Walking the Walk by Faith: The Proper Evangelistic Viewpoint

This post Walking the Walk by Faith: The Proper Evangelistic Viewpoint is an encouragement to me. If you are struggling between the free will of man and God's sovereignty, go read it! Mike's post states eloquently the balance necessary in our understanding of God's sovereignty and Jesus' calling us to do the work of the Great Commission.

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. ¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
(Matthew 28:18-20 KJV)

If God is sovereign, and the work of salvation is entirely His,

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.
(Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)

why then does he command us to go make disciples? Simply because we are not God! I told you, go read Mike's post, he's a lot more coherent!

Please don't be a "Calvinist" who shuts himself off from the blessings involved in sharing our faith. And on the flip-side, don't be "Armenian" such that you are assuring people that they are saved based solely on a prayer they may have said in some emotional time, but are seeing no fruit of the spirit (they may very well be tares, goats, false converts). Let's be Christians, and deliver the whole council of God!
Tag(s): Calvinist, Armenian