Calvinism (Pastor Charles Lawson)
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2015
- Sunday (Night) Preaching: Feb 22 2015
How The Calvinist Errs. Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6
Website: pastorcharleslawson.org/
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God bless you Pastor Lawson. You pulled my soul out of the gutter today. I had never heard Calvinism/doctrinal elect spoke about until this afternoon. My heart sunk to my feet. My walk with the Lord has not been a smooth one, I'm still fighting the old man, fighting my mouth and thoughts. When I heard about pre destination I was sick. I don't want to go to hell and I love the Lord Jesus Christ with all of my heart. Thank you so very much for opening up my eyes to the truth. I love you as a brother in Christ!
*_God Bless_*
Don't take this the wrong way. You sound like one of the elect. Fighting sin, realising your bankruptcy in the presence of a holy God. Luckily for you, it's not up to just your feeble will. God promises to keep you. Those who cry out to God will be saved. Romans 10:13
If it is just down to your own will, then praying for any family members to be saved would be pointless. God would not be able to do anything. Thankfully God saves, God opens eyes. The mystery of God. I Will Have Mercy On Whom I Will Have Mercy [Rom 9:14-18] A true Christian realises he does not deserve to be saved.
Good evening Pastor Lawson and all. I am enjoying watching all of these older sermons.
Beautifully preached thank you LORD JESUS 🙏
I so needed this Pastor Lawson. This truly weighed so heavily on my heart. God Bless you dear Man.
We need more preaching and preachers like charles lawson, God bless this man
Shunndale Coles NO we do not need more heretics like him who reject the gospel and preach a counterfeit.
I have heard him preach the true gospel many times? What is false about it?
Tommy Black - There are many more Biblical Prophetic warnings in "the word of the Lord" about 'spiritual confusion and delusions' than there are about the 'physical manifestations. There was an article written 350+ years ago by a very Biblically astute man that is well worth the reading - and constantly thinking about - like the many that are attacking Pastor Lawson for his Biblically sound Preaching and Teaching.
The article by William Dell on 'False Prophets' - *'The Trial Of Spirits - Both In Teachers And Hearers'* is @
Apologetics Coordination Team (ACT)
www.deceptioninthechurch.com/thetrialofspirits.html
- As C. H. Spurgeon wrote over 100 years ago -
*DISCERNMENT is not* knowing the difference between right and wrong.
*IT IS knowing the difference between RIGHT - and ALMOST right.*
How many there are in these increasingly 'spiritually wicked and dark' end times that are no Biblically sound:
~ ~ ~
*FOR SUCH ARE FALSE APOSTLES, DECEITFUL WORKERS,*
*TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES INTO the apostles of Christ.*
*And no marvel;*
*FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO an angel of light.*
*Therefore it is no great thing if HIS MINISTERS ALSO BE TRANSFORMED AS the ministers of righteousness;*
*WHOSE END SHALL BE ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.*
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ~ AV)
Likewise, the true believers and followers of "the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" must know and always remember that "Lucifer", "the great dragon", "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan" is an extremely intelligent, wily, malicious, absolutely evil and "subtil" master counterfeiter - with thousands of years of practice
- AND he is using 'spiritual confusion' by the use of delusions, fear, malevolent deceptions, and deliberate deceit - for we are told in "the word of the Lord":
~ ~ ~
*Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.*
*PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD,*
*that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.*
(Ephesians 6:10-11 ~ AV) ~ Please read and learn Verses 10-20 + 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 + James 4:6-10 [AV]
- CAPITALization and *emphasis of "the certainty of the words of truth" ~ as they are written in the 66 Books of "the law of God" ~ ane Divinely preserved in the Holy Bible [AV]* are mine - brother Nick
"Free Will" ...I am going to make this statement with as Much FIRE AND BRIMSTONE as I possibly can and then I am going to back up what I have been taught by God with God's Words. Soo you declare "I chose to follow Jesus Christ by my "Free Will" hmm You just pulled off thee GREATEST work ever seen by Man!! You just did what Adam and Eve could not!! You re-entered the Garden of Eden stretched forth your hand and ate of the tree of life by your own Free will!!
NOOOOO> Jesus Christ Himself declared "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." John 6:38
Are you saying you are doing what Jesus said He wasn't doing?
AND He said
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Mathew 7:22-23
If you are a Child of God saved by Grace through Jesus Christ, then you are so by GOD"S WILL...NOT YOURS.
The ONLY other thing I have to say is "May God Bless you on this day and for ALL days through the redeeming blood of Jesus Christ."
I am not a Calvinist any more than I am a Lawsonist, I am a follower of the way, I am a follower of the lord Jesus Christ and a child of God. I am eternally grateful to the grace and mercy of God and ANYONE who declares that thought to be "Sin" against God can go and speak that thought to HIM.
Shunndale Coles
I agree don’t listen to the lying Calvinists cult heretics and liars ! It’s such a joke I don’t want this Calvinist garbage !
People need to save the lies for another gullible sucker ! No thanks I’m tired of the lies !
John Calvin was one of the biggest liars on the planet ! Sorry I’m cutting down the tulips and throwing them in the trash !
Glad that church pastors are willing to stand against this force of evil. And Calvinism is evil.
Amen!
Ameñ
Love Charles Lawson, amazing biblical teachings!!! May God give you health and many blessings! ❤️🙏
*_God Bless_*
Pastor Lawson is correct we don't understand every single verse in the Bible & yes, we should pray about any verse we don't understand. I personally believe that where the Bible is silent we too should be silent instead of misrepresenting scripture.
Thank the Lord for Pastor Charles Lawson in these deceptive times. What a humble man you are. As a young Christian you have helped me so much with your compassionate teaching on the truth of the Gospel and are Lord Jesus Christ.
Jane loves Jesus glad to hear. I'm a young adult and I like this preaching quite a bit.
JESUS verses the world amen
I respect you pastor because you really study the word of God to show thyself approved. You search the scriptures themselves and preach what God has placed in your heart.
I agree with this sermon pastor 100%. I would just like to say that there are 2 different sets of people that are classified as Calvinists. The one set is what is called hyper Calvinists and they are way off from what the word teaches, particularly since they discourage witnessing and don't even give an invitation at services. The second set, they identify as Calvinists, but they believe everything you have so beautifully taught here. Additionally, they often scold the hypercalvinists. They very advantageously spread the gospel to every person to the ends of the earth, and they also believe the Jewish people are still God's elect also and the different groups of the elect as you do. They will also say that some things Calvin did were wrong, as well as some of his teachings.
You are a great blessing to me and so many others. May God bless you. Your ministry, and family. Maranatha.
@@standinginthegap7118 Sadly the majority of today's New Calvinists are actually Hyper-Calvinists.
@@raymatthews4471 That's terrible. Hypercalvenism is, in my opinion, an excuse to be lazy and not share the gospel
I wish I never fell into it. I had such a zeal and purpose when I believed all could be saved. Then I saw nobody was getting saved and felt helpless so I guess I drifted to it. I had great fruit before and saw my family members and others come to Christ. He does want all saved.
If God wants it to rain, then it always rains. Can God accomplish what he desires?
If you call out "kitty kitty kitty!" to a cat, it might come to you. If you begin to open a can of cat food cats may run to you. Is there something that only God can do that will absolutely get a person to believe? Don't limit what alone God can do. God always works through the humility of preaching. Millions have died without having heard of Jesus.
"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” Romans 10:14-15
@@timothykeith1367 God told Adam not to eat the apple and yet he did.
I definetly feel that, i got jaded preaching the same thing and certain people just never hear it. Or i can do everything i can but ultimately God makes them born again. I can point to go to Christ and give up self. But its not my choice. I greatly care for them but i also needed to trust God that He can still change their mind and heart.
MY BROTHER IN-LAW IS A CALVINIST. I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHEN HE TOLD ME,,HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF HE WAS SAVED OR NOT, HE SAID IF HE WAS ELECT OR NOT, WHEN HE SAID THAT I LEFT ,I LEFT RIGHT THERE..
Thank you Pastor Lawson for breaking this topic down to an understandable level. God bless
I trust this preacher.
God Bless you Pastor Lawson!!
2022
*_God Bless_* Pastor Lawson
God bless you Pastor Lawson this sermon was on point. Keep on preaching pastor❤ God bless you.
Pastor Lawson speaks God's truth! Thank you for this sermon.
*_God Bless_*
I see a lot of Calvinists on here trolling, claiming man has no free will. Many bogus comments. No, God didn't create us as robots or zombies!!! I'm neither a Calvinist nor an Armenian. To many Calvinists, it's "either or", which is not true. If you're not a Calvinist, then you're automatically an Arminian! No! I'm a Biblicist.
ILoveStorms,
If you tried, perhaps you could write something more banal. No Calvinists believes we are robots or zombies. If we deny free will, what we are denying is autonomous will. The will does not act independently of the person whose will it is. We do not deny that sinners are able freely to choose whatever they desire most at a given time and that their choices are free, voluntary and meaningful.
I suspect there are many Armenian who are Calvinists. The Remonstrants were Arminians not Armenians. We know that not everyone who is not a Calvinist is not an Arminian. There are Pelagians, Semi-Pelagians, Arminians, provisionist, universalists etc. One could only wish that non-Calvinists were all as orthodox as Arminians.
If you were truly a Biblicist, you would believe what Calvinists believe. The reality is that you are pompous and don't have the sense to realize it.
@@TheBereanVoice Maybe you could write something more convoluted?
We don't deny free will, we deny autonomous will and the will doesn't act independently of the person whose will it is?
If you have to twist yourself up in knots just to make sense of the Gospel, you're not preaching the Gospel anymore.
Jesus says I praise you Father for hiding these things from the wise and intelligent and revealing them to babes.
Paul says I fear that as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, you would be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
I suppose it would be fine to "intellectualize" the Gospel to flesh out more intricate understanding if you're able and so inclined, but when you start arriving at different conclusions than what the simple text suggests to everybody else, you're doing something else at that point.
@@BillyJack85 I haven't arrived at any conclusions that are contrary to the clear meaning of biblical texts. If it hurts your head to think, by all means you should avoid it. Just ignore anything a feeble mind cannot comprehend. If you think my answer concerning free will was convoluted, perhaps you could tell me what you mean by "free will."
@@BillyJack85 is your definition of free will mean you can make choices separate from Gods influence?
@@ShepherdMinistry I don't know if it's possible to ever make choices that are completely separate from God's influence, but I would say that people are capable of making choices that God doesn't agree with.
Thank you "Zion4131"!!! I am so grateful you post pastor Lawson's sermons and teachings and you do NOT add ads to the videos (as some have to make money off of pastor Lawson's semons= filthy lucre). God bless you for bringing the teachings/sermons only :)
*_God Bless_*
God bless Pastor Lawson for teaching the full council of God's word. Our nation needs a lot more Pastor's like him. Pastor Lawson strongly believes in speaking up & telling the truth so the Lord's sheep aren't led astray! I have much respect for him.
Wow, absolute truth! Thankyou pastor Lawson!
I "NEEDED" to hear this sermon...as I'm sure "Many" others do as well.
Predestination, foreknowledge, election, calling , justifying, glorifying are all works of God in a person dead in trespass and in sins . It is the Lord that purges our conscience from dead works . The Lord begins this Work on his children.
Amen. Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Rightly dividing the Word is not a suggestion... it's a command .. thank you dear pastor .. you're a humble shepherd of Elohims children ... amazing preacher ! Grateful I am for men wholly devoted to the WHOLE truth of the Word. It's like a mosaic .. if you pick something out of context , it's meaning doesn't fit right ! Much love and blessings be upon you and your family in Yeshuas Name Amen 🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕
The church looks good !!!
We need ministers like this who know the truth!
The purpose of gospel preaching is the manifestation of the glory of God. Whether those to whom we preach are chosen of God or not has no effect on that purpose. The election or non-election of those to whom we preach is none of our business. Our job is to publish the good news that God has promised to pardon everyone who will repent and trust in Christ.
Don't you have your own webpage to spread your pet heresy?
@@raymatthews4319 I have an idea. Why don't you mind your own business?
Agreed
@@TheBereanVoice Why don't you practice what you preach and mind your own business, you hypocrite? This isn't your channel, you have your own to spout out your lies. Do your business there and leave the other channels alone, troll.
I don’t put sided election as a topic because it’s in the Bible, but like you said I just simple preach the gospel,Christ center sermons. Therefore it is not of us to know who will or who wount we just preach.
Excellent. Dave Hunt's book, "What Love is This?" is now a classic and a definitive work on Calvinism. I remember being lifted up on reading it after being depressed on coming across Calvinists on line.
Thanks Pastor Lawson for reminding me of the doctrines of Calvin.
Sir, could I borrow that book? I have wished to read it since Dave Hunt wrote it. I can send postage. I am on Facebook if you would like to message me.
@@melindalemmon2149 It is available on Kindle.
Martin Horan,
If you imagine that Dave Hunt's book is a definitive work on Calvinism, you are completely ignorant concerning what Calvinism teaches. The book is filled with prodigious misrepresentations of Calvinistic doctrine.
@@melindalemmon2149 You would do much better learning what Calvinists believe from a Calvinist. If you will leave me your email address, I will send you a Word file of my book, "The Grace that Saves," free of charge. Meanwhile, you might wish to read the Canons of Dort. At least you will see what Calvinists have stated about our beliefs and not be misled by people like Dave Hunt who had no idea.
@@TheBereanVoice I've studied this issue as a Christian and academic for 30 plus years. I reject Calvin with my whole heart, based on objective truth and deep understanding.
Thank God for this brother in Christ! Love this pastor. Always feeding the flock.
Mr Lawson, Jesus bought them in the sense that He got the right from the Father to judge them!!!! It doesn't say "He bought them by paying for their sins!" It's a huge difference!!!!
“Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.”
Matthew 7:17 ASV
I was shocked that John Calvin murdered a lot of people. He brought forth the evil fruits of deeds.
The evil city - the CERN is connected to John Calvin. So I searched about John Calvin. Thank you for this graceful sermon, Pastor. Thank you so much.
That's an oft repeated slander. There no evidence of that. Without Calvin you might be praying the Rosary even now.
Brilliant sermon. God bless you so much Pastor Lawson!
Amen!!!
If "Free will" exist someone forgot to tell Esau ...AND Pharaoh. >Romans 9
@@jamescurtis1226 Why do Calvinists love to point out Esau and Pharaoh more than anyone else in the Bible, including Jesus Christ? Is it because they help them to prove their point? Romans 9 was written to Israel, it wasn't meant to exclude anyone from receiving Christ, unlike Calvinism.
“I’m not misrepresenting them one bit” “The P in TULIP stands for Predestination.”
P stands for perseverance of the saints, brother.
Correct. Perhaps if he put as much effort into studying the subject matter, he could make a reasoned response.
Are you one of the elect?
@@jimjoe9945 Yes, unless I have deceived myself. Are you a Christian? And how can you be sure of that?
@@ShepherdMinistry Yes . Holy spirit entered me April 18, 2021. Took away my anger, worry, lustfull thoughts and replaced them with a peacefulness that is not of this world. Jesus is the way, the truth, the life. I started reading the Bible that day. The first time I heard the doctrine of calvinism I knew it was wrong. It blasphemy against the very nature of a loving and just God. Is your family also elect?
@@jimjoe9945 So, just how you know you’re saved is how I know. By my relationship with God and what He has done for me.
My family would know just like you know as well. There is not a difference here.
Pastor Lawson: “Mr Calvinist, show me one scripture in that Bible that says because you are not the elect you’re going to hell.”
Mr Calvinist: “Sure thing, Pastor, try this scripture: ‘So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.’ - Romans 9:18
Those whom He has mercy on are the elect, those whom he hardens are NOT the elect and they are therefore going to die in their sins! Some people receive mercy from God and some people receive justice, nobody receives injustice!”
He hardens those who reject Him. . Make sure you read more than just one verse 🤣
@ - everyone rejects Him !!!! (because everyone is DEAD in trespasses and sins) In fact no-one can choose Christ unless the Father draws him to Christ. The elect are those people whom the Father as drawn to Christ - they are the ones who will genuinely repent and put their faith in Christ.
The entirety of Romans chapter 9 is Paul expounding about the nation of Israel as God’s chosen people to bring about the birth of the Messiah Jesus. It has absolutely nothing to do with “election” of individuals to salvation or damnation.
What he says about how calvanist will act is 100% truth. My husband was threatened with cops being called if he returned to a church and said calvanism was wrong
There you have it!!!
God is Sovereign in the affairs of HIs creation and of humanity. This is the conclusion I have accepted over the issue of "Calvinism" and its road towards potential Pharisee behavior.
"I will go as far as Martin Luther, in that strong assertion of his, where he says, ‘If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.’ It may seem a harsh sentiment; but he who in his soul believes that man does of his own free will turn to God, cannot have been taught of God, for that is one of the first principles taught us when God begins with us, that we have neither will nor power, but that He gives both; that he is ‘Alpha and Omega’ in the salvation of men."
- Charles Spurgeon
God would have all men saved 1 Timothy 2:4
@@plumber1874 "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:44
@@plumber1874 Hermeneutics would ask you, "To whom was 1 Timothy written?"
I thank God for bringing me to pastor Lawson.ive grown as a Christian and born again believer.ive learned so much and it's only strengthened my faith. May the Lord bless you pastor Lawson and your church.hopefully I can make it down to Knoxville and attend a sermon in person. I love you brother Lawson and thank God for you.
Promotes the glory of God
Rather than making salvation
Of sinners the priority
That God does his way
His time! Acts2v47
One day when I was discouraged after witnessing to people who don't want to hear I realized that the devil was tempting me to be a calvinist. That is what it is. For lazy people who don't want to care about the lost. Also, John Calvin had the man tortured for years before he had him killed. He also had children killed for disrespecting their parents.
Amen!
That happened to me too.
HappytoSing1
Have you ever heard of William Carey, David Brainard, George Whitefield, Charles Spurgeon, John Bunyan etc? These were Calvinists who clearly cared about the lost. It seems you are just profoundly ignorant of Church history. That includes the ridiculous things you have written about John Calvin. You need to check your facts before you post your foolishness.
@@TheBereanVoice It seems that you are willfully ignorant of the true grace of God. It also seems that the Calvinist doctrine is the god you worship.
Happy ToSing.
You are right. We Calvinists don't care about the lost. That is why I have been in the pastoral ministry for better than 1/2 a century and a missionary in Costa Rica for the past 15 years.
It doesn't make a lick of difference what Calvin did or didn't do. That has nothing to do with the doctrines we hold.
Thank you pastor
I was thumb up #667. Whew! 😃
Blessings!
🔥🙏
God draws ALL men. The unforgivable sin is blaspheming the Holy Spirit by rejecting the call.
Before you read the comments, you first need to know that whenever someone speaks out against Calvinism, there will be MANY Calvinist trolls bagging the teacher and trying to justify their doctrine of the devils. Dont take them to heart, just ignore their hate. According to the doctrine of the devils, ALL comments are predestined! So even non calvinists arguments are predetermined by God!.
Amen
10-4, thanks zion4131!
They went out from us, but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us,
they would no doubt have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:19
Typical Arminian forgetting we were dead in trespasses and sin but he made us alive together with him
What does it mean to be dead in trespasses and sin?
@@truthseeker3802 it's means you aren't saved .. calvinist's aren't saved
Yes, Calvinists think anyone who's not and believes like this man does, is an Arminian. Wrong! He DOES believe we were dead in trespasses and sins. But we were not made alive because God overpowered us, we were saved because the Holy Spirit worked in our hearts, and we responded, realized we were "dead in our trespasses and sins" and called on Jesus to save us. Believing in our hearts that He shed His blood, and rose again for us, and He promised to save us if we call on Him.
He just said he's not an Arminian either. He does not believe you can lose your salvation.
I've never met a non-elect Calvinist. And most say not only they but their whole families are elect. Also never heard a anyone becoming a Calvinist by reading their bible. Must either study history or be taught this by others who are simply following man. I too follow man one mediator between God and man The Man Christ Jesus.
Under rated comment here
Jimmy Chamberlain,
I am sorry to spoil your record but I became a Calvinists by reading the Bible. I had read nothing of Calvin or any Calvinist.
@@TheBereanVoice
are you and your entire family elect and saved
Jw
@@michaelbrownlee4857 It is impossible to know whether another person is saved or not. Additionally, it is impossible to know whether a person is elect or not. Not every member of my family is a professing believer. Now, perhaps you can tell me why you imagine that such a question is important.
Amen. HE is the only one we should be following, praise Jesus
Blessings to you and yours 🙏🏼✝️🙌🏼🔥⚔️👑
A God of love wants love uncoerced in return.
Thou shalt not take the name [character] of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
{Exodus 20:7}
Your labels are lies. Your doctrines are lies.
I remember seeing a picture of John Calvin. It was scary.
Pastor Chuck is fearless. We don't agree on this pre trib rapture idea..but that is no reason for me to not love this warrior in Jesus...
There would be fewer people sitting under calvinist preachers if non calvinist preachers taught the Bible just as well
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Know what you know and what you don't know, know you don't know it.
Romans 9:16-20 16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
God is also not bound by time, he seen the end before the world began he knew who would believe and be saved, but that still didn't affect the peoples free will, i believe predestination and free will coincide, God knew before the world started who would be saved, hence the "elect" but just because God already knew how it would end that didn't affect peoples free will, but he knew his eiect
@Luntik Funtik Exactly my friend!💜😉
@Luntik Funtik There is no Gospel in calvinism, the so called "elect" were never in danger of anything and never had anything to be saved from, the so called "non-elect" in calvinism never had any hope and never will, in calvinism the "elect" don't need a savior and the "non-elect" don't have one, in calvinism there is no hope, there is no Gospel, there is no savior, there are only the "elect" and "non-elect". Pure Heresy
Amen Pastor, you are correct
If "Free will" exist someone forgot to tell Esau ...AND Pharaoh. >Romans 9
God disperses his truths in nuggets to different peoples or groups of people , some of whom we disagree with so that we be humble enough to condescend ourselves to consult them or listen to them
For the Cavinists God alone is only sovereign. They forget two attributes of God. He is love and justice. Where is the love and mainly the justice of God in sending someone to hell with no option of choice. That's not fair. Where is the Justice of God? Is he only sovereign? God does not lie or contradict himself
The cult of Calvin is a stumblingblock unto salvation, some will make it out into the true light, but many will not, and remain in darkness.
Larry can you explain your accusation of why Calvinism is a cult?
@@ShepherdMinistry
They follow the teaching of a fallible man by that name. This is the definition of a cult.
@@larrybedouin2921 Many Calvinist haven’t even read the work of John Calvin and are lumped into that name simply due to their belief of TULIP. If you’re not Calvinist then you’re either an Arminian, palagian, or semi palagian. All names after people. So you too are in a category of a man’s doctrine.
@@larrybedouin2921 Any other reasons why it’s a cult?
Because the one you have means you’re in a cult too
@@ShepherdMinistry
Yes! It is a satanic gospel from another spirit.
I used to believe I was saved. I used to believe in eternal security. I used to have a zeal. I used to put out tracts. I used to discuss the Bible. I use to be more faithful to the church until I got sick.I used to pray more. Now all I do is live in fear of election, chosen.Them Calvin murrderers were 99% right. That's a prelude to hell.
A Voice,
You should never live in fear of election. Election never sent anyone to hell. What you should fear is living in rebellion against God.
There is no reason to fear election. Election never condemned anyone. What you need to fear is wicked unbelief in departing from the living God.
@Malibu You might want to be careful about attributing what God says He has done to Satan. What do you think is satanic about God's determination to save a multitude of sinners who otherwise would justly have perished under His wrath and curse?
Thank you preacher...God bless you
Pastor there are vessels of destruction and vessels of mercy Romans 9 and if you read 2 Timothy 1 it is written that we were saved with the grace that was in Christ Jesus before the world began
Yes brother, however in the Age of Grace thst we live in, the Vessel of Mercy are those who willfully accept and receive the Free gift of Salvation. The vessel of Destruction are those who knowing and willfully rejected the Gospel, God's Free and Gracious gift of Salvation towards all Lost Sinners. God knew the exact number in eternity past, of all those who will humble themselves and willfully receive his Merciful gift of Salvation, by Grace through Faith in the Gospel. However that doesn't mean the Father never offered the Vessels of Destruction a chance at Salvation, he did, hence "preach the gospel to every creature." The Vessels of Destruction rejected his Merciful gift, hence they willfilly doomed themselves in the process.
All those that believe in the Gospel and came to Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, are the Vessels of Mercy "Elect".
That's how i interpret that verse about the Vessel, when i compare it with the rest of Scripture, God is Fair and Just. God bless brother, in Jesus name.
Vessels of destruction are those that believe in false doctrine.. so that would.omclife calvinist's
God bless this Man of God
I'll tell you this right now I'm not a calvinist and I'm also not an Armenian or whatever you call it I'm a person that knows the LORD and I'm a person that knows that I don't understand everything because I'm not GOD I'll ask him which one was right when I get to heaven or HE comes back if it crosses my mind.
Bearing false witness is sin Mr. Lawson.
My thoughts exactly. I don’t understand, when it comes to Calvinism, preachers are more than eager to stand before their congregation and tell outright lies and falsehoods??
Calvinism is man trying to understand God's salvation through the mind of God. Arminianism is trying to understand God's salvation through man's own mind. From what I've noticed in Calvinism, people seem to have a rather sufficient amount of pride to believe that they can understand God's ways with their own mind.
Isaiah 55:8-9 King James Version (KJV)
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Make no mistake about it, trying to understand the mind of God with your own corrupt mind is impossible, and to think that one can do so is sheer pride and arrogance and that is exactly the very thing that they try to do, because they always take you back to the beginning, trying to explain the omniscience of God, trying to explain the very thinking nature and motive of the Lord God. Every single time I see a video from a pastor speaking out against Calvinism, the video has over twice the views as that of other videos from the same pastor. It has, in some cases, quadruple the comments. People become hateful with their comments, the very same people that claim to believe that it does not matter either way, because it is outside of man's own volition whom is to be saved and who will not be saved, and seems to provoke them to perpetuate their beliefs on others with such vehement desire, revealing a much more sinister nature and motive behind this movement. In plainer words, it's got Satan written all over it, and I will never have anything to do with this satanic movement.
Justin H
The Bible is about what God has done to save sinners, not what sinners must do to cooperate with Him to enable Him to save them.
@@TheBereanVoice you didn’t refute a single one of his points. I think deep down in your heart you know Calvinism is a lie or you wouldn’t even be commenting on videos like these
@@countryboyred If you understood the issues in this debate, you would know that I answered many of his points. The problem with trying to refute his points is that most of them have nothing to do with what Calvinists actually believe. Spurgeon said, "What a wonderful deed has been done by some men in burning figures of their own stuffing. How earnestly do they set themselves to confute what no one defends." There is sufficient straw in this "sermon" to power a large city for at least a year.
Justin H.
Calvinism is man trying to understand God's salvation through what He has revealed concerning His salvific determinations in eternity and His salvific activity throughout history. There is nothing Satanic about wanting people to understand what God has revealed.
The machniations against Calvinism generally come from Arminians - they go into scenarios that the Calvinist has no clue. They invent a Calvinism that they don't like so they can reject it.
Romans 9:21-28 21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the LORD make upon the earth
Question: Why did God remove Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden? "Lest they reach forth their hand and take from the tree of life and live forever" ...free will? NOT
See, this is what Calvinists do, they always go to their favorite "text proof", Romans 9, take it out of context, misapply them, and "simplify and make it fit" like the pastor says, making it mean something it doesn't. The "Potter having power over the clay" doesn't make the clay robots and zombies. He gave Adam the CHOICE between obeying Him, and choosing not to obey Him. But Adam's choice didn't make fallen man incapable of choosing to be saved or not. God would not be who He is, if He saved a man who doesn't want to be saved, or denied a man who wanted to be saved. Calvinism is a false doctrine. It's NOT the Gospel. It's a distortion. It's a counterfiet.
It is generally believed by theologians of every persuasion that "elect angels" are those who did not fall in Lucifer's rebellion.
P refers to perserverence of the saints
He says he studied a lot abt Calvinism,but he doesn't even know what 'P' in the TULIP stands for. I don't know why people hate the idea that God is in full control of salvation, not man. The decision of God influences the sinner,not the others way around. Salvation is ONLY the sovereign work of God, not a cooperation between man and God. I don't know why so many people have such a hatred for this biblical doctrine.
If it is man's work and man's job, it can feel uncomfortable, can't it?
It feels much more assuring and better when you realize that it was entirely a work of God...
I knew something was wrong with the doctrines of the church I was attending, they are hyper-Calvinists.
God be praised I found a KJV Baptist church nearby.
Did I not see Spurgeons devotions on your website pastor?
Unfortunately, they don’t like to admit he was a Calvinist.
Every ism is a schism lol
amen
A lot of misinformed brothers and sisters throwing accusations based on presuppositions at people who affirm the doctrines of grace as being biblically demonstrable.
It's disappointing to see Pastor Lawson not have a more informed grasp of reformed theology; especially after "40 years of studying the Bible" (humble brag).
This was a poorly researched sermon from the onset with the attempted explanation of eternal generation and the statement that John Calvin is the "architect of hyper-Calvinism". It's difficult to watch well-intentioned teachers ignorantly mischaracterize the position of other believers and attempt to address matters which are clearly outside their wheelhouse.
I love Pastor Lawson, but I believe that he is making a stretch here. I think that the truth is biblical...not Calvinist, Arminian, Pelagian, Dispensationalist, etc. The bible backs up all of them, and at the same time none of them. It is but the Mystery of the Gospel. Praise God for Pastor Lawson, he is a great soul winner.
You have no idea how much I heartily agree with you! For every scripture I read that sounds calvinistic, I find another that sounds arminian etc etc etc. So, I've always thought for the longest how the Bible backs all of them. Well said "The Mystery of the Gospel."
@@sarahkirbach5040 amen, just preach both but We can not put aside Calvinist view because that is true as well and it exalts God… go back in history and read the puritans find out that era and you will be shock on writings they published because it was all God exalting. Geroge with field, Jonathan edwards, Charles spurgeon etc… all preach the full council. Charles spurgeon said it himself I’m a 5 point Calvinist and look how God used him. After all he is called the prince of preachers. If you haven’t heard him hear him now !! “ sermon called compel them to come in”
Sooooo when do you exegete Ephesians that you read at the first of the sermon??
Actually, the "P" stands for "Perseverance of the Saints".
He knows not about that which he speaks
@@FisherofMen75 And you call yourself a fisher of men. Just what sort of bait do you use?
@@raymatthews4471 What the Bible states. The gospel.
@@ShepherdMinistry Perhaps "a" gospel but not necessarily "the" Gospel.
@@raymatthews4471 Do you honestly believe you’re saved by grace alone and nothing of yourself?
I heard John MacArthur in a Q & A comment that someone asked him if he will be surprised who is in heaven and who isn't there his reply was I will be surprised if I am there.
He should read the first 5 chapters in Hebrews and then he will understand Chapter 6. Context matters. Sometimes I think people need to be reminded that chapter and verse divisions are NOT inspired and just reading 4-5 verses to a Calvinist won’t stump them. God Bless.
I find it odd that most KJV Onlyists are not Calvinists. They seem to me like they would be the most likely group of Christians to be Calvinists. 🤷♂️
And why is that?
Amen Pastor Lawson
Right on. Calvinism and Arminianism are both wrong.
Calvinist heretics fuming in the comments like a nest of vipers.
Amen
Calvinism: Putting God in a box. A very ugly box.
Hyper Calvinists are not real Calvinists
It is clear to anyone who has eyes to see that "the election" Paul speaks of in Romans 11 refers to believers in Christ from among ethnic Israelites. Paul refers to himself, an individual believer, as part of the remnant according to the election of grace. Believers are converted to Christ as individuals, not corporately. Paul was clearly teaching that God has an elect people within the elect people.
@@MrButtstroker yeah u think its foolish now lol but when death seizes in on u and you find yourself in the lake of fire for rejecting Christ it won't be so funny
Pastor Lawson is pretty much accurate. Hebrewa 6:4 has nothing to do with saved Christians. That verse is saying the opposite of what Christians think it says. Here it is: since the Church had only One Member at the foundation of the world (in distinction to the Earth), the eternally saved transgressor cannot possibly lose that gift! You can't fall out ofthe Church, nor can you fall out of Grace. The persons written about here are a prototype of the Israel of God. They come to be in the Tribulation. They are Jews. It will be possible to fall away in that time!
hey in reference to Hebrews 6:4, I'm worried because I believe I was saved as a young child of 8yrs at a bible camp, but was not brought up going to church or anything envolving the bible when I had returned home and fell away from Christ for many years as I got older , and it wasn't until recently that I believe he has opened my eyes, because I had been very deceived by the world around me, and do not want to be anywhere near the side of satan or his followers. does this mean there is no hope for me?
I'm sitting here having the exact same thoughts.....I was saved at a 13 years old at a retreat (baptized shortly after). I remember that exact moment that I received the Holy Spirit. I remember every second of it like it was yesterday. He completely came over me and made me whole. I had been going to church prior to this but for no other reason than to hang out with friends. Once I was saved, I gave everything to him. Fastforward a few years.....I started taking drugs and partying around 17-18 which lead to me completely fall away from anything Christ once I was in college. I even went as far as denouncing him. I had everything a man could want after that in the material/flesh world. That "high" only lasted for about 6 years where I lost everything and had (what I thought) was a come-to-jesus meeting. I denounced the Satan and his chains and asked the Lord to make me whole again. I still have a couple bad habits I fall to I must admit but my life has completely turned around and I can't even sit in the same room with sin without cringing and feeling dirty. After this scripture tonight, I feel like I've been fooled....like I had my chance.....honestly, I don't know what to think right now
They're certainly hope for you if you will seek God was you are lost or saved if you will seek Him he'll finish the work he started Philippians 1:6 I know that applies to the saint but it's true for the sinner too just because you pray a prayer and ask Jesus to save you doesn't doesn't mean he did . the Bible says in Romans 1013 who so ever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved but then it says in Corinthians no man can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Ghost which means you have to be under Holy Ghost conviction to be saved just study seek God and if you figure out your lost just let him finish the work
rawhide82 - Please remember that this message by Pastor Lawson is focusing on 'Calvanism'
Please read and think about that which is written about 'the Prodigal son' in Luke 15:11-32, KJB
I went to church, got saved, and was baptized - then 'did my own thing for 14 years - then 9/11/01 happened, and I remembered enough Biblical Prophesy to know that 'things were starting to cook'.
I do not know who was praying for me - but I went to a Church that taught from the Holy Bible - I was made aware by "the Lord God Almighty" that I had never been truly "born again". I was - when I was nearly 56 years old - I was baptized as a "converted" follower of my "Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ", and have not looked back - all by the Continuous Wondrous Mercy and Grace of "the LORD JEHOVAH".
If you can find a Biblically sound Church - please do. If you cannot, my strong advise is to make a phone call to Temple Baptist Church, Knoxville, TN and ask to talk to Pastor Lawson.
Thanks be unto "the only wise God" that you are concerned and convicted about your eternal destiny - you have not hardened your heart beyond Biblical Hope. Please read - and think - and believe - and remember that:
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
(2 Peter 3:9, KJB)
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Rawhide, if you were saved back then, you still are. It is everlasting life. How long is "everlasting"? The passage in Hebrews is for the upcoming Tribulation Period, where there is a combination of faith and works and a person has to endure until the end, and will lose salvation if they take the mark of the beast. Don't go to Matthew, Hebrews or James for Church Age doctrine of salvation. At the moment, there is nothing that a believer could do that would make him lose his salvation.
Adam, Jack said it well. Salvation cannot be lost. You need to find a good independent Baptist Church and attend it faithfully. That will give you support and assurance. If you can't find one, watch Pastor Lawson a lot. This man is one of the finest preachers I have ever heard (and I have been in over 350 Baptist Churches as a missionary). You won't find a better preacher or Church. Also, make sure you have a King James Bible, and read it every day. That Bible is 100% perfect. Get a copy without any of those "readalong comments that attack the text
Awe......look at the love from all these sweet loving children of GOD...........mmmmmhmmmm. LOVE marks the spot don't forget.
Who is thee elect? Israel God chose Israel out all people of the world
Great message brother
Ego
I say
Pride 😉
What's the definition of "hyper Calvanism ?
@Damon H Thanks for the explanation. I'm not a Hyper Calvanist , and never seen one.
“I have manifested Your name to the men
whom You have given Me out of the world.
THEY WERE YOURS, YOU GAVE THEM TO ME,
and they have kept Your word.
7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.
8 For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.
“I PRAY FOR THE THEM.
I DO NOT PRAY FOR THE WORLD
BUT FOR THOSE WHOM
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME,
FOR THEY ARE YOURS.
John 17:6-9
Sorry brother but he prays for the world verses after .
Also he was talking about his disciples not those that are saved. Stop taking verses out of context
NEITHER Pray I For THESE ALONE,
BUT for THEM ALSO
Which Shall Believe on Me
Through THEIR Word.
John 17:20
At 2:20, he is already misleading people. Hyper-Calvinism is not at all the same as Calvinism. I am not saying this is an intentional lie. am simply saying that it is wrong.
HEY EVERYONE READ THE KJV BIBLE you won't be confused anymore
Calvinism has been around when KJV was the main translation. Got nothing to do with modern translations. Quit trying to twist it into your KJV only cult mindset
Joey Tran,
Do you know that the translators of the KJV were Calvinists?
1. The acronym T.u.l.i.p. didn't come about until 1618,1619. Calvin died in 1564. The acronym was in response to the Arminians at the synod of Dort.
2. Michael Servetus was a heretic by any Christian standard by denying the trinity yet you called him brilliant WOW.
3. John Calvin didn't name his thought others did as an insult. Further more it would be the doctrine of Grace. Which Calvin built off of a earlier thought which came from Augustine of Hippo who was around in the 4 ce. He is actually named the father of Calvinism and Catholicism with his thoughts on Grace.
4. Huge difference between Hyper calvinsim and calvinism.
5. Check out your own view before studying others at least you might know your own stance. My guess is being Baptist your probably Semi Pelagian which may as well be semi heretical being that Pelagius was deemed a heretic and had to back up and try again.
I could go further but we'll stop there. Examine these five points before looking at anymore.
I’m only 5 minutes into the video and I find myself completely dumbfounded that he claims to have studied Calvinism for “many years”.
Actually, the acronym TULIP can only be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century.
Just reading the negative comments that the ones who follow Calvinism here is a good reason to avoid that false doctrine like the plague. They speak of bearing fruit to prove that God chose you, well their fruit is rotten to the core with their un-Christlike sarcasm. Their behavior is evidence that they don't even know God. If they were saved they wouldn't act the way they do.
And you imagine that it is Christlike behavior to misrepresent what Calvinists believe. Remember that all liars will have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. This man is lying about what Calvinists believe.
Love your sermons Mr. Charles but I guess I’m not a Calvinist because I believe predestion and election means God already knows who will come to him and who will not. And you said Judus was an example that would go against Calvinist doctrine. But God and Jesus knew it would happen. He knew judus would betray him. Someone had to in order to things to happen like they’re supposed to. It actually supports the predestined doctrine because even though judus was Jesus’ brother and follower for 3 years, saw the miracle and such he still didn’t believe. So that just goes to say people are God’s children or the devils and God already knows who is who.
that carries a lot of weight coming from you-MrButtstroker
I never heard of a king james calvinist
When a Calvinist says "elect", he really means "elite".
This should have more likes
That's absolutely not true.
@@CamiDiscerns How is that not true?
@@dustinsicedragon Being the elect of God means God ordained you to salvation before the Ages began, & there's nothing you did to deserve it, the elect know that they are wicked and nothing good lives in them.
The Elite means something completely different, elite implies there is something regal, special, worthy about you & that's the furthest thing from the Doctrine of Grace/ Calvinism.
@@CamiDiscerns if God ordained a person to salvation then he ordained someone for hell. Then where is free will. Why does john 3 16. Is for whoever believes. Not just a select few. You have to bear good fruit or else be cut off and thrown into the fire. God is no respector of persons. Shows no partiality. And is not willing that any should perish.