Confession of a Hyper-Calvinist

Greetings,

Forgive my ignorance, I have heard about a "hyper-calvinist", but am not aware of what a 'hyper-Calvinist" is suppose to believe. I do not follow "labels" that so many within the "church" like to participate in. So would someone like to inform me, so that I know how to respond to this OP.

I can understand his frustration at being labeled something that you are not, for many have accused me of being a "Calvinist", when I have never read his writings. I have heard about his belief's through other's, and the TULIP, and I have learned about his bad and controlling behaviours towards those who would not agree with his belief's. And due to that I stay away, and I stay away basically from all men's books and teachings. I will not be made "merchandise" for other's to make millions off the Gospel when the Gospel is for FREE!

I am a very strong supporter against "Free Will" beliefism salvation and "say the prayer" and be saved mindset.
The Lord through the Holy Spirit taught me about the Free Will lie back in the late 90's, but people just love to place labels on those they who they disagree with. Matter of fact, the hate, the attacking of one's character, is their typical response........

Thank you for posting this.....
I can totally relate to this man's experience. Labels just destroy so much "truth", it is very sad.

The Lord bless you.....
In His Love....

 

No thanks

 

Never assume Ken. I don’t like Hyper Calvinists. I believe their stance to be false and I won’t entertain them. With that said, they could well be born again and born before the foundations but they are not proper Baptists as demonstrated by refusal to accept our theology.

 

Greetings,

No, I did not, I hate reading these types of "wordology" within the "Christian" world......so I beg your forgiveness, I broke down and quickly read and skimmed through it......after all you did take the time to put it up for a reason, and a man is worthy to be shown respect when the took the time to dig information up.

It's unbelievable that so many "Theologians" have to develop such fleshly "intellectual" jargon to prove a point! When the Scripture through the teaching of the Holy Spirit makes it all perfectly simple and clear without those "terminologies".
I stay far from that nonsense, because if discerned closely it is truly just prideful intellectual gibberish, which many, who also studied "philosophy" amongst their "bible studes" think "look at me" I'm smart.......excuse me but it makes me sick to my spirit....... Mr. JC Philpot had also felt this way back in the mid 1800's.

Thank the Lord that He picks and utilizies those who are the lowest of the low to know Him and to be One with Him as He is with the Father.....It truly is glorious.

I have to say I've learned all Mr. Branden Kraft wrote about, on my own when the Lord deemed it time, with the Holy Spirit to understand Him and His Sovereign ways. This all started about in the mid-90's, then step by step He granted me the gift to understand HIM.

Thank you for sharing this info, I learned from it...........and this endorsed my thoughts more than ever STOP THE LABELS people!

The Lord bless you.....
In His Love.....

 

Greetings,

That is the problem with "labeling with certain names" because their "theology" becomes an idol......
I would have to say that your theology is of the mind and not after the Spirit.
I hate the doctrine of those who support a "Free Will " salvation...........because it is leading so many into the pit of hell, because they are establishing their "self-righteous" actions based upon their self worth works......and we know how that ends.......

The Lord bless you.....
In His Love...

 

My mother was a very wise woman and always taught me to distinguish between the act of (thinking)and bringing certain (knowing). Her mantra was always, Stephen are you thinking or are you Knowing? So what are you doing Ken… Thinking or Knowing?

 

The problem with Mr Kraft's article is that it is based on human logic rather than on the word of God.
God tells us, 'My ways are not your ways nor are your ways My ways.'
So when we read in John 6:37, "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me," and then in the very same verse, "And the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out," our human logic rebels against one or other part of the verse, but we have to accept them both. We must tell lost sinners that if they will only come to Christ He will not cast them out, and let God worry about whether they have been given by the Father to the Son.

Likewise, in Mark 1:15, our Lord declares, "the KIngdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the good news!" This is in the Imperative; it is a command from the King of kings and Lord of lords. To whom is He speaking? At the time, to everyone within earshot, and today to everyone who reads Mark's Gospel. Is it their duty to obey our Lord's command? Of course it is! Will they be saved if they repent and believe the Gospel? Of course they will! Jesus Christ is very God, and God cannot lie. But what if they are not elect? Let God worry about that. Our job is to 'preach the Gospel to every creature' and that Gospel tells us that 'Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' Is it the duty of every creature to believe the Gospel? You betcha!

 

Never mind