Is Calvinism the doctrine of Rome?
There are many good, godly, saved fundamental independent Baptists who
have fallen
hook, line and sinker for the foundational doctrine of Rome. They
unwittingly
delight to do the will of Satan.
What!!!??? Are you kidding me?
No. This doctrine deals with what the Calvinist would
call – the total
depravity of man.
Look, I’m not a Roman Catholic, I never will be and neither will my
kids! I
am a blood washed Christian who believes that the shed blood of Jesus
was the
full and sufficient payment for my sin!!
Good for you, but Rome still has you hoodwinked. Pray God
will open your
eyes.
Well, what is this foundational doctrine of Rome?
Well, let me explain. The priest arrives at the bedside
of a dying man.
In his briefcase, he has brought ‘Jesus’ along with him (you know the actual
body and blood of Jesus in the form of the wafer and the wine).
Catholics
believe that if they can get a bit of Jesus down their necks before
they die,
God will declare them to be right with him. A type of ‘eat good (Jesus)
and be
pronounced good’. This is what the mass is.
But how does this apply to the Calvinist?
The Calvinist believes that because a man is Totally
depraved
(the “T” of T.U.L.I.P.), he cannot of his own free will, believe that
Jesus
Christ died for his sins. Before he can do this, God must first select
him to
go to heaven. Then God must make the man ready to believe that Jesus
Christ
died for his sins.
How
does
God do this?
The Calvinist believes that first of all, after selecting
a man, God
then regenerates that man inside.
How does God do this?
God sends the Holy Spirit into the man to turn on the
lights, so that he
isn’t totally depraved.
I get it, so he’s not so ‘ungodly’ anymore?
Yes.
How much of a man’s ungodliness does the Holy
Spirit fix up or
regenerate?
The Calvinist isn’t quite sure. All they know is that a
man can’t be
totally depraved anymore, because he’s been regenerated inside.
Wouldn’t they still see that the man is ungodly?
Isn’t that something eh? A regenerated man who is still
ungodly!!
Do they have any scriptures to back this up?
Not a scrap.
Well, how can they come to this conclusion?
It appeals to their natural mind. They make it up. They
have no higher
authority than their own mind. You see, you can get the boy (Calvin)
out of
Catholicism but you can’t get Catholicism out of the boy!
Here’s a scripture they don’t like “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.”
(1Cor
2:14).
But they wouldn’t see themselves as natural men. Aren’t they the
saved?
Many very well might be. Some aren’t quite sure. The only
assurance of
their salvation is
their “P”. It’s the “Not persevering, might not be saved
Ol’ Boy”
syndrome.
Well, why won’t they see what the Scriptures say?
They can’t. As one wag put it “Maybe God ain’t selected
them yet!.”
What? Don’t a lot of Calvinists use the
King James Bible?
Correct. But they won’t believe it. They won’t believe
the English. They
won’t let God show them. They have the sin of unbelief.
How
do
you mean?
They all prefer the Greek or the Hebrew. In addition,
when you hear a
Calvinist talk, he constantly says “That doesn’t mean that, it means
this.”
Go on
When Satan realized that his Latin gig was up, he had to
get the Bible
back into the hands of the scholar - the Greek and Hebrew scholar. The
college
graduate with his first year Greek Primer under his arm would do.
What’s wrong with that?
Nothing, until you realize that the main reason people
study ‘the Greek’
and ‘the Hebrew’ today, is to pull down the King James Bible so they
can puff
themselves up. If you study ‘the Greek’, you would arrive at exactly
the same
words that the King James translators used.
Why do scholars pull down the King James Bible?
Simple. They won’t be subject to God’s words in English.
Many want to be
gurus. Many want a following. Many want money. Many want reputation and
fame.
Quite simply, many are Nicolaitanes. They are the people of secret
knowledge –
the Gnostics. And God takes a bit of a dim view of it all, I’m afraid.
How does this fit in with what we started
talking about?
Simple. Ignore the English and don’t study to show
yourself approved unto
God. So then you can make up fairy tales of a ‘regeneration that
precedes
salvation’. This is what the Calvinist does. Ignore the English in the
King
James Bible, put Calvin on the throne and elevate tradition above the
truth.
What other reason stops them seeing what God has written in the
English?
Quite simply God won’t let them. They don’t have a heart
for the truth.
They won’t believe God’s words as written in the English and so God
makes it
impossible for them to see his truth. All Calvinists have shut the door
on
God’s truth. They oppose themselves by opposing God’s truth. We pray
that God
will grant them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.
Bring it all together for me will you?
The Catholic believes that a man must first be
regenerated inside for
God to declare him righteous (The Satan ‘Two Step’).
The Calvinist believes that a man must first be
regenerated inside to
believe and then get saved (The Satan ‘Three Step’).
Could we say then, that Calvinism isn’t as bad
as Catholicism?
No. Fido is still a dog, even though you teach him some
tricks.
How so?
Quite simply, it takes away from Jesus and his work.
Salvation is an
extrinsic righteousness that has nothing whatever to do with the inside
of a
man. A prisoner before a judge is declared free and forgiven and set
free.
Nothing has changed on the inside of the man to warrant his freedom.
Similarly,
salvation is a forensic act, it is a legal act, it has occurred outside
of man
without any regeneration inside the man.
So what’s the real crime here? What are you
getting at?
The Calvinist would have the Holy Spirit take some of the
credit in
getting a man saved. God justifies the ungodly not the regenerated (Rom 4:5).
Quite simply, Satan uses anything to detract from the work of Jesus on
the
cross. You’ll find that everywhere today. It’s all about God doing this
or the
Holy Spirit is doing that. The first and third person of the trinity
are
getting the glory and not Jesus.
But aren’t men totally depraved?
No. “That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man
that cometh into the world.” (John 1:9). This is the conscience (Rom 2:15).
Man can believe, he is not totally depraved. He can choose between good
and
evil, right and wrong.
Isn’t belief a work?
No. “But to him that worketh not, but believeth
on him
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”
(Rom 4:5).
There! You have it! Calvin’s totally depraved man can believe! His
conscience
is not tied to his depravity.
Calvinism
comes directly from the pits of hell
(albeit
in dress, a wig and some lipstick).
Calvinists
would be mortified to see
that Satan loves their work!
Harley
Hitchcock
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