I'm neither a Calvinist nor an Arminian. I am a Christian who Believes exactly what the Bible says. I believe that God is changeless, eternal, and irresistible, and I believe that God can change His mind
Sean Michael Morris·Jul 17, 2019·Updated Aug 12, 2026
I'm neither a Calvinist nor an Arminian. I am a Christian who Believes exactly what the Bible says.
I believe that God is changeless, eternal, and irresistible, and I believe that God can change His mind (repent) and be resisted, it just depends on how you look at it in any given situation. I believe these two realities do logically coexist in Scripture, though not in our capacity of thought or reasoning. I oppose the divisive nature of Theological Circles that break apart what God has united as one in the body of Christ.
To my Calvinist or Arminian Friends, I plead for a thorough study of the following Biblical Facts.
Calvinists Assert: God cannot CHANGE His MIND or WORD, & by the Nature of Godhood He is CHANGELESS God’s WILL or DESIRE cannot be RESISTED
Arminians Assert: God can CHANGE His MIND or WORD, & God’s WILL or DESIRE can be RESISTED
Various Divine Repentances | Lesser Matters: Moses called alone & then with Aaron Divine claim of the firstborn & then the Levites
Critical Divine Repentances | Weightier Matters (Life/Death): Moses’ life Jonah’s life Nineveh’s livelihood Hezekiah’s life Ahab’s posterity a Priestly Covenant a Kingly Covenant Nations & Kingdoms
The Abrahamic Covenant | The Salvation of the Exodus Generation: Spoken to Abraham Remembered the Wordthe Promisethe Oath Sonship the Church ( [], [], []); BeliefNote: those things called “the Gospel” are those which are explicitly named in identification with Christ in the New Testament.Faith in Passover (the Gospel of Sacrifice):Faith in the Red Sea Crossing (the Gospel of the Spirit’s Baptism):the Manna (the Gospel of the Imperishable Life of Christ):Water from the Rock (the Gospel of Living Water):SavedBride/HolinessWholly Right Seed People/Portion/Inheritance/No-Strange-god Indwelt & Among-dwelt by the Spirit Forgiven
The Fall of the Exodus Generation: Broken Promise/Oath ( Principle: ).
Progressive Provocations Leading to a Reprobation: When God thought, decided, or moved to annihilate and then repented...until reprobation ( -34:9, []; [ ]; ).
Explicit Applications of the Exodus Generation to NT Christians: What happened to them can happen to us ( 11, 10:26-31, 12:18-29). Remember, only those with whom God was not well-pleased perished in the wilderness the lustful the idolaters the fornicators the tempters the murmurers and such like men. The Judgments that “the Glory of God” executed by divine plague to the vanquishing of idolaters complainers lustful men rebels proud men (Num. 16-17), and such like, were the same judgments that were in operation from thenceforth in every generation of Israel that was keeping God’s instituted rules of holiness. In the Wilderness, only those who didn’t continue to savingly believe in God suffered death at the judgment of God ( [see the wider context in -4:11])! Even so, approaching the prospect of inheriting the Promised Land so as to become the Church in the Civilization, only those who were not perfect (seeking and serving God with wholeness of heart) were to be slain (they were forbidden inheritance in the Promised Land: ). Hereby, the doctrine of inheriting and inhabiting the Promised Land unfolds!
The Argument of the Book of Hebrews:Greater Salvation & therefore Greater Condemnation, rather than the Impossibility of Condemnation ( -4:11, -6:12, ).
Are you a student of Theology? Do you admire the attributes of God in Christ? Suffice it to say, if indeed God can change his mind, then this ability within the Godhead should be incorporated
At first glance, Jeremiah 31:31-34 seems to settle the argument. It appears to plainly declare the fundamental difference between the Old Covenant & the New Covenant, namely that not everyone in Israel knew the LORD.
Salvation is by grace through faith apart from works, as stated in Ephesians 2:8-10. No true believer would disagree. No genuine recipient of saving grace would dare promote"works"as a means for justification before God.
In short they say: If you get it, you can't lose it; and if you lose it you never had it. May God save us from accepting a doctrine, that must be defended by such fallacious reasoning!
The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God.
Calvinists are divided against Arminians as George Whitefield was against John Wesley, and yet, what is so perplexing to the Body of Christ is that they were both regenerated, sin-hating, sincere, and soundly saved by grace through faith,
