Monergists who are not Calvinists

I don't wish to be called after a man. I prefer to be called a Particular Baptist, which is what some of my ancestors were in the early 19th century.

On the reformed RTI forum I was told that I couldn't be a Calvinist because I wasn't a Presbyterian.

 

What I meant, evidently, is that we call claim to have a Biblical view, evidently.

 

Oh I have simple way to deal with that: God predestinated me to be a non-Calvinist.

What made me change is reading a commentary by a Bible believer who defined the terms with cross-references. It was the Bible's own commentary, not an externally molded theological cast into which verses were forced. He showed me how Calvinists interpret simple Bible statements and passages on salvation in the light of hard passages rather than operating the other way around.

Then, it was understanding that the base reason I became a Calvinist is that I was made to think that acknowledging free-will would lead to pride. The oft heard argument is that then "I had something to do with my salvation". So of course I wanted to be humble, so I said yeah ok. Then the concomitant argument is free-will faith amounts to work, which when I studied the Bible, was simply not true, as far the word of God goes (who cares what men who think they're more humble than even God's own standard of humility think).

And then what cemented things, is the many Calvinists on this forum, who literally believed and stated that they are elected (I didn't say "saved" but "elected") outside of Jesus Christ. That is still shocking to me but many here think nought of it.

 

You took the words right out of my mouth Kentucky... Brother Glen

 

I knew what you meant.

 

Thanks. Very informative. By the way, do you have one with subtitles? I tried to watch this one, but the text all over the screen obscured the video.