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"The Abominable Affirmation, Or Jay Adams Versus Jesus Christ. By Doug Kutilek, 11303
Springwater Drive, Route 3, Clearwater, KS 67026
"Dr. Jay Adams, whose training is in speech but whose writings are chiefly in the area of
counseling, has made what is to me the most abominable, evil comment that I have ever
read in the writing of any person identifying himself as an evangelical Christian.
"In his surely misnamed book Competent to Counsel (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1970). Adams
matter-of-factly declares, "As a reformed Christian, the writer believes that counselors
must not tell any unsaved counselee that Christ died for him, for they cannot say that.
No man knows except Christ himself who are his elect for whom he died" (p. 70).
"For the unsaved whose lives are in ruins or on the verge, and who in their desperation
have come to a Christian counselor seeking help, we have, according to the reformed
Dr. Adams, no sure message of hope or consolation of Divine help. This perspective is
cut from the same cloth as Arthur Pink's affirmation that God does not love the non-
elect. John Gill's refusal to offer Christ freely to the "non-elect," and even approaches
to John MacArthur's caricatured "three points of hyper-Calvinism" -- "1. God hates
you; 2. He has a terrible plan for your life; and 3. There is nothing you can do about it."
What MacArthur said in jest, Adams virtually affirms.
"In absolutely stark contrasty to this, we have the plain-as-day declaration from Jesus,
aptly called "the Great Invitation," in Matthew 11:28-30: "Come unto me ALL ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn
from me, for I am meek and lowly of heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls, for my
yoke is easy ad my burden is light.
"While Dr. Adams holds out no certain hope for his unsaved counselees, Jesus proclaims
the universal invitation to every troubled soul. He invites all, He welcomes all, and He
promises to all who come to Him that spiritual rest, consolation, and comfort which
Dr. Adam's reformed theology will not let him offer to just anybody. ...."
(pp. 1, 4: The Biblical Evangelist "A Voice for Historic Evangelical Fundamentalism:,,
Volume 42, Number 3, May-July 20111 Mailing Address: 5717 Pine Drive, Raleigh, NC
27706-8947, edited by Dr. Robert L. Sumner.). God save us all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington May 2011 AD
Springwater Drive, Route 3, Clearwater, KS 67026
"Dr. Jay Adams, whose training is in speech but whose writings are chiefly in the area of
counseling, has made what is to me the most abominable, evil comment that I have ever
read in the writing of any person identifying himself as an evangelical Christian.
"In his surely misnamed book Competent to Counsel (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1970). Adams
matter-of-factly declares, "As a reformed Christian, the writer believes that counselors
must not tell any unsaved counselee that Christ died for him, for they cannot say that.
No man knows except Christ himself who are his elect for whom he died" (p. 70).
"For the unsaved whose lives are in ruins or on the verge, and who in their desperation
have come to a Christian counselor seeking help, we have, according to the reformed
Dr. Adams, no sure message of hope or consolation of Divine help. This perspective is
cut from the same cloth as Arthur Pink's affirmation that God does not love the non-
elect. John Gill's refusal to offer Christ freely to the "non-elect," and even approaches
to John MacArthur's caricatured "three points of hyper-Calvinism" -- "1. God hates
you; 2. He has a terrible plan for your life; and 3. There is nothing you can do about it."
What MacArthur said in jest, Adams virtually affirms.
"In absolutely stark contrasty to this, we have the plain-as-day declaration from Jesus,
aptly called "the Great Invitation," in Matthew 11:28-30: "Come unto me ALL ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn
from me, for I am meek and lowly of heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls, for my
yoke is easy ad my burden is light.
"While Dr. Adams holds out no certain hope for his unsaved counselees, Jesus proclaims
the universal invitation to every troubled soul. He invites all, He welcomes all, and He
promises to all who come to Him that spiritual rest, consolation, and comfort which
Dr. Adam's reformed theology will not let him offer to just anybody. ...."
(pp. 1, 4: The Biblical Evangelist "A Voice for Historic Evangelical Fundamentalism:,,
Volume 42, Number 3, May-July 20111 Mailing Address: 5717 Pine Drive, Raleigh, NC
27706-8947, edited by Dr. Robert L. Sumner.). God save us all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington May 2011 AD