A
Calvinist is a person who believes that God only selects
some people to get saved and sends the rest to the fires of hell.
John Calvin was the
Swiss protestant reformer of the 16th century, who could not
understand the plain English of the Bible, and believed the following
five
false teachings, represented by the letters T.U.L.I.P.
The “T”
is for TOTAL DEPRAVITY which
is a term not found in the Bible.
This is
the false doctrine that man is so depraved,
that he cannot see his sinful condition and call upon the Lord to be
saved.
While it
is true that all men have sinned (Romans
3:23), it is also true that God COMMANDS all men everywhere
to
repent and receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour … out of their own
free will
(Acts 17:30; 1 John 3:23).
However,
according to the Calvinist, man is so
sinful and depraved, that he has no free will of his own (2 Peter 3:9;
John
1:12).
Total
Depravity is a lie and a heresy.
The “U”
stands for UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
which is a lie and a heresy, and it comes from twisting and perverting
the
verses of Ephesians 1:4-5 and Romans 8:29. The Calvinists have God
choosing and
selecting unsaved men into Jesus Christ … way back before Genesis 1:1,
thereby
totally rejecting man’s free will to choose for themselves. That is,
God chose
who would go to heaven and hell, a long way before anyone was even
born.
Now
God had foreknowledge of who would be
saved of their own free will, but he did not foreordain
and make
this to happen … as the verse says “According as he hath chosen us in
him before the foundation of the world … (Ephesians 1:4) … not
into
him.
God
did not choose and elect to save or damn anyone
against their free will. God knew from the very beginning who would
choose
Christ and who would not.
Unconditional
Election is a lie and a heresy.
The “L”
stands for LIMITED ATONEMENT.
This is the belief in the lie that only a limited number of people will
be
chosen by God to be washed from their sins in the precious blood of
Jesus
Christ. This idea is that Christ loved the church and gave himself for
it
(Ephesians 5:25) … so his blood was only shed for the church. This is
false as
Christ gave himself a ransom for ALL (1 Timothy 2:6), and ALL have sinned (Romans 3:23) so Christ
died for ALL, and he saves AS MANY AS receive him (John
1:12).
Limited
Atonement is a lie and a heresy.
The ”I”
stands for IRRESISTIBLE GRACE
which is a false doctrine and a heresy. This teaching says that God
overpowers
the sinner and grants him a new birth without his agreement, submission
and
positive response. As we have seen, man does have a free will, and no
one is
saved without choosing to believe on Christ as his Saviour. There is no
such
thing as irresistible grace. God has given all the ability to resist
anyone or
anything we choose (Acts 7:51; 2 Timothy 3:8; James 4:7). No one is
saved
against their will, and no one is saved without first choosing to
receive
Christ.
When
William Carey, the Christian missionary,
wanted to go to India to preach the gospel, his Baptist Board in
England
opposed him saying “If God wants to save the heathen India, he will do
so
without missionary efforts on our behalf.”
Irresistible
Grace is a lie and a heresy.
The “P”
stands for PERSEVERANCE OF THE
SAINTS but this too is false doctrine as SAINTS ARE PRESERVED
by
Christ. There is many a defeated saint who does not persevere but will
get to
heaven by being preserved by Christ. Once a sinner receives Christ as
his
Saviour, that is when he becomes predestinated to be conformed to
Christ’s
image and not before (Romans 8:29).
Predestination
begins when a person is in Christ,
and is then chosen to be conformed to Christ. Christians are eternally
secure
and cannot lose their salvation … their perseverance is another matter
for
rewards in heaven … not their salvation.
Perseverance
of the Saints is a lie and a heresy.
John
Calvin made up all these five different
terms, not found in the Bible, so he could put his own interpretation
on
salvation, and why some people get saved and others don’t … simply God
chooses
only some to get saved and others not.
In other
words people, “Don’t worry about Jesus and
getting to heaven … eat, drink and be merry … God will choose you
whether you
like it or not.”
Surely,
Satan is more than happy with Calvinism.
Harley
Hitchcock
January 2024
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