CALVINISM- 'Why I Am Not A 5 Point Calvinist' - By Dr. Norman Geisler (3 OF 9)

(3 OF 9) WOW A MUST SEE!!! At 'A Moment of Truth' (AMomentOfTruth.org), we are in total agreement with Dr. Geisler. We believe Calvinism is an attack on Gods Character for "God Is Love" (1 John 4:8, 16). God is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). We discern from the Word of God that most people wont be saved despite the fact that God desires for all to be saved! However, God does't send people to Hell. They choose to go there. 'MY CALVINIST BROTHER AND SISTER, MAYBE YOU NEED MORE OF GOD'S LOVE AND MERCY IN YOU, MAYBE!!!' (Sammy Sabbagh, 'A Moment of Truth').

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[Mcfirefly2]

@apollos6640 It's true, there's no good news in a gospel that can't be received, is there, save for a small group of pre-wired favorites? The gospel is good news to those who _haven't_ been regenerated; it's good news because God Himself has in Jesus done all that needs to be done to bring you to God. You have only to receive it, and he gives you the power to do that if you only will.

[Mcfirefly2]

@apollos6640 Incredible, isn't it, that this satanic stronghold of lies could be considered good teaching, "orthodox," even necessary for salvation. Or that some people don't think it is an important issue! What could be more lukewarm than not caring whether God is like that?

[apollos6640]

@mcfirefly3 Calvinism logically says that, God Purposely Decreeds for Man to come into Existance DEAD, INVOLUNTARILY created to love SIN from the moment of conception, having NO ABILITY to repent or beg for mercy, the vast majority FATED for DAMNATION, PREDESTINED to BURN Fforever, CHOSEN for Eternal Punishment, "Before having done anything either good or bad", with a ZERO chance of Salvation, for "His good pleasure".

"O how BEAUTIFUL are the feet of those Calvinist who preach the good news!"

[apollos6640]

@mcfirefly3 you've made some excellent observations. Fight the good fight.

[mcfirefly3]

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Colossians 2:8

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:3

[mcfirefly3]

This is a satanic stronghold against faith in Jesus's death for us on the cross. It does not glorify Jesus or God the Father or the Holy Spirit to say that God is so mean-spirited and stingy with His love. If they would believe the words of the Bible for what they actually say instead of imposing this "philosophy and vain deceit" on it, they would then see how much more to God's glory it is to believe His word about who He is rather than the traditions of men.

[mcfirefly3]

They are going to have to answer to Him for trying to destroy the faith of people who believe that God means what He says. Their kowtowing to a kind of "sovereignty" that ignores His love and His moral nature is not going to earn them any points with God, because they are scattering, not gathering. They are scattering because they are discouraging people from trusting Him, and this is supposedly to the glory of His sovereignty, but to a god like Allah, not the God of Jesus and the Bible.

[mcfirefly3]

@apollos6640 They call that being "sola scriptura." Sola scriptura, and Calvin, too, and the Synod of Dordt, and Augustine, and the Westminster Confession, and the Baptist Confession. If they ever dropped all that "sola scriptura" and looked, prayerfully, to the Holy Spirit to help them interpret the Bible by the Bible, they might be able to see how this teaching says evil things about God rather than glorifying Him. He isn't going to thank them for saying He created moral evil.

[mcfirefly3]

This is beginning to sound just like CARM Forum, and that is not good. It is pointless to argue this issue with people who are, yes, as blinded by their dogged commitment to defend twisted interpretations as JWs.

[apollos6640]

@rkg62976 There's nothing to repent of, I was stating what I was witnessing.