Calvinist Lies 1
I know, I know - redundant title is redundant.
However, I felt the urge to expand more into this after the conclusion of my "Calvinist or Christian" series. In this series, I will not debate Calvinism vs. Arminianism. After all, the majority of the people who use the term "Arminian" are Calvinists - a very small micro-sect of Christianity. The other 6-billion people on the planet refer to "Arminians" as Christians. I also like the term "Biblicist."
Reformed
Funny thing, even a number of Calvinists often dislike the term Calvinist. They often tout being "reformed," and embrace the term. This is somewhat of a misnomer, as the most fundamental concept of "reformed" is by essence that of salvation being by God's grace and not of man's works.
Calvinists will claim that "Arminians" are not reformed, as they do not believe salvation comes through grace. That is completely false. Even John Wesley - the quintessential "Arminian" - had an entire sermon about salvation by Grace through faith.
At this point, Calvinists will start reaching and twisting words (they always do).
They will claim that man's mere demonstration of faith is a "work" in itself, and therefore, not possible to cause salvation - despite the dozens of the verses in the Bible which refute their Calvinistic heretical claim. They actually say that the choice man makes is comparable to doing some sort of good deed.
Sometimes, the most die-hard Calvinists will say that man cannot come to accept God, unless God supplies the desire. They completely remove and disregard man's choice in the matter. God always draws us to Him, and that much is clear in the Bible. However, militant Calvinists take this (as with many other topics) to an extreme that is not found in the Bible.
Summary
God clearly gives us a choice.
God did all the work for salvation.
We simply accept or reject.
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However, I felt the urge to expand more into this after the conclusion of my "Calvinist or Christian" series. In this series, I will not debate Calvinism vs. Arminianism. After all, the majority of the people who use the term "Arminian" are Calvinists - a very small micro-sect of Christianity. The other 6-billion people on the planet refer to "Arminians" as Christians. I also like the term "Biblicist."
Reformed
Funny thing, even a number of Calvinists often dislike the term Calvinist. They often tout being "reformed," and embrace the term. This is somewhat of a misnomer, as the most fundamental concept of "reformed" is by essence that of salvation being by God's grace and not of man's works.
Calvinists will claim that "Arminians" are not reformed, as they do not believe salvation comes through grace. That is completely false. Even John Wesley - the quintessential "Arminian" - had an entire sermon about salvation by Grace through faith.
At this point, Calvinists will start reaching and twisting words (they always do).
They will claim that man's mere demonstration of faith is a "work" in itself, and therefore, not possible to cause salvation - despite the dozens of the verses in the Bible which refute their Calvinistic heretical claim. They actually say that the choice man makes is comparable to doing some sort of good deed.
Sometimes, the most die-hard Calvinists will say that man cannot come to accept God, unless God supplies the desire. They completely remove and disregard man's choice in the matter. God always draws us to Him, and that much is clear in the Bible. However, militant Calvinists take this (as with many other topics) to an extreme that is not found in the Bible.
Summary
God clearly gives us a choice.
God did all the work for salvation.
We simply accept or reject.
.
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