in time is righteousness imputed to the elect based upon?

The entire life of Christ culminating in His death.

God hates the elect at some point in time?

No

God loves the reprobate?

No

God's will is mutable?

No

Tithing is obligatory?

No

What is the purpose of the law?

It points the individual to sin and guides them to Christ.

Baptism is required for salvation?

No

Baptism is the sign of the new covenant?

No

Is the book of James authoritative?

I don't believe it should be part of the canon.

Definition of Faith

It is simply mental assent to the truth.

Is there such a thing as a "Dead Faith?"

No, there is no such thing as a "dead faith" because those who give mental assent to the truth will undoubtedly perform good works.

Assurance

The Spirit graciously gives assurance to those who assent to the truth. Good works have no part in producing assurance in an individual.

Agreement

I have answered all of these questions to the best of my knowledge.