Zane Hodges - Arminian Theology - Foreknowledge 

I love how these accounts of your own experiences demonstrate how iron sharpens iron. 🤩

Thanks God for Zane Hodges, he its with God i Believe, all Glory To God Trough Jesus Christ Forever and Ever. Amén.

God doesn't need foreknowledge. He IS sovereignly God

Middle Knowledge Theology... let the Bible speak for itself. OK, make sense to me . Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed weekend.

As someone who listened to Jimmy Swaggart regularly he did not preach works. If he would have died in that sinfulled condition he would not have been allowed in the Kingdom of God. I remember vividly Jimmy repenting of his sin he was involved in. He absolutely was a true believer as only a true believer would confess his sins and he did right by God doing it publicly. Psalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Psalms 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. As for the man who died of a heart attack who was an outspoken atheist there is no way that he made it to heaven even if as a child he went to Bible vacation and learned John 3:16. Psalms 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Imagine on judgment day standing in front of God and hoping that God will say good job in your childhood saying you believed in me but as an adult denying my existence to everyone you knew. He will hear those dreadfull words I never knew you depart from me. The key word in John 3:16 & John 6:47 is Believeth which doesn't mean one time otherwise it would say whoswoevoer believed which would be past tense. Scripture says we must persevere in the Faith till the end to be saved. An explanation of abiding in Christ is found in John 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my The branches who “abide” in Him are the truly savedthey have a real and vital connection to the Savior. The withered branches who do not “abide” in Him are the unsaved pretenders who feigned an attachment to the Vine but drew no life from Him. In the end, the pretenders will be seen for what they were: hangers-on who had no authentic attachment to Jesus. For a while, both Peter and Judas seemed identical in their walk with Christ. But Peter was attached to the Vine; Judas was not. John restates the withered-branch principle this way: “They [people now opposed to Christ] went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us” (1 John 2:19). One of the proofs of salvation is perseverance, or sustained abiding in Christ. The saved will continue in their walk with Christ (see Revelation 2:26). That is, they will “abide” or remain in Him. God will complete His work in them (Philippians 1:6), and they will bring forth much fruit to the glory of God (John 15:5). Those who fall away, turn their backs on Christ, or fail to abide simply show their lack of saving faith. Abiding is not what saves us, but it is one of the signs of salvation. Proofs of abiding in Christ (i.e., proofs that one is truly saved and not just pretending) include obedience to Christ’s commands (John 15:10; 1 John 3:24); following Jesus’ example (1 John 2:6); living free from habitual sin (1 John 3:6); and the awareness of a divine presence within one’s life (1 John 4:13). The catholic lady was correct we must obey. 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING VENGEANCE ON them that know not God, AND THAT OBEY NOT the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 9WHO SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription “The Lord knows those who are his, and, “EVERYONE WHO CONFESSED THE NAME OF THE LORD MUST TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS.” Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work. 1 John 2:4 He that saith I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Salvation not probation

Did Zane Hodges believe that God elected (chose) certain individuals to be saved and others to be lost? In other words, was he a Calvinist?

Arminianism is the opposite side of the same coin with Calvinism.