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. It follows that God, by virtue of the temple being a house of prayer, drew all men to Him. But as the acids of modernity have eaten away at more and more of the Bibles teachings and even presuppositions about God, that explanation has proven woefully insufficient to more radical critics. Devers conclusion is worth quoting at length: This worlds increasingly open and categorical denials of God and his power will likely be met not by retreats, compromises, edits, and revisions, but by awakenings and rediscoveries of the majesty and power of the true God, who reveals himself in the Bible, the God who made us and who will judge us, the God who in love pursued us even to the depths of the incarnation and the humiliation of the cross. Calvinists cannot recall any such day because they have ruled out faith and free-will as an important prerequisite for ones salvation. That alone, by his own admission, proves that Calvinism and Pharisee-ism hinge on three of the most important elements in Reformed Theology. Calvinists interpret the phrase This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent as though Jesus said it is God who works the work of faith in an elect persons resurrected life so that he/she may have the ability to believe. What in particular tells us that the publican did not believe in election, predestination and limited atonement? 2:1-3; Rom. A corpse no longer has a living heart and therefore cannot be hardened in any which way possible, least of all though this article. Self-appointed gatekeepers of evangelicalism tear apart what could be a noble, diverse movement of the Spirit. What is Amyraldism / Four-Point Calvinism? | GotQuestions.org Whereas evangelicalism is motivated by pure love to reach out to the lost and to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that whosoever will,may be saved, proselytization is a Pharisaic recruitment gimmick to get people to adopt their particular doctrines (which in this case is TULIP). Calvinism , the theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant reformer in the 16th century, and its development by his followers. Today if ye will hear his voice. So that all that wonderful training found some level of fertile soil in my heart and none of it was wasted. Samproceeds to defend Calvinism with another Strawman argument when he says the following: On the 3rd of April 2013 Lessing left the following comment on my responses to Kobus Hattingh: COMMENT: How perfectly ironical of you to mention the Pharisees who believed that they were the pristine chosen ones of God because they had Abraham as their father (Mat 3:9; John 8:33) whilst the rest were reprobates on their way to an irredeemable destruction in hell. This list may not reflect recent changes. He knew that he was saved in Ananias house in Damascus when he first believed in Jesus and called on his Name for the cleansing of his sins (Acts 22:16). (Read here). 1513-07-09 John van Hembyze, Flemish Calvinist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1584); 1545-05-01 Franciscus Junius, French-Dutch calvinist theologist and vicar, born in Bourges, France (d. 1602); 1573-10-03 Entonius Walaeus, Dutch Calvinist theologist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1639); 1808-09-30 Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch vicar (Folies-old Calvinist communities) And yet it is mostly the tiny boys who seem to think they can urge and persuade depraved sinners to come to Jesus for their salvation and to contribute something to Gods sovereign grace. Then and then alone will you be doing something good. Calvin's interest in missions did not wane throughout his ministry in Geneva. As weve seen earlier, this is called effectual drawing or calling. If so, then he does not agree with the Calvinists I quoted above who says that no-one not even the elect are capable of believing the Gospel but first need to be regenerated before the gift of faith can be given to them.