Calvinists believe
for the most part, that salvation is based on John 3:16.
Myself, like most normal Christians, I believe that John 3:16 is the invitation. The ticket, so to speak. Salvation is the journey you take after getting your ticket. Just “accepting Jesus as your personal savior” is meaningless unless you live the life, so to speak. Your mileage may vary.
SO the point is, once you have the ticket, you have to get on the ride. The Supremes handed us a ticket. Get on. We have a long way to go, and we must be ever vigilant.
Pascal reminds me that enumerating this right also gives those who would fight us a wedge, and he’s right. Only we can keep that wedge out of our homes and our lives. Don’t think of this as the destination, just the beginning of the journey.
We are not allowed to have guns here in the retirement village and I had to give my deer rifles and duck guns to the kids. I don’t mind that, because the look on my grandson’s face when he got that side by side .410 was worth a million bucks. The look on his demoncrat mother was worth two million, Ha ha!
Anyways when my fine guns went to their happy new owners, I went down to my No. 2 son’s gun room and stole his S&W 586 and a pocket full of shells. I will probably never fire it, but we both have peace of mind knowing I can look after myself if things go bad. The land lords can go pound sand if they don’t like it, what they don’t know won’t kill them.
It is only a slogan to you young fellers but for me it is a true statement: they will get my gun from my cold dead fingers. (Unless I can quietly palm it off to one of you fine youngsters first!)
Rusty, when the time comes you let us know.