Gracewriter

Bio

Real Name

Randy Seiver

Gender

Male

Location

Costa Rica

Biography

Native of Florida, USA Missionary to Costa Rica

Religion / Church Affiliation

Christian/Baptist

P-Net Questionnaire

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 (Infralapsarian)

Eschatological Position

Pan-Millennial (it will all pan out)

Covenantal Position

New Covenant Theology

Creeds and Confessions

London Baptist Confession of 1644, Canons of Dort

Are some men elected to salvation?

women too

Are some men elected to damnation?

The word elected is not used of the damned to my knowledge.

Is salvation by works?

Yes, the works of Christ.

Do men have free will?

No

Is salvation offered to all who hear the Gospel?

Yes

God wants all men to be saved?

Yes, but doesn't decree that.

Salvation dependent upon acceptance of truth?

Yes

Jesus died for all men?

No

God loves all men?

Not with redeeming love.

Christ experienced sin in His person?

No

Was sin imputed or imparted to Christ?

Imputed

Is righteousness imputed or imparted to believers?

Imputed and Imparted

God predestines all things, including sin?

Yes

God wanted Adam to fall into sin?

He decreed it but did not want it in the sense of his declared will.

What sin is imputed to the elect?

The elect have Adam's sin and their sins imputed to them before salvation.

When Adam and Eve sinned, what really happened?

Adam's sin was imputed to all his physical offspring.

God has how many wills?

Two (God has a will of "desire" and a decretive will)

Do you believe in Justification from Eternity?

Justification is not a decree of God, but a declaration of God. How God viewed the elect in eternity is not the issue, but whether he declared us righteous before we believed.

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

Christ dying on the cross.

God hates the elect at some point in time?

Eph 2 says we were the children of wrath, just like the rest.

God loves the reprobate?

Yes, but not with redeeming love.

God's will is mutable?

No

Tithing is obligatory?

No

What is the purpose of the law?

Depends on what you mean by law.

Baptism is required for salvation?

No

Baptism is the sign of the new covenant?

No

Is the book of James authoritative?

Because it's been recognized by the churches throughout history.

Definition of Faith

Faith is accounting God faithful to his promises

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

True saving faith produces evidence of itself in obedience.

Assurance

The Spirit gives assurance but good works are sometimes or always used by God to produce this assurance.

Agreement

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