Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is
past already; and overthrow
the faith of some (II Tim. 2:18).
ARMINIAN ARGUMENT:
Paul refers here
to the faith of some being “overthrown” by the false teaching of Hymanaeus and
Philetus.
(I)
Ronald Hanko & Ronald Cammenga
[Source:
Saved By Grace: A Study of
the Five Points of Calvinism
(RFPA, 2002), pp. 162-163]
Two things must be remembered here:
(a) In the very next verse the Word of God assures
us that the Lord knows them that are His, implying that the faith of those who
are His cannot be overthrown.
(b) The Scriptures do speak of a faith that is not
a true and saving faith (Matt. 13:19-21; James 2:14-20). It is the only kind of
faith that can be overthrown, for true faith is a gift and work of God. Those,
then, of whom the Scriptures are speaking in this verse are those who never had
true faith, whom the Lord never knew, who were never departed from iniquity.
They were hypocrites.
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(II)
More to come! (DV)
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