Featured Supralapasarian "Hyper-Calvinism" Defended

Romans 8:31-39 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,

For thy sake we are killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Timely post, as Richard Warmack preached yesterday about the thief on the cross that was saved.



And his sermon notes: 33242142542343.pdf (sermonaudio.com)

 

Yes, I am.

Then by your own definition, I am not a Calvinist.

Salvation is conditioned on Christ ALONE.

I have heard that there are Calvinistic churches that teach salvation is initially by grace and then they turn around and falsely teach that one has to work to remain saved. I am thankful that God led me to preachers of the true gospel of Christ that is based totally on Christ ALONE from eternity all the way to the new heavens and earth wherein dwells righteousness.

Folks need to be careful about regarding those churches, who may agree on the "Ordo salutis" regarding how God regenerates and brings to faith and repentance from dead works His elect, as a monolithic group.

At Grace Baptist Church of Ruston there is no talk about works being necessary to remain saved(believers will do good works that God has already ordained for them to do (Ephesians 2:10), but they are neither salvific nor something to "keep" them saved.

The "P" is TULIP should be called "preservation of the saints". The elect will persevere, but only because God preserves(keeps) them.

Jude 1:24-25 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

None of God's elect, whom He chose before the world began and gave to His Son to be their Surety, will ever become unsaved, nor end up in Hell.

There is nothing "temporary" about my salvation in Christ Jesus.

According to this verse, such a situation applies to lots of folks(regardless of what they might be called), who do not love the truth:

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Then by your own definition, I am not a Calvinist, as that is not my situation.

Absolutely faith(and repentance of dead works) had to be given to me. It's the only way anyone has true Biblical faith and true Biblical repentance of dead works:

1 Corinthians 4:7 What hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

I have this:

Romans 7:24-25 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

I have this:

Romans 8:31-39 31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,

For thy sake we are killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I have this:

Jude 1:24-25 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

 

A good friend of mine just posted this brief audio by my pastor at Grace Baptist Church of Ruston, where he blasts these very Calvinists, or anyone else, that you describe who ascribe works to being kept saved.

https://youtube.com/shorts/L3-8sOHYDWw?si=4IcyN7s0hvyHF4lf

 

Actually, I know that God chose me before the world began and gave me to Christ to be my Surety.

No feelings involved - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. (2 Timothy 1:12)

The apostle Paul didn't go by his feelings, and neither do I.

So on this item I agree with you when you wrote, "your feelings will not save you."

 

@Silverhair As a song written by Bruce Woodley and recorded by The Seekers says, don't tell me my mind. The Bible says the same thing:

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? 1 Corinthians 2:11

I have no use for your sophistry, Silverhair.

 

1) God is the Creator, man is the creature. God is the potter, man is the clay.

2) God is sovereign, man is responsible. Faith in Christ and repentance of dead works are gifts that God's elect are given after the Holy Spirit regenerates them under the hearing of the gospel of Christ. They are gifts from God and real possessions - I actually have faith in Christ, I actually repent of dead works which cannot save. God is sovereign, man is responsible.

Psalms 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.

3) All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalms 139:16)

The LORD works out everything for his own ends – even the wicked for a day of disaster. (Proverbs 16:4)

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. (Proverbs 16:9)

A man's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way? (Proverbs 20:24)

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. (Proverbs 21:1)

All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?" (Daniel 4:35)

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (James 4:13-15)

 

Don't start what? You asked me a question and I answered it. Did you not want me to answer it?

 

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