The Withering Flower – The Fad of TULIP Theology 10
Why would Paul preach the gospel to everyone if: 1. He knew Jesus didn’t die for everyone? 2. He knew God doesn’t love everyone? 3. He knew they didn’t have a choice unless God gave it to them? Also, why would Paul even say, “I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from... Read More
The Withering Flower – The Fad of TULIP Theology 8
Now, with all of that said, let me restate the three main points: 1. My God loves everybody, equally at all times, the god of 5 point Calvinism does not. Therefore we serve a different God. Some will say that God loves everyone, He just loves the elect more. That is favoritism and God plainly says that He is not a respecter of persons so this contradicts Scripture. The Bible says God is Love not that God is different types of love. Also, let... Read More
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5. Perseverance of the Saints is another deception. Most people think it is Eternal Security, but, that just isn’t the case. As I stated before, because 5 point Calvinists believe that God shows His irresistible grace to totally depraved people whom He has unconditionally elected before time, Calvinists have no choice but to believe that it is impossible for a genuinely-saved person to forfeit his salvation. This is what the Calvinistic doctrine... Read More
The Withering Flower – The Fad of TULIP Theology 5
In Summary: 1. Although most of us would agree man is dead in sin, it is not to the point of not understanding the Law and the Gospel. They like to quote here 1 Cor 2:14 that says, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” The problem with using this verse is that you are ripping it out of it’s context. Look at... Read More
The Withering Flower – The Fad of TULIP Theology 4
A Different God, Different Cross, and Different Gospel! These three claims are very serious and are not to be taken lightly. If they are true, in which I have no doubt that they are, then this is an issue that needs to be separated from and swiftly dealt with before, as a cancer, it spreads through the Church. These are the very essentials of our faith. Without them, we have no faith. All I have heard from people about this issue is the fact... Read More
The Withering Flower – The Fad of TULIP Theology 2
Are You a Calvinist or a Confused Arminian? The Problem of the 1,2,3, and 4 Pointers Let me address this by allowing Calvinists to answer this question. While reformed theology is gaining popularity, it is also causing quite a bit of confusion. Because most “Christians” do not accept all points of this theology, they do try to compromise by saying they believe in some of them. Most will say that they are two or three or four point Calvinists.... Read More
The Repercussions of the god of the Calvinist
Chapter III in the Westminster Catechism, titled, “Of God’s Eternal Decree” states, I. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeable ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, or is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established. Question: What does the word... Read More
