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What is Called "Hyper-Calvinism" is Taught in the God's Word, the Bible

KenH

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Exodus 7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 24:1 He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

"Supralapsarianism is the doctrine that the events of history were brought about by God for no other reason other than these events are a fulfillment of His decree to glorify Himself and that these events are brought about as a means to an end. This is also known as Absolute Predestination. In other words, God decreed all the events of the world including the fall of men, redemption, damnation, every drop of rain, every word uttered by men, and every grunt made by beast all before the foundation of the world in order to bring about His desired result. I believe that God predestined His elect to fall in Adam so that they would be saved in Christ.
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Ultimately, if you affirm that every aspect of salvation is accomplished entirely by Christ alone because of God’s sovereign grace alone and experienced solely through the gift of faith, you will probably at some point in your life be labeled a hyper-calvinist. At first this charge might cause you grief because you might have and probably have heard a lot of bad stuff concerning “hyper-calvinism.” You might have heard that there are “mean old hypers” that don’t believe in preaching the gospel at all. It is true there have been some people in history who have made this mistake. There are others who have turned God’s grace into a cause for lasciviousness as well as some who have stated that men are saved to glorification but not necessarily the experience of salvation in time. These are ugly errors that should draw the charge of false doctrine, but not necessarily hyper-calvinism. Almost all of the authors I admire: John Gill, J.C. Philpot, William Gadsby, William Huntington, Augustus Toplady, Gilbert Beebe and Silas Durand to name a few are considered by most to have been hyper-calvinists, but none as far as I’m concerned stood by the errors previously mentioned. These men were honorable Gospel stewards and deserve our respect, and to be numbered amongst them is in my mind to be considered an honor. So while I specifically don’t approve of the label, “hyper-calvinist,” as I personally do not believe that the doctrines of grace have any business being named after a man, I am honored to be known as such. That is my confession, and I call upon all who agree with the doctrines briefly described in this paper to make this confession as well."

- rest of article at Confession of a Hyper-Calvinist - Brandan Kraft


"Though many do not know the term, supralapsarianism is the most hated doctrine of God. This is precisely why the unbeliever is so vehemently opposed to it and many believers are reluctant to embrace this wonderful truth."
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It must be noted that there are differing views of those who claim to hold the supralapsarian position. The "orthodox" view would say that God did indeed decree salvation and the fall based upon no foreseen condition. However, the vast majority of those who hold the supralapsarian position would be very reluctant to say that God is the author of evil or sin. Some would go so far as to say that God is the author of evil yet not the cause of sin. The sound of the phrase, "cause of sin" is particularly disturbing when we consider the holiness of God. But we must ask the question: Do we believe God is the Creator of all things?

Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Do we really include all things as we consider this passage and sing so many songs that use this verse? Some try to say that sin is not a thing. What is sin if it is not a thing? To identify something as a thing does not mean it has to be material. The Bible speaks of immaterial things:

Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Jesus Christ created all things visible and invisible. Sin is invisible. Sin is used as both a verb and a noun in the Bible. Nothing can be excluded from the seemingly infinite parameter of God's creation. The atheist affirms that the universe suddenly appeared or evolved out of nothing. We say that this is futile and illogical. Yet these very atheists attack the man-centered presentation of God as all-knowing, all-powerful, yet not the author and cause of all things. This attack is justified primarily because the atheist sees the extreme irrationality of a God who is such. Though we will not consider it here, it is very profitable to thoroughly consider the profundity of the omniscience and omnipotence of God. Sadly, many secular courses in logic present a more Biblical view of God than most professing Christians. Certainly Arminianism has entirely deviated from the God of Scripture.

Though this may seem extreme, infralapsarianism leads to the same deviation when taken to its logical conclusion. I fully confess that just about every doctrine we hold could lead to deviation from Scripture if we scrutinized every possible result from any given doctrine. However, because this involves such enormous and clear attributes of God, and because it involves such obvious reproach against Jesus Christ we must review our presuppositions and make sure they are in conformity with Scripture. In doing so we will not only have a far greater appreciation for the absolute sovereignty of God over righteousness and sin; we will also present God as He is to the fallen world and to professing Christians: namely, a God who is actively (not permissively) involved with each event transpiring in time and eternity from the salvation of the soul to the sparrow that falls to the ground, from a corrupt murderer of millions of Russian peasants to those who crucified the Lord of glory."

- rest of article at Supralapsarianism and Its Practical Implications - Ward Fenley
 
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