Why Calvinism preaches a fraudulent gospel to some of the lost.

That was just a heading I put on that post. If you listened to Friel & Washer{Calvinists} you would hear them make and offer that IF they would repent & trust in Christ Jesus etc. I do not hold to universalism as my posts have clearly shown.

 

They are choosing to disbelieve the good news, due to their own desires and desires, not due to Jesus not dying for them!

 

You seem to think that we Calvinists deny free will, we affirm it, but that the free will of lost sinners bound by sin natures, and are not free to choose other then what their natures allow for!

 

But according g to your Calvinism God determines all things. How does that not include man having a sin nature? And since it is determined by God why are they judged for what they do. Your determinism is a trap of your own making.

 

Thank you for showing us how a verse can be taken out of context and forced to mean something the author is not meaning.
Here is the text. Note that it has nothing to do with salvation by virtue of free will. It only shows that in some areas God allows us choice as it fits within the full will of God.
Philemon 1:10-16 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Notice that Philemon is the Master over Onesimus. Onesimus is bound to Philemon and Philemon has the God-given choice in this matter regarding what will happen to Onesimus. Yet Paul makes appeal as he considers that God has a much bigger purpose in redeeming Onesimus. Therefore, Paul places Onesimus on equal footing with Philemon and urges Philemon to recognize this as well.
On this earth, Philemon had the authority (capacity) to decide Onesimus fate, but Paul reminds Philemon that God has authority over all, so Philemon should therefore grant clemency to Onesimus for the sake of the gospel, which overrides earthly authority.

This interaction has, therefore, nothing to do with the capacity of men to choose their own salvaion by virtue of free will. Just look at Onesimus who is still bound in slavery. He has no capacity to be free of his bonds to Philemon simply because he wants to remain with Paul.

 

But are not those desires something that God gives them? According to your determinism it is.

 

I am not a Hyper calvinist, as God does not directly determine all things as you seem to assume we hold to!

 

No, its what they desire to do themselves, God is not forcing them to reject!

 

Cause and effect.
God chose to give a particular free gift to the one whom he chooses to have mercy. (Cause)

The person receiving the free gift responds in repentance and belief, taking hold of the gift by faith. (Effect)

This is the Reformed understanding of salvation.

 

>>but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.<< Does that mean that someone {Philemon} had the ability to make a choice? That would be free will.
Even though God has authority over all you will note that Paul still say Philemon still has the ability to make a choice. He has a free will.
I find it strange that you think God would grant man the ability to make such minor choices and yet when it comes to their eternal future they are not able to do that. You keep showing your stilted view of Gods' sovereignty..

 

You keep failing to account for your determinism and your view of Gods' sovereignty. If God, as Calvinists say, controls all things then that must mean all things. You want to avoid what your errant view leads to but think it through.

 

While I believe that Jesus Christ has died for the entire human race. I don't believe that it is Biblical to say that the Atonement is universal. This term means that the sinner is reconciled with the Lord, but this cannot take place until the sinner first repents of their sins, and believes in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

 

Was the Cross of Christ intended by God then to save all sinners? was it a real or a potential salvation ?

 

Salvation by works apart from grace.
Why is it that you place the cause of salvation with men and relegate God to the effect of man's choice?
The cause of salvation is God's choice to be both gracious and merciful. The effect is our repentance and belief.

Give God the glory due his name, sbg.

 

Biblically the latter, theologically according to some, the former

 

Hey Austin, have you ever read Mark 1.15, Acts 2.37-38?

 

Yes I have.
Let's look at how you fail to understand.
Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus comes to Covenant Israel, the people He chose out from all other peoples, and he tells his chosen to repent and believe in the good news that the prophets gave and Jesus came to fulfill. Context, context, context.
Acts 2:33-39 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”’ Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Read this, over and over until it sinks in. Peter is talking to the Covenant people and telling them to repent. Moreso, he tells them (and us) that this promise of the Holy Spirit is for the children of the promise, everyone whom Jesus calls to himself. (See John 10 to know what Peter is referencing)

Now, may I ask you if you have ever read the entire Bible and understood the whole narrative of covenant redemption?