I’m married to a 5-point calvinist for the past 7 years. She became one about a year before we got married. Yes, I was attending Faith Reformed Baptist Church in Media, Pa. in the beginning, but after researching it I stop going. I won’t force my wife to leave. Thanks for this teaching
Hey brother! I went to school briefly in Media, PA. I'm from Montgomery County originally (Norristown, Plymouth Meeting, etc.). I'll pray for you and your wife, and wish you both well. I have some Calvinist teachers in my church and we've been going back and forth on the doctrine. I've recently worked out why the Total Depravity doctrine doesn't work, if you're ever interested to know about it. If TD fails (and it does), then the ULIP begins to break down also. Otherwise, I completely understand and respect your honoring your wife's choice. Best wishes, and God's grace and peace to you both!
When I was a teen, once Calvinism was explained to me, I thought that’s what Christianity was. I thought it was horrible and I walked away from church. Glory to God, He brought me back when I was older.
And that was the devils intention when he created calvinism/reformed heresy. It truly is a disgusting and satanic heresy. It makes me glad you got brought back and shown the truth.
“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
Who is he writing to? Who is he talking about? You are ignoring the context (a key to correct hermeneutics). Besides, what is the will of God? Because of Daniel and other texts, you need to distinguish between God's moral will (what he would humans to do) and his all-powerful decretive will that Daniel says can't be thwarted. So, I would ask you if God willed it, would come to pass without fail?
Ten years calvinists. Love that family. Had to leave them. Absolutely could not stand any more reformed calvinist doctrine. Thank you for this wonderful sermon.
@@ducatiist I'm assuming you are trying to imply that the reward referred to in Rev 22:12 is salvation and that you must earn it. However, that is not correct interpretation of that verse. Salvation (going to heaven) is a gift, not a reward, as was already stated. Rev 22:12 is referring to the rewards that believers will receive in heaven for the good works they have done once they trusted Christ as their Savior. 1 Corinthians 3 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Without the grace of God all of us are corrupt and have no ability to overcome sin. "And you has he quickened when you were dead in your trespasses and sins... by grace you have been saved, through faith...it is the gift if God."
Salvation is the gift. We can’t save ourselves so God does the work for us and gifts it to us by his Grace. Salvation is by grace through faith. The whole statement is the gift. Meaning it’s free, we didn’t earn it, we didn’t work for it, we just believe, accept by faith, and receive. That’s a free will choice we make yes, but our faith is not a work, meaning it doesn’t merit our salvation, God did that on the cross. Faith in its nature is passive. The Calvinist view makes it seem to me as if faith is a work. Which we know it’s not Ephesians 2:8-10
The way you explained perseverance of the Saints is not how I’ve ever understood it to be explained in Calvinism. It seems like you have a more, I guess catholic interpretation of it. My understanding of perseverance of the Saints is that the Lord will keep us and that we will persevere, not that we will never fall out if fellowship with him for a time, but that we will always come back…that we will never walk away from the faith completely.
There came a time three years ago when I thought Calvinism was driving me mad. And I asked God to show me the truth of it. He led me to the excellent Soteriology 101 channel here on RUclips, and to John Lennox's marvelous refutation of Calvinism, "Determined to Believe?" ( There is plenty of Lennox on RUclips, but most of it is apologetic for Christianity, some of it deals with the falsity of Calvinism. ) I'm in a PCA church which perhaps has been kinder to me than I deserve: there's always a spy, a snitch, and one of them, who follows my comments under another name on Substacks, brought my comments ragging on Calvinism to the pastor's attention. This has made me nervous. I'm disabled, have a preposterously low income, and the church supplements it marvelously. So far, no threats about that. And if it happens, I will remind my pastor and the elders that I haven't yet suffered martyrdom, and offer to allow myself to be burned at the stake behind the church.
@@The-GreenHornet exactly Satan has many coins Choose a side it's still hell No such thing as lesser of 2 evils Evil is evil If the light in thine eye be darkness OH HOW GREAT A DARKNESS IS THAT?
Ive been watching a lot of john maccarther. This saddens me. He seems like a very smart man, yet is very decieved. Years ago a friend tried to get me to believe in calvanism. I rejected it. She said we could not be friends then. I was haertbroke. She had an agenda. Thank you for this video.
Here's what that doesn't say: 'God will only draw some people and only they will be saved'. That's not what it says. Jesus also said if He was raised up He would draw all men to Himself. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.” (John 12:32, NASB). It doesn't mean all will beleive, which is a requirement. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:40, NASB)
Yes the Holy Spirit draws him. And he draws everyone (John 12) some respond in faith, some do not. The verse you reference does not refute His drawing all men. It emphasizes the work of the Spirit.
I'm confused by the responses. The verse speaks of the Father's drawing. One comment responded with something about the Son's drawing, and another comment mentioned the Spirit drawing. Are we Modalists or Unitarians here? If not, how does that address OP?
Most people, saved or unsaved, believe that you should help people in tragic situations. Most people, on the other hand, do not believe the gospel, nor can they without God revealing it to them.
@@willp.8120Yes, God must reveal the truth of the gospel to us, but isnt that what He is beginning to do when He draws "all men unto" Himself (John 12:32)? Or when He is "the Light that lightest every man who comes into the world" (in John 1)? Jesus said God hides His truth from the 'wise and prudent", and reveals it to the "babes". Both could be whom He had predestined them to be, EXCEPT that the wise and prudent can become as little children, willing to believe God, and then, it can be revealed unto them, too, a thing which has happen to many wise and prudent people, when they came to the end of themselves. It is stated negatively, that "unless" we "become as little children", we "shall in no wise enter the kingdom". Even though it is stated negatively, it does mean that there is hope for people when we are too wise in our own eyes. We, too, can repent, turning and becoming willing to believe God. The fact that we can repent and turn to Him as little children, doesn't fit anyone being predestined for either heaven or for hell. In fact, if that Bible verse is true, predestination to heaven or hell is a lie; and if predestination to heaven or hell is true, what Jesus said would be a lie! That doesn't have to shake our faith, because the predestination of everything that would ever happen, including who would be saved and who would remain lost is not taught anywhere in the Bible. Bible predestination is of specific things, not everything that would ever happen. That predestination of everything is a pagan, not a Biblical, idea. It comes through Augustine, who changed what he'd taught for 26 years, and taught this doctrine the last 15 years of his life. It was very close to what the Manichaean gnostics had taught, when he belonged to them. The Bible doesn't teach it anywhere. Setting aside these doctrines allows us to trust God again. God does not lie. "It is not the will of the Father that one of these little ones perish"-Jesus.
I know this channel is anti-Catholic, but the best advice I ever got on this was from a Catholic priest, "do not believe in perseverance of the saints, instead believe in the perseverance of God the Son."
John 6 is old covenant - but if we keep reading the gospel of John, in chapter 12 verse 32 Jesus says: “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”” Context is key to trying to understand.
I'm glad to hear this sermon. This has been one of my pet peeves for years. So many educated people believe Calvinism, even though it is so clear in the Scriptures that we have freewill. This belief is like a weed vine that is weaving itself into churches that did not formerly believe it, and keeping the congergation confused. It's kinda like an honor, or a sign of being highly educated. I term it "I'm saved, sorry about you!" Would our loving God choose people to go to hell? You can't have it one way without it going the other.
Me too! A 19-year old at the time, bought into this and tried to convert me to Calvinism. Calvinists want to convert Christians to calvinism but not sinners to Christianity.
Calvanism tore our church apart when a new Pastor was hired to replace our outgoing Pastor of 35 years due to his wife's health. The new Pastor was very subtle and at about the three year mark when he was supposed to sign the agreement (annually) to ascribe to the beliefs in our constitution and by laws he would not and said he was going to change things up....Split the body in two, half of us had to leave, then within a year, he was gone back to work in the secular world... SAD that MAN thinks they KNOW or INTERPRET on their OWN who is saved and who is not saved....
Satan desires to sift us like wheat sister Lori Praise God you weren't caught in the threshing wind as chaff And reach out to them that were in love and truth and try and get them back to the foot of the cross
TULIP teaches nothing about Jesus - and so Jesus died in vain?!! I have so many "friends" that believe in either 1 or all of TULIP. Praying for them and often try to show their trust in God is wrong. Sad!!!
@@flixlouder8558 read 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly " dividing " the word of truth.
you might like JM but Gal 1:8-9 would clarify that the man teaching that people were chosen to salvation *_before_* the foundation of the world is not the gospel so that man is accursed.
Why?...Just because you believe so? They preach another gospel, a accursed gospel (Galatians 1:6-9, 10-12). The Apostle Paul wrote against any gospel that adds ANY works-righteousness obedience works for proof of so-called salvation. The TRUE gospel is... For by grace alone through faith alone in trusting in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ alone (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Jesus Christ alone through his BLOOD ATONEMENT alone PAID IN FULL for all sins of the whole world. A individual has to believe in the true Gospel in order to be saved. By grace alone through faith alone in trusting in Jesus Christ alone through his blood atonement alone for salvation. WITHOUT ANY...works-righteousness obedience, fruit bearing or any other merit by a individual. Grace = Unmerited Favor! NOTHING in my hands do I bring, only to the Cross do I cling. Where that precious crimson blood was shed on Calvary's cross.
CALVINIZM is another gospel. It is NOT good news. They are very sincere in what they believe, but they are sincerely WRONG! YE MUST BE SPIRITUALLY BORN AGAIN (John 3:3).
Awesome sermon as always! Prayers for all those caught up in Calvinism, that they will come out of it! Thank you for sharing the true Gospel. Love in Christ 😊🙏❤
This is sad. One way or another, churches are being influenced by Calvinism. Some took portions of it (most of them adopting the "P" in TULIP), while others became 5 pointers. For you, why do you think Calvinism appeals to many Christians today?
Kaiser Digz. I think the “P “ appeals to many Christians today because human nature cannot accept the fact that we can do absolutely nothing to save ourselves or to keep us saved! It is all the work of Jesus Christ! The finished work on the Cross. I constantly remind myself that “HE” is holding on to me” NOT “ME” holding on to HIM”! WHAT FREEDOM; WHAT PRIVILEGE; YET WHAT RESPONSIBILITY! His law is written in my heart. I think that is what our Christian Community is missing today because we do not take the indwelling leadership of the Holy Spirit seriously as One who will guide, teach, protect, confirm and convict. True freedom; the POWER TO LIVE AS LED BY HIS SPIRIT.
I want to join Norland Bible Baptist church. This is my doctrinal beliefs. I have a Calvinist pastor who does his best to obscure the fact he is. Nice chap, good preacher, lousy doctrine.
I am very confused by your sermon and what I see as apparent contradictions to other bible passages in both the Old and New Testaments...I'll just focus on the new for now... Your definition of Repentance seems different from most of the passages below. Help me understand. Matthew 3:8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. Matthew 3:11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Mark 1:4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Luke 3:3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 13:24 Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. Acts 19:4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 9:13 Go and learn what this means, “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. Mark 1:15 And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Luke 5:31-32 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 17:3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. Luke 24:47 And that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. Mark 6:12 So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 3:19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out. Acts 5:31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. Acts 8:22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. Acts 17:30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Acts 20:21 Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 26:20 But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance. James 5:19-20 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. Luke 15:7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Acts 11:18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.” 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. Luke 13:3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Romans 2:4-5 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. Hebrews 12:17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. 1 John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. Revelation 2:16 Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth. Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
Repentance means a change of mind. Check out Pastor's booklet on the subject. faithconnector.s3.amazonaws.com/northlandchurch/downloads/repentance_booklet.pdf
I have to say, having listened to this message while cleaning my barn tonight (10/27/23), this is one of the best sermons on/refutations of Calvinism I have ever heard. Praise God. Thank you, Pastor, and may the Lord use it to protect His sheep, and open the eyes of those living under this yoke.
of course a Calvinist would accuse someone disagreeing with Calvinism as possessing a "false interpretation of Calvinism". no Calvinist *_ever_* admits someone disagreeing with Calvinism could possibly understand it.... even when we use the very quotes of Calvinist teachers themselves
When I was first I really did inherit to calvinistic views of predestination of election. I no longer am a calvinist anymore. I still attend a calvinist church and debate this topic quite a bit with the elders and pastors of my church. When it comes down to it I don't feel that this battle is really worth the time and effort because even a calvinist doesn't know who the elect are versus who is not elect so the preaching has to be to everyone anyway. I also think it depends on the individual when I became a calvinist it was because the order of my regeneration two believing in Christ. I spoke to God for the first time in 30 years, was then regenerated in an absolutely supernatural event, which caused me to go to the and read. The scriptures for the first time ever in my life made sense to me and I professed Christ is my Lord and Savior a few days later. That's not going to be for everyone and that's why I'm not a calvinist because all of our stories are different.
If you are not a calvinist, to stay in a church that teaches such a flaw in the character of God is to your harm. God so loved the world, this is a fact. Whosoever believeth is also a fact. God has given to every man a measure of faith. Mans pride will cause him to take that bit of faith and avoid its benifit because he loves his sin. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. All scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. A mans faith comes from hearing God's word so that the small measure God gave him may grow and thereby produce repentance. God doesn't needmen to go to hell to bring glory to himself. This is flawed thinking and understanding of God. God is asea (if I spelled it correctly) . That simply means that he doesn't need anything to add to his being God and nothing can take away from him and make him less than he is. The fact is that God is God. He isn't dependent upon anything, period. He is almighty. It is man that needs him. My advice, find a true church, one who's doctrine is the same as the apostles. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.
i love it....names have been named so others can know who NOT to listen to.......great teaching......needed for sure......we live in chaotic times and much knowledge is needed by all who are saved......we cant even comprehend eternity and how long that is......the bible does say though that few find salvation, so how many then is few????......
Sproul is particularly destructive. He got so convoluted with his philosophical discursions that he never noticed how far afield of what the Bible actually teaches he got.
During the flood, 8 souls out of millions were saved. During the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 3 souls were saved out of tens of thousands. When the Bible says a few, it really means a few.
Very well-presented. Calvinism is dangerous to the body of Christ. Speakers like yourself, Dennis Rokser, Andrew Woods among others are doing a great service re-educating believers of the true nature of God, His Christ, His Spirit and His gospel.
Mathew 9:12 and 13 'They that are whole need not a physician,, but they that are sick...for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.' Neither righteousness nor sin is imputed. We inherited the curse of sin, but not the culpability unless each of us commits sin.
all the man made doctrines are Calvinism Catholicism dispensationalism, pretrib postmillennialism, classical partial preterism, Men twist the word of God to their own destruction
Calvinism should not matter. Interesting to discuss in house otherwise....just preach to the lost about Hell and by their acceptance of Christ as their savior....they go to Heaven
WHY is it that you FEW who preach the TRUTH from the ONLY Bible have so few subscribers? I'll never understand. I'm up to 4 Pastors to listen to now. (Yankee is one!) God bless you! EDIT -- A verse they use is Romans 9:1.. ugh!
Mary Mclocke. The simple answer I think to your question is that “strait is the gate and narrow is the way”; ( Matt. 7:14). The vast majority have no appetite for TRUTH. It is too hard to hear.
20 years ago I studied deeply into Calvinism and at the time concluded I was a three-point calvinist. I've been slowly drifting away from that stance while looking into lordship salvation. After watching this video I'm totally convinced all five points of Calvinism are absolutely biblically false. The scriptures chosen here totally dismantled every point of TULIP.
I was also becoming something like a 3 point calvinist. I think what confused me the most was the teaching about works as evidence for salvation. The reason I was deceived is because the Bible does mention the fruit of the spirit, so it made sense to me at the time. But then I grew really introspective, constantly examining myself for evidence of salvation, finding that I was coming up short every time and always would bc holiness requires 100% perfection. It was torchure. It destroyed my mental health. I'm still trying to repair the damage, but glad to be getting back to the true Gospel I learned as a child. Through faith in Christ alone
@@Liam0408 Child of God, I too have been deceived of understanding the believers position as an adoptive child of God. One area that has given me peace and joy over a tortured soul was in Ephesians chapter 1. I see now that the false doctrines of lordship following of Jesus Christ are being applied to our state in the flesh. This can wreak havoc to the life of the child of God. I pray you study carefully the scriptures here. You may begin to see that once you become His child you are like the thread of a needle, with Jesus Christ being the needle. All our spiritual blessings are IN CHRIST. Chosen in Him. The second we put our faith in Him, God made us a new spiritual creation. A new thread and the Holy Spirit threaded that thread in Christ, the needle. After that God's plan is to reveal to us all the great things He HAS DONE FOR US as new creatures. With God, it is always what He has done, never on what we have done or should do. He alone has prepared the way for us from the foundation of the world and He wants us to see the complete plan so we can have complete assurance and not have doubts and worries. Consider every time He uses the Scriptures IN HIM and our understanding of His marvelous substitutionary sacrifice has done for us. We are His workmanship created IN CHRIST JESUS. The Holy Spirit baptised us into Christ, a union that cannot be severed. We are sealed. We are grafted into the body of Christ. The church. We sit back and learn about all the blessings HE ALONE HAS DONE FOR US. I pray His Words of Truth will open up our eyes more and more from the many lies that Satan has for distracting us from knowing the glorious blessings that God has provided to those IN CHRIST.
My wife and I were looking for a Baptist church in our area. We went to a Church where the man use to be a teacher at a local seminary. Very well spoken and seemed to be of the word. But I started noticing things that he would say here and there, over time. And we would be like that just don’t sound or read right. Long story short, he had us doubting our salvation. But we just couldn’t find backing for what he was saying. He used a handful of verses that could be looked at in a certain way only if you threw out the rest of the Bible. He was a Calvinist. We are looking for another Church.
I am a biblicist and Calvin and I have the same conclusion on a plethora of salvation passages like "In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures." - James 1:18
I am so confused about whether i am saved or not. Listened to John MacArthur for decades. But Paul washer is Reformed Baptist. Every church i have belonged to has been baptist. Now i am so confused i dont go to any church and i feel so bad that i cant stop sinning that i am scared im not saved. Several calvanists say if you dont go to church you arent saved. I dont know what to rhink. I tbought i was saved and got upset with Him and walked away for several years, but went back. But now i wonder if i was saved even though i couldnt get enough bible back then. I have felt drawn off and on all my life. I repent almost daily trying to feel saved. Its driving me crazy. I feel defeated. Never found but one baptist church that seemed to have love for the brethren. But we moved 200 miles away and tried another for 5 or 6 years and never was allowed to be a true part of the church. Maybe because we are from the city and this is a very small town. I dont know. Im so scared now because i am so confused. I know God is not the author of confusion. But do i go baptist or reformed baptist or calvanism? I hope this helps. Off to listen.
We are saved by our faith (alone) in what Jesus did - not what we have (or have not) done. Period. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: 'For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.' If anyone tells you that your good works can save you they are deceiving you. Salvation is a gift. All we have to do is receive it (believe). Then our position in Christ is secure for all eternity. He said 'It is finished' meaning it is paid in full. 1 John 5:13 says: 'These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.' We all sin and we all continue to sin. Our carnal (self) nature is still at war with our new (born again) spiritual nature. Jesus has already won the victory over sin, the devil, and death and He has made us righteous and take n our sin on himself. We are declared righteous even though we still sin. Don't beat yourself up. Just believe John 3:16. The thief on the cross just believed. Everyone who waters down the gospel and makes it a work or our own efforts is preaching a false gospel. Jesus is your saviour. Believe the good news. His grace is so amazing. All religion seeks to get there by their own efforts somehow or they add stuff and pollute the truth. The book of Galatians warns against these false gospels and says they have fallen from grace. Buy this guys books or download them. He is correct. God bless you. Forget reformed theology, it is error. I am a pastor. Trust me. I used to listen to Paul Washer years ago then I realised he is a Lordship salvation teacher. Lordship Salvation teaches you have to have Jesus Lord of every single part of your life or you are not saved. It's all about your works. If your salvation is dependent on you and all you are doing is looking at your own performance then you have completely missed the boat. We are to be fixing our eyes on Jesus, not ourselves. Hebrews 12:2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
I have calvanist friends who teach it but just dont have that joy of the Lord but seem so pretentious though lovely people but dogmatic to calvanism.Colossians 2:8 has been a scripture that has guided my path for years always checking the fruit.
I find your opinion that 10% of humanity will be saved very interesting since I have heard that 10% represents a remnant. Thank you so much for addressing Calvinism. My church has gone the way of Calvinism and it absolutely breaks my heart. I try my best not to be abrasive when I in Sunday School, but when my Sunday school teacher’s wife replied “it is a mystery” when I expressed my refusal of a point of Calvinism we were discussing in class, I just wanted to say no it is a lie! A former SS teacher’s wife made the bold statement when it was clear I was not buying into this Calvinism that if you are not a Calvinist, you are an Arminian and Arminians are going to hell. I just sat there in shock. I didn’t even know what Arminianism was. Once I searched what that was, I realized she was totally wrong. I’m not a Calvinist or an Arminian. For a while, until I found channels like Soteriology 101, I didn’t know what to call myself except “old school Baptist”. Thanks again for this message. I will definitely be listening to more.
The Calvinists are using stealth methods to take over sound, Bible believing churches. Their "pastors" come in unawares, not revealing what they really believe until the opportune time for them.
EXACT same thing happened to me. I went 50 years into my life not knowing what Calvinism was, then it just smacked me in the face. It was obvious to me that if Calvinism was true, then God is the author of sin. That is the logical conclusion to Calvinism, and I just can't throw something at it like, "It's a mystery". The only "mystery" spoken of in the bible is HOW did God come as a human, in the form of Jesus Christ, WHO existed from eternity? How can we understand the nature and essence of a triune God? That is the only "mystery" spoken of in the bible. WE believe God because He proved His love for us, in the person of Jesus Christ, dying for our sins, so that we can have a relationship with Him thru His Spirit. How is this possible? It's a mystery. That's it. There is no mystery how God can love EVERYBODY, but then Calvinists say God chose only a few for salvation. Then God doesn't love everybody. No mystery there.
AMEN... NOT ENOUGH PASTORS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SERMON.... They either do not understand how to preach it, or they are afraid to touch the 3rd rail for the sake of 'unity'.... But they leave their members unprepared to counter the Calvinist prooftexts and carefully crafted arguments. If Calvinists ever gain a foothold of leadership in a body of believers, they will never offer the same grace which they enjoyed to those who disagree with them. It becomes 'my way or the highway' rather quick. And many will lie about their 'doctrine' in order to gain positions of leadership. ... Stealth Calvinism is a 'thing' which is destroying many churches.
Literally living this out RIGHT NOW. 😢 Trojan horse for sure. And where were our "men of God"/deacons to stand in the gateway to stop them???? Sitting back checking boxes with their actions and "keeping the peace.!" 😡
I was in a stealth Calvinist church. After a month of being there they started back up a John MacArthur Bible study & I started to hear things that contradicted scripture & some that were making scripture say something it doesn’t say. We tried to talk to the pastor & his wife about our concerns, but they refused to meet with us to discuss it further. We knew it was time to leave.
I forgot to add, too, that this is how to let the Bible define and explain itself: Who are the chosen, elect, the saints, the predestined? •Israel chosen Isa 41:8-9, 44:1; Deut 7:6 (holy ones, “saints,” to be a special people), 14:1-2 (also you are the children of the Lord your God) •Elect Isa 45:4; Ps 135:4 •Foreknown Rom 11:1-2, which then explains Rom 8:29-30 Use free Bible software to do word studies. Look up a word to see all that God says about it. As the pastor said, use the easy and plain verses to inform the more difficult ones. This is a great tool!
This is very effective against Calvinism too. SCRIPTURE: John 14:6 KJV Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: *_no man cometh unto the Father, but by me._* CALVINISM: John 14:6 KJV Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the -Father- Son, but by -me- the Father.
Calvinists don't receive a specific list or definitive knowledge of who is predestined and who isn't. The doctrine of predestination, as understood within Calvinism, is based on the belief that God has chosen certain individuals for salvation according to His will, not based on human actions or merit. Calvinists believe that God's election or predestination is a hidden decree. They don't have direct access to this information in their present lives. Instead, they might look for signs or indications in their own lives, such as faith, good works, and perseverance, as potential indicators that they might be among the elect. However, these are not guarantees but rather potential reflections of God's grace working within them. Certainty about one's predestination isn't attainable according to Calvinist doctrine. They rely on faith in God's sovereignty and trust in His plan for salvation, recognizing that the ultimate knowledge of who is predestined rests with God alone.
So then what you have described as being the Calvinistic doctrine. Leaves individuals WITHOUT any total assurance that they are GUARANTEED eternal life. Whereas 1 John 5:10-13. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Amen Brother. First Corinthians 1:18. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness, but unto us who are saved it is the POWER of God. First Corinthians 1:21 For after that, by the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching to save them that BELIEVE. The simplicity of the GOSPEL. John 6:40 and John 6:29. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, First Corinthians 15:1-4, for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVETH, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
My church teaches fruit as the evidence for salvation. I'm not really comfortable with it bc I know where it leads. The confusion I have is that the scriptures tell us about the fruit of the spirit. Can someone explain the difference?
Galatians 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Once you have trusted Christ as your Savior, God wants you to follow his will in your life. His will is to act like Jesus did manifesting those fruits listed in Galatians 5:22-23. In other words do good and not evil. However, doing good is not a requirement to being saved or a requirement to staying saved. Once we are saved we still have a free will to either do good or do evil (commit sin). But because we accept Jesus' payment for our sin, doing evil does not revoke that payment. We are saved forever once we have trusted Christ. You can see this whole plan in 3 simple verses. Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. First, notice that salvation is through faith in God and not in ourselves. Second notice that God wants us to do good works after we are saved, but it's not a requirement (notice the word SHOULD in vs 10, it doesn't say MUST or WILL, but rather we should).
@@jjsmoley thank you. That makes sense. It got really confusing learning these things through calvinism bc I know that the Holy Spirit does help bring about these things in our lives. I guess the problem lies in trying to examine these fruits in our lives to prove we are saved instead of looking to faith in Jesus alone. It was such a subtle deception. It had me confused for a really long time
@@Liam0408 You are getting the false teaching of having 'fruit' to prove you are saved from Matthew 7. You need to start at verse 15 because the passage is about how to recognize false prophets. The fruit of a false prophet is his false doctrine. Calvinists and Lordship damnationists start at verse 16 in their attempt to deceive you and thereby take the meaning out of context. CONTEXT, CONTEXT, CONTEXT is how to interpret the Bible.
Arminians have there own acronym and calvanism has its own. Been a fued since the synod of dort. Just be biblical. When you are just biblical you will get accused of being calvanist.
Highly recommend Ken Wilson’s book the foundation of Augustinian Calvinism. Proof Calvin got his theology from Augustine who got it from the gnostic sects.
I don't think I heard any comments on Psalm 65:4, 78:67-72, Acts 13:48, John 3:58, Luke 10:22, John 6:44, Romans 8:28-30 or the entire 9th chapter of Romans. Pastor Tom, while obviously well-meaning, seems to be getting very close to advocating a universalist point of view. No salesman knows who his next customer will be, so he knocks on all doors. We don't know who the elect are, so we give our testimonies to anyone whom the Holy Spirit inclines us to. But God does know who will be saved and who will not based on His will. That's why it's called grace.
Actually there's more reason to believe in universalism if you have Calvinistic beliefs. I was raised by a Calvinist and right after I got saved and was coming out of Calvinism I did come to the conclusion that if it was true and all of Scripture was true then universalism would have to be true. Scripture says God will for all the be saved. So if he chose and made it happen it would just be everyone. But as scripture say it's through faith and we must choose to believe him. Not everyone believes so clearly universalism isn't true.
Thanks Pastor, very few people are actually willing to put the truth out there as they certainly will come under fire. Calvinism taken to it's logical conclusion makes God the author of sin.
Pastor Tom, Was pointed to your channel by Brother Gregg Jackson. Just wanted to say this message is a real blessing! I’m going to watch it again and take notes (after seeing part 2, which I’m hoping to find immediately following this video. This message was so clear, and makes refuting Calvinism and sharing the one true Gospel about the one true God of the Bible very simple and easy! I know you’ll give all the glory to God, and that’s the right thing. I still wanted to let you know I appreciate [you].
Honest question: im a recovering calvinist if you will and trying to untie some knots, but can someone explain the “Jacob i have loved and Esau I hated”. Before they were even born passage? This sure seems like an election argument on face value.
God loving Jacob and hating Esau has nothing to do with the human emotions of love and hate. It has everything to do with God choosing one man and his descendants and rejecting another man and his descendants. God chose Abraham out of all the men in the world. The Bible very well could say, “Abraham I loved, and every other man I hated.” God chose Abraham’s son Isaac instead of Abraham’s son Ishmael. The Bible very well could say, “Isaac I loved, and Ishmael I hated.” Romans chapter 9 makes it abundantly clear that loving Jacob and hating Esau was entirely related to which of them God chose.
This debate will go on till the end of time . You name 4 OUTSTANDING PASTORS ! We have much worse problems than Calvinism. Side note , SOOOO NICE to see a pastor in a suit and Tie!!!
I’m married to a 5-point calvinist for the past 7 years. She became one about a year before we got married. Yes, I was attending Faith Reformed Baptist Church in Media, Pa. in the beginning, but after researching it I stop going. I won’t force my wife to leave. Thanks for this teaching
Hey brother! I went to school briefly in Media, PA. I'm from Montgomery County originally (Norristown, Plymouth Meeting, etc.). I'll pray for you and your wife, and wish you both well. I have some Calvinist teachers in my church and we've been going back and forth on the doctrine. I've recently worked out why the Total Depravity doctrine doesn't work, if you're ever interested to know about it. If TD fails (and it does), then the ULIP begins to break down also. Otherwise, I completely understand and respect your honoring your wife's choice. Best wishes, and God's grace and peace to you both!
When I was a teen, once Calvinism was explained to me, I thought that’s what Christianity was. I thought it was horrible and I walked away from church. Glory to God, He brought me back when I was older.
It is horrible, and it's a terrible distortion of the Bible. I'm glad you're back!
Whoever explained it to you explained it wrong if you walked away. Calvinism is the truth. It's clearly taught in Scripture
Right. There is no good news in calvinism
And that was the devils intention when he created calvinism/reformed heresy.
It truly is a disgusting and satanic heresy.
It makes me glad you got brought back and shown the truth.
“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
Calvinists don't like that verse.
Who is he writing to? Who is he talking about? You are ignoring the context (a key to correct hermeneutics). Besides, what is the will of God? Because of Daniel and other texts, you need to distinguish between God's moral will (what he would humans to do) and his all-powerful decretive will that Daniel says can't be thwarted. So, I would ask you if God willed it, would come to pass without fail?
Ten years calvinists. Love that family. Had to leave them. Absolutely could not stand any more reformed calvinist doctrine. Thank you for this wonderful sermon.
23 years in Calvinist hell. Now I am free to worship Jesus and not a doctrine.
@@ShowCat1the only consistent Arminian is an open theist
Prove it. We want to hear your arguments.
@@patrolman602Why do you Calvinists assume that the opposite of y'all is Arminianism. Both are wrong 😂
That's about how long I was in it too. Yes, there are some good folks there....but once you see the flaws of the system you can't un-see it.
Thank you Pastor for clarifying this important argument!
Heaven is a Gift not a Reward!
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6:23 🙏❤️
“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.” Rev. 22:12
@@ducatiist I'm assuming you are trying to imply that the reward referred to in Rev 22:12 is salvation and that you must earn it. However, that is not correct interpretation of that verse. Salvation (going to heaven) is a gift, not a reward, as was already stated. Rev 22:12 is referring to the rewards that believers will receive in heaven for the good works they have done once they trusted Christ as their Savior.
1 Corinthians 3
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Correct!!
@@jjsmoley 🙌
this verse saved me out of Calvinism!
Without the grace of God all of us are corrupt and have no ability to overcome sin. "And you has he quickened when you were dead in your trespasses and sins... by grace you have been saved, through faith...it is the gift if God."
Amen. Faith is the gift of God
Salvation is the gift of God, received by grace through faith.
Salvation is the gift. Faith is the means by which we receive it.
Salvation is the gift. We can’t save ourselves so God does the work for us and gifts it to us by his Grace. Salvation is by grace through faith. The whole statement is the gift. Meaning it’s free, we didn’t earn it, we didn’t work for it, we just believe, accept by faith, and receive. That’s a free will choice we make yes, but our faith is not a work, meaning it doesn’t merit our salvation, God did that on the cross. Faith in its nature is passive. The Calvinist view makes it seem to me as if faith is a work. Which we know it’s not Ephesians 2:8-10
True!
@@scotthamilton814being saved by His grace is the gift - we are saved by believing and having faith
The way you explained perseverance of the Saints is not how I’ve ever understood it to be explained in Calvinism. It seems like you have a more, I guess catholic interpretation of it. My understanding of perseverance of the Saints is that the Lord will keep us and that we will persevere, not that we will never fall out if fellowship with him for a time, but that we will always come back…that we will never walk away from the faith completely.
I am a former 5-point. Thank you for this teaching! I added it to my website.
Glad you saw the truth. God bless you
There came a time three years ago when I thought Calvinism was driving me mad. And I asked God to show me the truth of it. He led me to the excellent Soteriology 101 channel here on RUclips, and to John Lennox's marvelous refutation of Calvinism, "Determined to Believe?" ( There is plenty of Lennox on RUclips, but most of it is apologetic for Christianity, some of it deals with the falsity of Calvinism. )
I'm in a PCA church which perhaps has been kinder to me than I deserve: there's always a spy, a snitch, and one of them, who follows my comments under another name on Substacks, brought my comments ragging on Calvinism to the pastor's attention. This has made me nervous. I'm disabled, have a preposterously low income, and the church supplements it marvelously. So far, no threats about that.
And if it happens, I will remind my pastor and the elders that I haven't yet suffered martyrdom, and offer to allow myself to be burned at the stake behind the church.
Thank you for sharing the truth. I was raised in Calvinism, I am free now!!
Donna Jones. Absolute assurance can only come from our SaviorJesus Christ. So grateful for Blessed Assurance.
Calvin simply wrote out what Scripture set forth.
@@JimQuinlanEnergyFinance Calvin butchered Scripture.
Lordship salvation is the cousin to Calvinism.
Both damnable heresies.
@@The-GreenHornet exactly Satan has many coins
Choose a side it's still hell
No such thing as lesser of 2 evils
Evil is evil
If the light in thine eye be darkness OH HOW GREAT A DARKNESS IS THAT?
Excellent series, so wonderful to see how great our God is and always has been to man.
Ive been watching a lot of john maccarther. This saddens me. He seems like a very smart man, yet is very decieved. Years ago a friend tried to get me to believe in calvanism. I rejected it. She said we could not be friends then. I was haertbroke. She had an agenda. Thank you for this video.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:44 ESV
Here's what that doesn't say: 'God will only draw some people and only they will be saved'. That's not what it says. Jesus also said if He was raised up He would draw all men to Himself. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.” (John 12:32, NASB). It doesn't mean all will beleive, which is a requirement. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:40, NASB)
Re-examine your definition of the word “dead.” This is where Calvinist are wrong. It does not mean man is incapable of placing faith in Christ.
Yes the Holy Spirit draws him. And he draws everyone (John 12) some respond in faith, some do not. The verse you reference does not refute His drawing all men. It emphasizes the work of the Spirit.
I'm confused by the responses. The verse speaks of the Father's drawing. One comment responded with something about the Son's drawing, and another comment mentioned the Spirit drawing. Are we Modalists or Unitarians here? If not, how does that address OP?
Unitarianism at it's best.
Yes, unsaved people have compassion because when we got into a car wreck last Monday, there were quite a few unsaved people that helped us!!
How do you know they were unsaved?
Most people, saved or unsaved, believe that you should help people in tragic situations. Most people, on the other hand, do not believe the gospel, nor can they without God revealing it to them.
@@willp.8120Yes, God must reveal the truth of the gospel to us, but isnt that what He is beginning to do when He draws "all men unto" Himself (John 12:32)? Or when He is "the Light that lightest every man who comes into the world" (in John 1)?
Jesus said God hides His truth from the 'wise and prudent", and reveals it to the "babes". Both could be whom He had predestined them to be, EXCEPT that the wise and prudent can become as little children, willing to believe God, and then, it can be revealed unto them, too, a thing which has happen to many wise and prudent people, when they came to the end of themselves. It is stated negatively, that "unless" we "become as little children", we "shall in no wise enter the kingdom". Even though it is stated negatively, it does mean that there is hope for people when we are too wise in our own eyes. We, too, can repent, turning and becoming willing to believe God. The fact that we can repent and turn to Him as little children, doesn't fit anyone being predestined for either heaven or for hell. In fact, if that Bible verse is true, predestination to heaven or hell is a lie; and if predestination to heaven or hell is true, what Jesus said would be a lie! That doesn't have to shake our faith, because the predestination of everything that would ever happen, including who would be saved and who would remain lost is not taught anywhere in the Bible. Bible predestination is of specific things, not everything that would ever happen. That predestination of everything is a pagan, not a Biblical, idea. It comes through Augustine, who changed what he'd taught for 26 years, and taught this doctrine the last 15 years of his life. It was very close to what the Manichaean gnostics had taught, when he belonged to them. The Bible doesn't teach it anywhere.
Setting aside these doctrines allows us to trust God again. God does not lie. "It is not the will of the Father that one of these little ones perish"-Jesus.
The perseverance of the saints presented here as Calvinist is actually Arminian
I do believe God's word does warn us of apostasy.
I know this channel is anti-Catholic, but the best advice I ever got on this was from a Catholic priest, "do not believe in perseverance of the saints, instead believe in the perseverance of God the Son."
What about Jesus said" no one comes to me except God cent him to me".
Well, you can ignore that, and attack His preaching in John 6 by calling it "Calvinism"...
Or you believe what He says.
That verse is about opportunity and not about limitations.
Draw him, not send him. There is a big difference.
John 6 is old covenant - but if we keep reading the gospel of John, in chapter 12 verse 32 Jesus says: “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.””
Context is key to trying to understand.
You're right.
This is probably the most succinct and powerful refutation of Calvinism I have ever heard. Well done Pastor Tom!
I agree with you fully.
Amen, Gregg! Love your channel!
Amen, Bro Gregg
Agreed!!
Amen Greg ! It's excellent.
I'm glad to hear this sermon. This has been one of my pet peeves for years. So many educated people believe Calvinism, even though it is so clear in the Scriptures that we have freewill. This belief is like a weed vine that is weaving itself into churches that did not formerly believe it, and keeping the congergation confused. It's kinda like an honor, or a sign of being highly educated. I term it "I'm saved, sorry about you!" Would our loving God choose people to go to hell? You can't have it one way without it going the other.
Me too! A 19-year old at the time, bought into this and tried to convert me to Calvinism. Calvinists want to convert Christians to calvinism but not sinners to Christianity.
Calvanism tore our church apart when a new Pastor was hired to replace our outgoing Pastor of 35 years due to his wife's health. The new Pastor was very subtle and at about the three year mark when he was supposed to sign the agreement (annually) to ascribe to the beliefs in our constitution and by laws he would not and said he was going to change things up....Split the body in two, half of us had to leave, then within a year, he was gone back to work in the secular world... SAD that MAN thinks they KNOW or INTERPRET on their OWN who is saved and who is not saved....
Satan desires to sift us like wheat sister Lori
Praise God you weren't caught in the threshing wind as chaff
And reach out to them that were in love and truth and try and get them back to the foot of the cross
First mistake is "hiring a pastor" Not found in scripture.
This is typical. It's happened dozens & dozens of times.
TULIP teaches nothing about Jesus - and so Jesus died in vain?!! I have so many "friends" that believe in either 1 or all of TULIP. Praying for them and often try to show their trust in God is wrong. Sad!!!
Wonderful point, sister!
And I'll pray for you
Once sealed always sealed!
Are you saying, once saved always saved?
If so, the Bible does make it clear one can fall away from faith and lose salvation.
@@jedimasterham2 scripture?
Once saved always saved is a perversion of the Calvinist doctrine of the perseverance of the saints.
@@flixlouder8558 read 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly " dividing " the word of truth.
@@flixlouder8558 If that's true, explain Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
I am not a Calvinist but I believe that John MacArthur and other Calvinist will be in heaven ❤
you might like JM but Gal 1:8-9 would clarify that the man teaching that people were chosen to salvation *_before_* the foundation of the world is not the gospel so that man is accursed.
why arent u one if u belive they will be in HEAVEN?
How come you believe that?
Why?...Just because you believe so?
They preach another gospel, a accursed gospel (Galatians 1:6-9, 10-12).
The Apostle Paul wrote against any gospel that adds ANY works-righteousness obedience works for proof of so-called salvation.
The TRUE gospel is...
For by grace alone through faith alone in trusting in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ alone (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).
Jesus Christ alone through his BLOOD ATONEMENT alone PAID IN FULL for all sins of the whole world.
A individual has to believe in the true Gospel in order to be saved.
By grace alone through faith alone in trusting in Jesus Christ alone through his blood atonement alone for salvation. WITHOUT ANY...works-righteousness obedience, fruit bearing or any other merit by a individual.
Grace = Unmerited Favor!
NOTHING in my hands do I bring, only to the Cross do I cling. Where that precious crimson blood was shed on Calvary's cross.
CALVINIZM is another gospel. It is NOT good news. They are very sincere in what they believe, but they are sincerely WRONG! YE MUST BE SPIRITUALLY BORN AGAIN (John 3:3).
Awesome sermon as always! Prayers for all those caught up in Calvinism, that they will come out of it! Thank you for sharing the true Gospel. Love in Christ 😊🙏❤
Thank you excellent video. Calvinism is not biblical at ALL.
This is sad. One way or another, churches are being influenced by Calvinism. Some took portions of it (most of them adopting the "P" in TULIP), while others became 5 pointers. For you, why do you think Calvinism appeals to many Christians today?
They accept it because they are taught it as true in their catechism or confession of faith.
Kaiser Digz. I think the “P “ appeals to many Christians today because human nature cannot accept the fact that we can do absolutely nothing to save ourselves or to keep us saved! It is all the work of Jesus Christ! The finished work on the Cross. I constantly remind myself that “HE” is holding on to me” NOT “ME” holding on to HIM”! WHAT FREEDOM; WHAT PRIVILEGE; YET WHAT RESPONSIBILITY! His law is written in my heart. I think that is what our Christian Community is missing today because we do not take the indwelling leadership of the Holy Spirit seriously as One who will guide, teach, protect, confirm and convict. True freedom; the POWER TO LIVE AS LED BY HIS SPIRIT.
This man preached the truth in love .
Amen. Great teaching.
I want to join Norland Bible Baptist church. This is my doctrinal beliefs. I have a Calvinist pastor who does his best to obscure the fact he is. Nice chap, good preacher, lousy doctrine.
I agree
I am very confused by your sermon and what I see as apparent contradictions to other bible passages in both the Old and New Testaments...I'll just focus on the new for now...
Your definition of Repentance seems different from most of the passages below. Help me understand.
Matthew 3:8
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:4
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 3:3
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Acts 13:24
Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 19:4
And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means, “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Mark 1:15
And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Luke 5:31-32
And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 17:3
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Mark 6:12
So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 3:19
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.
Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 8:22
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 17:30
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
James 5:19-20
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Luke 15:7
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:10
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
2 Corinthians 7:9-10
As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
Luke 13:3
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Romans 2:4-5
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
Hebrews 12:17
For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
1 John 1:6
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Revelation 2:16
Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
Repentance means a change of mind. Check out Pastor's booklet on the subject. faithconnector.s3.amazonaws.com/northlandchurch/downloads/repentance_booklet.pdf
God bless you...a true man of God calling out a false gospel of calvinism
God is sovereign in the affairs of men
Yes, God is sovereign even though he created man in their image with free will.
Yes and no…because we are Adam’s descendants we are sinners, not because we sin, we have no choice, but because we have inherited his sinful nature.
I have to say, having listened to this message while cleaning my barn tonight (10/27/23), this is one of the best sermons on/refutations of Calvinism I have ever heard. Praise God. Thank you, Pastor, and may the Lord use it to protect His sheep, and open the eyes of those living under this yoke.
This is one of the best and simple explanations I’ve ever heard from Calvin and I’ve listened to a lot of them. Great job.
Calvinism false teachings exposed and refuted. Thank you!
7:19 “…I consider to be a global theological pandemic.” Oh my word 🤦🏻♂️😂😂😂
@@kellywilsonid From what I can tell that statement is right on target and it's getting much worse, not better.
I will be sharing this far and wide.
Best full explanation I've heard, happy to have found your channel!
I respectfully believe that you have a false interpretation of Calvinism.
Clear it up for us, then.
I listened through his explanation of total depravity and knew the rest would be just as bad.
False!
of course a Calvinist would accuse someone disagreeing with Calvinism as possessing a "false interpretation of Calvinism".
no Calvinist *_ever_* admits someone disagreeing with Calvinism could possibly understand it.... even when we use the very quotes of Calvinist teachers themselves
Yes, listening to this message grieves me so much because so many are so easily tricked. Thank you for this message.
When I was first I really did inherit to calvinistic views of predestination of election. I no longer am a calvinist anymore. I still attend a calvinist church and debate this topic quite a bit with the elders and pastors of my church. When it comes down to it I don't feel that this battle is really worth the time and effort because even a calvinist doesn't know who the elect are versus who is not elect so the preaching has to be to everyone anyway. I also think it depends on the individual when I became a calvinist it was because the order of my regeneration two believing in Christ. I spoke to God for the first time in 30 years, was then regenerated in an absolutely supernatural event, which caused me to go to the and read. The scriptures for the first time ever in my life made sense to me and I professed Christ is my Lord and Savior a few days later. That's not going to be for everyone and that's why I'm not a calvinist because all of our stories are different.
If you are not a calvinist, to stay in a church that teaches such a flaw in the character of God is to your harm.
God so loved the world, this is a fact. Whosoever believeth is also a fact. God has given to every man a measure of faith. Mans pride will cause him to take that bit of faith and avoid its benifit because he loves his sin. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. All scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. A mans faith comes from hearing God's word so that the small measure God gave him may grow and thereby produce repentance.
God doesn't needmen to go to hell to bring glory to himself. This is flawed thinking and understanding of God. God is asea (if I spelled it correctly) . That simply means that he doesn't need anything to add to his being God and nothing can take away from him and make him less than he is. The fact is that God is God. He isn't dependent upon anything, period. He is almighty. It is man that needs him.
My advice, find a true church, one who's doctrine is the same as the apostles.
The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.
Such a beautiful, powerful testimony. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
i love it....names have been named so others can know who NOT to listen to.......great teaching......needed for sure......we live in chaotic times and much knowledge is needed by all who are saved......we cant even comprehend eternity and how long that is......the bible does say though that few find salvation, so how many then is few????......
Sproul is particularly destructive. He got so convoluted with his philosophical discursions that he never noticed how far afield of what the Bible actually teaches he got.
During the flood, 8 souls out of millions were saved. During the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 3 souls were saved out of tens of thousands.
When the Bible says a few, it really means a few.
Clear and easy to understand. Thank you and God bless!
Thank you
Very well-presented. Calvinism is dangerous to the body of Christ. Speakers like yourself, Dennis Rokser, Andrew Woods among others are doing a great service re-educating believers of the true nature of God, His Christ, His Spirit and His gospel.
Pastor Andy Woods 👍🏻👍🏻
Mathew 9:12 and 13 'They that are whole need not a physician,, but they that are sick...for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.' Neither righteousness nor sin is imputed. We inherited the curse of sin, but not the culpability unless each of us commits sin.
How is Calvinism dangerous. Nobody seems to be answering that question. It seems to me to be a whole bunch of hoopla for no reason.
How is "Calvinism" dangerous to the body of Christ?
all the man made doctrines are Calvinism Catholicism dispensationalism, pretrib postmillennialism, classical partial preterism, Men twist the word of God to their own destruction
Thank you for sharing the truth. God bless your ministry.
I am curious your thoughts on Jacob and Esau. Before birth. “Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated”
See Pastor's commentary on Romans 9:13. www.secureforever.org/romans9
Calvinism should not matter. Interesting to discuss in house otherwise....just preach to the lost about Hell and by their acceptance of Christ as their savior....they go to Heaven
the REAL trojan horse is the Progressive Christian .
There is more than one Trojan horse, unfortunately.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. I appreciate your teaching. I love listening to the true gospel. Faith comes by hearing the true word of God.
Awsome service pastor,,God bless you in Jesus Christ Name ..much love Christian family from Ruskin, Florida..
Is God ABSOLUTELY SOVEREIGN, not just ‘MERELY SOVEREIGN’ or NOMINALLY SOVEREIGN as you suggest, but ABSOLUTELY SOVEREIGN?
Is there a scripture you would like to share that explicitly states your proposition?
Yes he is absolutely sovereign. He sovereignty determined that salvation shall be through faith
I love your videos. So glad I found your church, wish I lived close enough to attend.
Praise God for you, Pastor, for preaching truth. Glory to God. Matthew 5:16. Jesus is my Glory and the Glory of all who Believe.
WHY is it that you FEW who preach the TRUTH from the ONLY Bible have so few subscribers? I'll never understand. I'm up to 4 Pastors to listen to now. (Yankee is one!) God bless you!
EDIT -- A verse they use is Romans 9:1.. ugh!
Mary Mclocke. The simple answer I think to your question is that “strait is the gate and narrow is the way”; ( Matt. 7:14). The vast majority have no appetite for TRUTH. It is too hard to hear.
Mary would you share the Pastors teaching the Truth. So disappointed to find out the ones I trusted were Calvinists.
@@grac27 Yankee Arnold, UGC RUclips channel, Andy Woods, and another RUclips channel called Good Hope if I remember correctly
Freddie Coile also
@@densershepherd4479 and why do you? are you so much better then they?
Thank you for this message. I really needed this. Just escaped a Calvinist church.
An absolutely wonderful sermon, Pastor. A former Calvinist thanks you wholeheartedly.
This is a Blessed and Timely Message.
20 years ago I studied deeply into Calvinism and at the time concluded I was a three-point calvinist. I've been slowly drifting away from that stance while looking into lordship salvation. After watching this video I'm totally convinced all five points of Calvinism are absolutely biblically false. The scriptures chosen here totally dismantled every point of TULIP.
I was also becoming something like a 3 point calvinist. I think what confused me the most was the teaching about works as evidence for salvation. The reason I was deceived is because the Bible does mention the fruit of the spirit, so it made sense to me at the time. But then I grew really introspective, constantly examining myself for evidence of salvation, finding that I was coming up short every time and always would bc holiness requires 100% perfection. It was torchure. It destroyed my mental health. I'm still trying to repair the damage, but glad to be getting back to the true Gospel I learned as a child. Through faith in Christ alone
Lordship salvation is also a false doctrine.
Watch his teaching on count down too armadgeddon
@@Liam0408
Child of God, I too have been deceived of understanding the believers position as an adoptive child of God. One area that has given me peace and joy over a tortured soul was in Ephesians chapter 1. I see now that the false doctrines of lordship following of Jesus Christ are being applied to our state in the flesh. This can wreak havoc to the life of the child of God. I pray you study carefully the scriptures here. You may begin to see that once you become His child you are like the thread of a needle, with Jesus Christ being the needle. All our spiritual blessings are IN CHRIST. Chosen in Him. The second we put our faith in Him, God made us a new spiritual creation. A new thread and the Holy Spirit threaded that thread in Christ, the needle. After that God's plan is to reveal to us all the great things He HAS DONE FOR US as new creatures. With God, it is always what He has done, never on what we have done or should do. He alone has prepared the way for us from the foundation of the world and He wants us to see the complete plan so we can have complete assurance and not have doubts and worries. Consider every time He uses the Scriptures IN HIM and our understanding of His marvelous substitutionary sacrifice has done for us. We are His workmanship created IN CHRIST JESUS. The Holy Spirit baptised us into Christ, a union that cannot be severed. We are sealed. We are grafted into the body of Christ. The church. We sit back and learn about all the blessings HE ALONE HAS DONE FOR US. I pray His Words of Truth will open up our eyes more and more from the many lies that Satan has for distracting us from knowing the glorious blessings that God has provided to those IN CHRIST.
God bless you, brother Damon
Thank you so much! The Calvinism heresy is absolutely destructive! I greatly appreciate your teaching!
My wife and I were looking for a Baptist church in our area. We went to a Church where the man use to be a teacher at a local seminary. Very well spoken and seemed to be of the word. But I started noticing things that he would say here and there, over time. And we would be like that just don’t sound or read right. Long story short, he had us doubting our salvation. But we just couldn’t find backing for what he was saying. He used a handful of verses that could be looked at in a certain way only if you threw out the rest of the Bible. He was a Calvinist. We are looking for another Church.
Praise the Lord Christ that you could detect that danger!
You KNOW the voice of the shepherd, brother!
I am a biblicist and Calvin and I have the same conclusion on a plethora of salvation passages like "In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures."
- James 1:18
The rule of grammar has directed us to the same conclusion.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING ❤
Well done, Pastor.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-4 KJV
JOHN 3:16 KJV
EPHESIANS 2 8-9 KJV
1 JOHN 5:13 KJV
It has been suggested to me that the Geneva Bible is a Calvinist Bible, is that correct?
Thank you pastor Tom. Praise God the father and God the son for their love and mercy. Gb
Calvinism is horrendous. Thank you Pastor for biblical teaching.
I am so confused about whether i am saved or not. Listened to John MacArthur for decades. But Paul washer is Reformed Baptist. Every church i have belonged to has been baptist. Now i am so confused i dont go to any church and i feel so bad that i cant stop sinning that i am scared im not saved. Several calvanists say if you dont go to church you arent saved. I dont know what to rhink. I tbought i was saved and got upset with Him and walked away for several years, but went back. But now i wonder if i was saved even though i couldnt get enough bible back then. I have felt drawn off and on all my life. I repent almost daily trying to feel saved. Its driving me crazy. I feel defeated. Never found but one baptist church that seemed to have love for the brethren. But we moved 200 miles away and tried another for 5 or 6 years and never was allowed to be a true part of the church. Maybe because we are from the city and this is a very small town. I dont know. Im so scared now because i am so confused. I know God is not the author of confusion. But do i go baptist or reformed baptist or calvanism? I hope this helps. Off to listen.
Maybe this will help you? ruclips.net/video/FGSCNptdRtg/видео.html
We are saved by our faith (alone) in what Jesus did - not what we have (or have not) done. Period. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: 'For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.' If anyone tells you that your good works can save you they are deceiving you. Salvation is a gift. All we have to do is receive it (believe). Then our position in Christ is secure for all eternity. He said 'It is finished' meaning it is paid in full. 1 John 5:13 says: 'These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.' We all sin and we all continue to sin. Our carnal (self) nature is still at war with our new (born again) spiritual nature. Jesus has already won the victory over sin, the devil, and death and He has made us righteous and take n our sin on himself. We are declared righteous even though we still sin. Don't beat yourself up. Just believe John 3:16. The thief on the cross just believed. Everyone who waters down the gospel and makes it a work or our own efforts is preaching a false gospel. Jesus is your saviour. Believe the good news. His grace is so amazing. All religion seeks to get there by their own efforts somehow or they add stuff and pollute the truth. The book of Galatians warns against these false gospels and says they have fallen from grace. Buy this guys books or download them. He is correct. God bless you. Forget reformed theology, it is error. I am a pastor. Trust me. I used to listen to Paul Washer years ago then I realised he is a Lordship salvation teacher. Lordship Salvation teaches you have to have Jesus Lord of every single part of your life or you are not saved. It's all about your works. If your salvation is dependent on you and all you are doing is looking at your own performance then you have completely missed the boat. We are to be fixing our eyes on Jesus, not ourselves. Hebrews 12:2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Excellent teaching!
God draws all men unto Him and He gives a measure of faith to every man, it's then up to us to decide where to place our faith.
I have calvanist friends who teach it but just dont have that joy of the Lord but seem so pretentious though lovely people but dogmatic to calvanism.Colossians 2:8 has been a scripture that has guided my path for years always checking the fruit.
@@richardosborne2067
Great verse brother.
Excellent! Also enjoyed time stamped transcription.
I find your opinion that 10% of humanity will be saved very interesting since I have heard that 10% represents a remnant. Thank you so much for addressing Calvinism. My church has gone the way of Calvinism and it absolutely breaks my heart. I try my best not to be abrasive when I in Sunday School, but when my Sunday school teacher’s wife replied “it is a mystery” when I expressed my refusal of a point of Calvinism we were discussing in class, I just wanted to say no it is a lie! A former SS teacher’s wife made the bold statement when it was clear I was not buying into this Calvinism that if you are not a Calvinist, you are an Arminian and Arminians are going to hell. I just sat there in shock. I didn’t even know what Arminianism was. Once I searched what that was, I realized she was totally wrong. I’m not a Calvinist or an Arminian. For a while, until I found channels like Soteriology 101, I didn’t know what to call myself except “old school Baptist”. Thanks again for this message. I will definitely be listening to more.
What do you believe now? Why are you not an Arminian, and what do you believe about the gospel?
@@Kefalonia31Why do people think that there's only 2 options? Calvinism and Arminianism are both heresies 😅
The Calvinists are using stealth methods to take over sound, Bible believing churches. Their "pastors" come in unawares, not revealing what they really believe until the opportune time for them.
EXACT same thing happened to me. I went 50 years into my life not knowing what Calvinism was, then it just smacked me in the face. It was obvious to me that if Calvinism was true, then God is the author of sin. That is the logical conclusion to Calvinism, and I just can't throw something at it like, "It's a mystery". The only "mystery" spoken of in the bible is HOW did God come as a human, in the form of Jesus Christ, WHO existed from eternity? How can we understand the nature and essence of a triune God? That is the only "mystery" spoken of in the bible.
WE believe God because He proved His love for us, in the person of Jesus Christ, dying for our sins, so that we can have a relationship with Him thru His Spirit. How is this possible? It's a mystery. That's it. There is no mystery how God can love EVERYBODY, but then Calvinists say God chose only a few for salvation. Then God doesn't love everybody. No mystery there.
That is devastating to watch happening in your community.
AMEN... NOT ENOUGH PASTORS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SERMON.... They either do not understand how to preach it, or they are afraid to touch the 3rd rail for the sake of 'unity'.... But they leave their members unprepared to counter the Calvinist prooftexts and carefully crafted arguments. If Calvinists ever gain a foothold of leadership in a body of believers, they will never offer the same grace which they enjoyed to those who disagree with them. It becomes 'my way or the highway' rather quick. And many will lie about their 'doctrine' in order to gain positions of leadership. ... Stealth Calvinism is a 'thing' which is destroying many churches.
Literally living this out RIGHT NOW. 😢 Trojan horse for sure. And where were our "men of God"/deacons to stand in the gateway to stop them???? Sitting back checking boxes with their actions and "keeping the peace.!" 😡
PREACH!!
I was in a stealth Calvinist church. After a month of being there they started back up a John MacArthur Bible study & I started to hear things that contradicted scripture & some that were making scripture say something it doesn’t say. We tried to talk to the pastor & his wife about our concerns, but they refused to meet with us to discuss it further. We knew it was time to leave.
I forgot to add, too, that this is how to let the Bible define and explain itself:
Who are the chosen, elect, the saints, the predestined?
•Israel chosen Isa 41:8-9, 44:1; Deut 7:6 (holy ones, “saints,” to be a special people), 14:1-2 (also you are the children of the Lord your God)
•Elect Isa 45:4; Ps 135:4
•Foreknown Rom 11:1-2, which then explains Rom 8:29-30
Use free Bible software to do word studies. Look up a word to see all that God says about it. As the pastor said, use the easy and plain verses to inform the more difficult ones. This is a great tool!
This is very effective against Calvinism too.
SCRIPTURE:
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: *_no man cometh unto the Father, but by me._*
CALVINISM:
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the -Father- Son, but by -me- the Father.
Calvinists don't receive a specific list or definitive knowledge of who is predestined and who isn't. The doctrine of predestination, as understood within Calvinism, is based on the belief that God has chosen certain individuals for salvation according to His will, not based on human actions or merit.
Calvinists believe that God's election or predestination is a hidden decree. They don't have direct access to this information in their present lives. Instead, they might look for signs or indications in their own lives, such as faith, good works, and perseverance, as potential indicators that they might be among the elect. However, these are not guarantees but rather potential reflections of God's grace working within them.
Certainty about one's predestination isn't attainable according to Calvinist doctrine. They rely on faith in God's sovereignty and trust in His plan for salvation, recognizing that the ultimate knowledge of who is predestined rests with God alone.
Amen
So then what you have described as being the Calvinistic doctrine.
Leaves individuals WITHOUT any total assurance that they are GUARANTEED eternal life.
Whereas 1 John 5:10-13.
10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Thank you Holy Spirit for the truth of the Word of God.Pastor Concuzza I just love your ministry...
Amen Brother. First Corinthians 1:18. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness, but unto us who are saved it is the POWER of God. First Corinthians 1:21 For after that, by the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching to save them that BELIEVE. The simplicity of the GOSPEL. John 6:40 and John 6:29.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, First Corinthians 15:1-4, for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVETH, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Agree with you. I've never seen you before, but to today.
Great message, thank you Pastor.😊👍🌷
God bless you pastor Cucuzza , very informative program
Have you used 2 Peter 3:9 for the scripture that backs up God does not want anyone to perish?
My church teaches fruit as the evidence for salvation. I'm not really comfortable with it bc I know where it leads. The confusion I have is that the scriptures tell us about the fruit of the spirit. Can someone explain the difference?
Galatians 5:
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Once you have trusted Christ as your Savior, God wants you to follow his will in your life. His will is to act like Jesus did manifesting those fruits listed in Galatians 5:22-23. In other words do good and not evil. However, doing good is not a requirement to being saved or a requirement to staying saved. Once we are saved we still have a free will to either do good or do evil (commit sin). But because we accept Jesus' payment for our sin, doing evil does not revoke that payment. We are saved forever once we have trusted Christ.
You can see this whole plan in 3 simple verses.
Ephesians 2:
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
First, notice that salvation is through faith in God and not in ourselves.
Second notice that God wants us to do good works after we are saved, but it's not a requirement (notice the word SHOULD in vs 10, it doesn't say MUST or WILL, but rather we should).
@@jjsmoley thank you. That makes sense. It got really confusing learning these things through calvinism bc I know that the Holy Spirit does help bring about these things in our lives. I guess the problem lies in trying to examine these fruits in our lives to prove we are saved instead of looking to faith in Jesus alone. It was such a subtle deception. It had me confused for a really long time
@@Liam0408 You are getting the false teaching of having 'fruit' to prove you are saved from Matthew 7. You need to start at verse 15 because the passage is about how to recognize false prophets. The fruit of a false prophet is his false doctrine. Calvinists and Lordship damnationists start at verse 16 in their attempt to deceive you and thereby take the meaning out of context. CONTEXT, CONTEXT, CONTEXT is how to interpret the Bible.
The bible teaches you will know prophets by their fruit. I don't think it ever says you will know believers that way.
Those that are not depraved don’t need a Savior!
Amen!!!! Such an awesome truth spoken. God bless you.
I attended a mega Baptist church and I believe they follow some of the tulip teachings. How do you know? This preacher is from a Baptist church?
Arminians have there own acronym and calvanism has its own. Been a fued since the synod of dort. Just be biblical. When you are just biblical you will get accused of being calvanist.
Thank you for breaking this down so well, Pastor Tom!
Bravo brother!!! Clear, concise, Biblical…
Highly recommend Ken Wilson’s book the foundation of Augustinian Calvinism. Proof Calvin got his theology from Augustine who got it from the gnostic sects.
I don't think I heard any comments on Psalm 65:4, 78:67-72, Acts 13:48, John 3:58, Luke 10:22, John 6:44, Romans 8:28-30 or the entire 9th chapter of Romans. Pastor Tom, while obviously well-meaning, seems to be getting very close to advocating a universalist point of view. No salesman knows who his next customer will be, so he knocks on all doors. We don't know who the elect are, so we give our testimonies to anyone whom the Holy Spirit inclines us to. But God does know who will be saved and who will not based on His will. That's why it's called grace.
Actually there's more reason to believe in universalism if you have Calvinistic beliefs. I was raised by a Calvinist and right after I got saved and was coming out of Calvinism I did come to the conclusion that if it was true and all of Scripture was true then universalism would have to be true. Scripture says God will for all the be saved. So if he chose and made it happen it would just be everyone. But as scripture say it's through faith and we must choose to believe him. Not everyone believes so clearly universalism isn't true.
Thank you for the clarity you brought to the truth! T4G persuaded my 2 boys. They don’t want to stay with what they were taught growing up.
Thanks Pastor, very few people are actually willing to put the truth out there as they certainly will come under fire.
Calvinism taken to it's logical conclusion makes God the author of sin.
God is not the author of sin. But He is divine and could have prevented it if He chose to.
@@chadmoore9336 Yes 💯 brother.
He has foreknowledge, but that doesn't mean that He foreordained evil.
This was so good!! Thank you Pastor Tom for sharing the truth!!
Pastor Tom,
Was pointed to your channel by Brother Gregg Jackson.
Just wanted to say this message is a real blessing! I’m going to watch it again and take notes (after seeing part 2, which I’m hoping to find immediately following this video.
This message was so clear, and makes refuting Calvinism and sharing the one true Gospel about the one true God of the Bible very simple and easy!
I know you’ll give all the glory to God, and that’s the right thing. I still wanted to let you know I appreciate [you].
Good preaching 🎉❤
The Preservation of the saints is their fuel for their perseverance.
Honest question: im a recovering calvinist if you will and trying to untie some knots, but can someone explain the “Jacob i have loved and Esau I hated”. Before they were even born passage? This sure seems like an election argument on face value.
Please e-mail the Church and Pastor will be glad to answer your question. www.northlandchurch.com/contact-us
God loving Jacob and hating Esau has nothing to do with the human emotions of love and hate. It has everything to do with God choosing one man and his descendants and rejecting another man and his descendants. God chose Abraham out of all the men in the world. The Bible very well could say, “Abraham I loved, and every other man I hated.” God chose Abraham’s son Isaac instead of Abraham’s son Ishmael. The Bible very well could say, “Isaac I loved, and Ishmael I hated.” Romans chapter 9 makes it abundantly clear that loving Jacob and hating Esau was entirely related to which of them God chose.
so this means Esau was doomed to hell from the start?
so he's in hell? what does scripture say about his ultimate fate?
@@blackfalkon4189 Heb.12:16,17. The Calvinists never mention these verses but they explain why God rejected Esau.
Norman Geisler explains Jacob I loved Esau I hated in this sermon.
ruclips.net/video/xwNZhdPqGDE/видео.html
Bless you pastor
This debate will go on till the end of time . You name 4 OUTSTANDING PASTORS ! We have much worse problems than Calvinism. Side note , SOOOO NICE to see a pastor in a suit and Tie!!!
The book of Ephesians makes the issue crystal clear.
Subscribed from Tampa
Simple question....given the same information presented....why does person A reject Christ, while person B accept Christ?