Mark Osgatharp
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1. Calvinism gives them a feeling of intellectual superiority - "I understand the deeeeep things of Gawwwd."
2. Calvinism gives them a feeling of spiritual superiority - "God chose me but rejected you!"
3. They, every bit as much as Campbellites, hang all their theology on a few words and phrases taken totally out of context while ignoring and wresting the real sayings of the Scriptures.
4. They want to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions before a sin avenging God - "Why I did all those horrid deeds because I was predestinated to do them - it's all just part of God's big wonderful plan for His elect."
5. They place philosophy and human reasoning above the statements of Scripture.
6. They don't love Jesus because if they did they couldn't twist His blessed gospel so grossly.
7. They fancy themselves instructors of the foolish and teachers of babes. They are quite often found slithering into the fellowship of non-Calvinite churches so as to spread their deadly venom when the opportunity arises.
8. They deceive themselves into thinking they live good enough to consider themselves saved. This is a point often overlooked, but Calvinites believe in salvation by works every bit as much as Campbellites and Pentecostals and torture all the same Scriptures to teach it. The only difference is they think they are predestinated to do all the good works and so cannot even have the humility to admit that they might fall.
9. They have a totally warped concept of justice. "You deserve to go to hell even though you couldn't possibly have had one thing to do with it."
10. In a word, Calvinites are ignorant of the true gospel and full of pride. Their heresy should be flatly and soundly rejected by all Christ honoring Baptists and when they are found out in a church should be adominished a first and second time and then rejected.
Mark Osgatharp
2. Calvinism gives them a feeling of spiritual superiority - "God chose me but rejected you!"
3. They, every bit as much as Campbellites, hang all their theology on a few words and phrases taken totally out of context while ignoring and wresting the real sayings of the Scriptures.
4. They want to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions before a sin avenging God - "Why I did all those horrid deeds because I was predestinated to do them - it's all just part of God's big wonderful plan for His elect."
5. They place philosophy and human reasoning above the statements of Scripture.
6. They don't love Jesus because if they did they couldn't twist His blessed gospel so grossly.
7. They fancy themselves instructors of the foolish and teachers of babes. They are quite often found slithering into the fellowship of non-Calvinite churches so as to spread their deadly venom when the opportunity arises.
8. They deceive themselves into thinking they live good enough to consider themselves saved. This is a point often overlooked, but Calvinites believe in salvation by works every bit as much as Campbellites and Pentecostals and torture all the same Scriptures to teach it. The only difference is they think they are predestinated to do all the good works and so cannot even have the humility to admit that they might fall.
9. They have a totally warped concept of justice. "You deserve to go to hell even though you couldn't possibly have had one thing to do with it."
10. In a word, Calvinites are ignorant of the true gospel and full of pride. Their heresy should be flatly and soundly rejected by all Christ honoring Baptists and when they are found out in a church should be adominished a first and second time and then rejected.
Mark Osgatharp
And I don't think I understand "Calvinites Are Calvinites". Any way the 10 points are not worthy of responding to.
