1 Cor. 2:14 out of context, and already shown to not support total inabliayt here on CC many times over.
Jesus was speaking to his disciples, again context, it is not about you.
Calvinism is Gospel !
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1 Cor. 2:14 out of context, and already shown to not support total inabliayt here on CC many times over.
Jesus was speaking to his disciples, again context, it is not about you.
The point of calling the many is to convict them, so they are without excuse when they stand before God to receive their punishment.
The gospel is a sweet smelling aroma to Gods people, but it is the stench of death to sinners. So the gospel is the best news I ever heard, but it's the worst possible news to the unbelieving world.
But God never enables them so how can they be accountable.
Probably so they can reject the Gospel and get even more punishment upon themselves in order to glorify God and his holiness. Its a sick system mate.
Cause there is no point, you refuse sound exegesis over and over again for year now and I am referring to others as well you have discussed these verses with you.
I would answer it in the same way as Journey_man did in Post 4030, by asking what the many were called to. His answer, "repentance".
God decided what the outcome would be, this not refutable.
In your view God decided that fallen man kind would be born unable to respond positively TO HIS Good News of Christ Jesus.
Since the "few" were already chosen, why were the "many" called to repentance?
God's sovereignty is absolute and meticulous, He eternally decrees all things that come to pass, including the salvation of the elect and human history itself, without ever violating human free will or becoming the author of sin.
Proverbs 19:21: "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."
Isaiah 46:9–10: "I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.
Daniel 4:35: "...he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, 'What have you done?'
Ephesians 1:4–5: "Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will..."
Romans 8:29–30: "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified."
Romans 9:15–16: "For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy."
Acts 13:48: "...and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed."
Humans still make real, voluntary choices, yet those choices are ultimately governed by God.
Acts 4:27–28: "For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus... to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place." (This shows God ordaining the wicked actions of men to bring about His plan).
Genesis 50:20: (Joseph speaking to his brothers who sold him into slavery): "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today."
Completely not true. You see God's will being violated all over the Bible. God wanted Israel to repent, they did not. God asked what more could He have done to His vineyard to get grapes, instead it grew wildgrapes? God wanted the Pharisees to be baptized of John, they rejected God's counsel for themselves.
So when you put those verses together with the ones you quoted, we get the view that God is indeed sovereign and can do whatever He pleases, the question is, what does He do? He has given man a will and because of that, God's will and calling is resisted throughout the Bible
Because it is God's command:
(Act 17:30) Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
I understand the word translated "men" is "anthropos", so not just males.
So, aren't you trying to say that God is playing games as if he is concerned of the "many" while he has already decided to choose the "few"?
You are half right, God never enables them to receive saving faith. But He never encourages them to sin either, so they own their sin and they will be punished for it. You can't blame God for their sin, He didn't make them sin. They sin because they're sinners by nature and God punishes sinners with eternal torment in hell.
Well they really have no choice around sin either ... no human can escape sin.
God made the decision to leave them in their sin and to rescue others, that is the sum total of this doctrine.
So, all the preaching of the gospel and trying to save people is a make-believe and a grand facade by God. Now it really makes me believe that Calvinists were predestinated to be spiritually blind.
So, all the preaching of the gospel and trying to save people is a make-believe and a grand facade by God. Now it really makes me believe that Calvinists were predestinated to be spiritually blind.
Ironic isn't it.
All the above is based on your own private opinion and not on Gods Word. God's will is being done on the earth as it is in heaven. Everything is exactly as God predestined it to be, there are no surprises or accidents in Gods universe.
I'm sure that everything looks like it's out of control, from your perspective. But everything is 100% under control, from Gods perspective.
God does not directly create or commit moral evil (sin). However, He ordains and sovereignly permits evil to occur. God uses these occurrences to achieve His ultimate, holy purposes, meaning evil never happens outside of His ultimate control.
God "neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin". While He ordains all things, the responsibility and guilt for sinful actions rest entirely on the human or angelic agents who commit them.
Evil is not a "created substance". Instead, it is the perversion, corruption, or absence of good. Therefore, God did not create evil; He created free creatures who chose to turn away from His goodness.
God decrees everything that comes to pass, including both good and evil. For instance, the crucifixion of Jesus was the most evil act in human history, yet it was meticulously ordained by God to accomplish the salvation of humanity.
God does directly bring about natural evil—such as famine, storms, and sickness—to discipline humanity or judge sin.
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