More Texts to Avoid

Haven't done one of these for a very long time, so I thought I'd bring this text back to your attention. Here is a text you definitely want to avoid, if you want to remain comfortably Arminian:

1 Corinthians 1:22-31
22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;
23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,
24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
29 so that no man may boast before God.
30 But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
31 so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Texts to Avoid

Another text that you need to avoid if you wish to remain comfortably ensconced in the man-centered un-gospel of Arminianism:

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (NASB)
26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
29 so that no man may boast before God.
30 But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
31 so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Isaiah 43:11-13

Another text to avoid if you want to remain comfortably Arminian:

“I, even I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me. It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, and there was no strange god among you; so you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “And I am God. Even from eternity I am He, and there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?” (NASB)

Psalm 115:3

Another verse to avoid if you want to remain comfortably Arminian:

But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. (Ps. 115:3, NASB)

Hosea 6:6

"They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them." (Hosea 6:6, NASB)

Job 9:10-12

Another text to avoid if you want to remain comfortably Arminian:

"Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.
11 “Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
12 “Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’" (Job 9:10-12, NASB)

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
(Ecc. 3:11, NASB)

Psalm 65:4

As I've read through my Bible again this year, the sovereignty of God has seemed to stand out in a special way. In an effort to show that His sovereignty is in fact discussed outside of Romans 9 and Ephesians 1&2, I'm starting a series of posts consisting of Texts to Avoid if You Want to Remain Comfortably Arminian.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple. (Ps. 65:4, NASB)