Jerry Walls Refuting Calvinistic Soteriology

You are so wrong as I am NOT Arminian

 

Again, typical Calvinist, who gets rude when they know they are wrong!

 

I am not Arminian! You forgot to mention John and Charles Wesley, who had probably the greatest impact on Christianity around the world, after the Apostle Paul!

 

Well, this shows that we all have our blind-spots. At least Wesley did not condone the murder of someone whom he disagreed with, as Calvin did! Nor teach the great heresy of the Atonement of Jesus Christ as Calvin's hero, Augustine did, that Jesus Christ paid the "ransom" to the devil, which is nothing short of BLASPHEMY! Its interesting that the system of Calvinism comes from this guy, says a lot! I praise the Lord that the "reformed" churches are on the decline, as they preach a gospel that is not found in the Bible

 

I agree that "election, predestination and grace" is indeed taught in Scripture. But, this does not mean that Calvinism has all of the answers! I think it quite arrogant that Calvinists can assume that their "5 points" are 100% Biblical, when in fact the only 1 that is, is the "P". Then to support claims, they twist the Word of God to suit their purposes, like John 3:16-17 where they take "world" to mean "elect", and 2 Peter 2:1, which teaches that Jesus even died for the heretics, again cunning is used to make it say something else.

 

Acts 7:51 answers that: "ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye" "ἀντιπίπτω", "to be adverse, oppose, strive against". This clearly shows that "irresistible grace" is NOT a Bible Truth!

 

Also, Hebrews 12:25, "See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven"

"παραιτέομαι", "decline, deprecate, refuse to hear, reject"

2 Thessalonians 2:10 "and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved"

"δέχομαι", "accept, approve, receive"

Acts 13:46, "then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles." "ἀπωθέω", "to thrust away from oneself, to drive away from oneself, i. e. to repudiate, reject, refuse"

Note what Paul here says:

1 the Jews were the ones who rejected the Gospel
2. It was the Jews and not God, who considered themselves unworthy of eternal life
3. This clearly shows that the Gospel message can and is "rejected" by many of the unsaved
4. This will also show that the Calvinistic understanding of "election" is faulty.

 

Psalm 95:7-11, "For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest"

"qashah", "be hard, severe, fierce, struggle against"

Hebrews 3:8, "Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness"

"σκληρύνω", "to be hardened, i. e. become obstinate or stubborn"

 

This is Bible Truth!

 

No, what I have shared!