The Abomination of Calvinism

All right, Heretics. Or should I say, you totally depraved Heretics? Uh, today we're going to talk about the abomination of Calvinism, and we're going to focus on debunking the Five Points of Calvinism. If you're a Calvinist watching this, I want I want to be clear that I don't hate you or anything like that, even though I hate Calvinism. And I made this video because I want to shake you awake from the false doctrines of Calvinism. I want to show you clear scripture that totally debunks, uh, the Five Points of Calvinism. Um, so please try to refrain from throwing your Cheerios on the floor and just, you know, rage quitting this video. Uh, please see what I'm saying and and then, you know, evaluate in your mind whether I'm right or whether Calvinism is right.

Uh, so first, just so everybody's aware what the five points are, let's go over the Five Points of Calvinism from Reformation Bible Col.org here. All right, so the first thing they believe is called total depravity. In contrast to the popular Arminian view that man is merely wounded by sin, reformed theology teaches the doctrine of total depression, gravity. This does not mean that that every person is as bad as he possibly could be, but it means that the fall corrupted every aspect of human nature, and that fallen man is dead in sin, not sick, dead. So what they're getting at here is that everyone is so totally depraved since the Garden of Eden that you cannot possibly repent and turn to God by yourself. They think that, you know, this unconditional election has to take place, and that's the only way you can be saved.

So let's let's keep going. And also, I want to be clear, uh, they they constantly compare themselves to the Arminian view. And there's some things the Arminian can't even talk, the Armenians are right about, and there's plenty of things they're wrong about. So don't for a second think that I'm an Arminian just because they're comparing themselves to them.

All right, so unconditional election. In contrast to the Arminian view that God elected some based on their foreseen faith in Christ, reformed theology teaches the doctrine of unconditional election. This means that God's election of sinners to salvation is not conditioned on anything outside of God's nature. God is not dependent in any way on his creatures. Um, there's a huge, we're going to see that this is totally wrong. And I want to emphasize, there's a huge difference between God not being dependent on his creatures, which obviously he's not, versus what the Bible says about, you know, sin and salvation. Um, we're going to see that this is totally wrong, that you have to believe the gospel, that you're not arbitrarily selected, but we're going to get into that in, we're going to get in the weeds, don't you even worry.

Um, so limited atonement is next. This is by far the most blasphemous, insane thing that Calvinists believe, which is just shocking. Uh, so Calvinists believe that in contrast to the Arminian view that Christ's death was for all humanity, making the redemption of all human beings possible, reformed theology teaches a doctrine of limited atonement, or better, definite atonement. This means that rather than making redemption possible, Christ actually accomplished the redemption of those for whom he died. I mean, this is telling you straight to your face that Jesus Christ did not die for the sins of the entire world, which is just blasphemous beyond belief. You know, Marilyn Manson is blushing at this doctrine, it's just so insane. We're going to see plenty of clear scripture that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole world. It's crazy you even have to debate this with somebody, but this is seriously what they believe.

Um, irresistible grace. In contrast to the Arminian view that grace is resistible, reformed theology teaches the doctrine of irresistible grace. Reformed theology teaches that the Holy Spirit will regenerate all those whom Christ died. While unbelievers may resist the external call of the gospel, the elect among them will hear and respond to the internal call. God will sovereignly give them the gift of faith, and they will walk out of the tomb of spiritual death. So they're saying that once you've been predestined and you're unconditionally elected, that you don't have a choice. That you, you're, you're going to, you know, whether you want to or not, you're going to answer the call of the Holy Spirit. And we're going to see through tons of scripture that this is a choice. I mean, this is totally the opposite of what the Bible says.

Uh, finally, here they have perseverance of the Saints. In contrast to the Arminian view that truly regenerate Christians can fall away permanently from the faith, reformed theology teaches the doctrine of perseverance of the Saints. Those who, those who have been chosen by God, those for whom Christ died, and who have been called out of his death into life, God will preserve by his grace till the end. No one will ever snatch them out of their Father's hand. So this, this doctrine is fundamentally true, that the, the Saints will persevere, and the Arminian view is totally wrong. But what their fatal error is, is they're basing the perseverance of the Saints by those who have been chosen. So they have unconditional election and then limited atonement. So that's why this is the pathway straight to hell, because you're persevering in the wrong doctrines, straight to hell.

All right, so what's our roadmap to sound doctrine here? First, we're going to compare the conclusions of TULIP in the Westminster Confession of Faith with clear statements of scripture. And then, number two, we're going to look at stories from the Bible that prove TULIP is wrong. Um, one thing I want to tell you about, just generally, how to interpret the Bible, especially with major doctrines like salvation, um, consider this: there's stories in the Bible, there's parables, there's clear statements of scripture, and then there's essays. So you've got four things in the Bible that should all jive together with your doctrine. So if you're right, you should be right all over the Bible. Excuse me. And we're going to see that, you know, strange doctrines like Calvinism cannot do this at all.

All right, so part one, let's compare the conclusions of the Westminster Confession of Faith with clear statements of scripture. All right, so we're going to have the, uh, Westminster Confession of Faith over here on the left, and I'm going to have the scripture in my notes on the right. So I want to draw attention to your, the stuff in orange here that I've highlighted here for you, because we don't have time to read the entire thing. So just to clarify, when they say totally depraved, they think everyone is wholly defiled in all parts of faculties and soul and body. They think they're utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, and do proceed in all actual transgressions, which is already kind of nuts.

Um, and following up in chapter nine, so this is where I have a major, major, major problem, uh, with what they believe. So man, by his fall into a state of sin, has wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation, which means without salvation, you can't do any good. So as a natural man, being altogether reversed from that is good and dead in sin, is not able by his own strength to convert himself or prepare himself there too. So this is where they're saying that it is impossible for you to repent and believe the gospel unless God has already predestinated you and gave you the faith and Holy Spirit beforehand, which we're going to see is exactly the opposite of how the Bible works.

Um, so the first thing we're going to look at to totally disprove, uh, total depravity, because it's total insanity, we're going to look at Mark chapter 1. So first and foremost, Calvinism completely removes free will from salvation, which is just an abomination. It turns the entire gospel on its head. Uh, and so let's take a look at it. So Mark 1, the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God, as it is written in the prophets, behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his path straight. John did baptize in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. We're skipping some verses for time. Now, that after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and believe the gospel. Now, as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother, excuse me, Simon and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, and for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you become fishers of men.

So let's look at total depravity in light of this. First, if total depravity was true, then repentance, turning away from unbelief to belief, would be impossible. Um, a quick note about the word repent. People confuse this and think every time it says repent, it means repent of your sins, which it never means that in the Bible. Like, obviously the Bible tells you not to sin because sin is totally destructive. But when it says repent and believe the gospel, it means repent as in turn away from unbelief and believe the gospel. If you look up the word repent in the Bible, God repents more than anyone in the Bible, and God's obviously not repenting of his sins because he can't sin. Uh, so just continuing, if total depravity was true, repentance would be impossible. You could not give the gospel to an unsaved person and save them because they wouldn't have any capacity to believe it. It just turns the whole gospel on its head.

Um, number two, preaching the gospel and becoming a fisher of men would be pointless. Like, what does Jesus think he's doing making Simon and Andrew fishers of men? What does that mean? How can they fish men if men are so totally depraved nobody could believe them anyway?

Uh, further, gospel. So the word gospel itself means good news. And I want you to think about this. How could it be good news if people are so totally depraved they can't believe it anyway? It wouldn't make any sense.

Then finally, this, uh, statement up here, one second, whereby they're utterly indisposed, disabled, made opposite to all good, wholly inclined to all evil. You know, they lost all ability to do any good. They can't possibly turn to God, is what this is saying. Think about the billions of people in this world that are going to churches, temples, and mosques. They're trying to turn to God. I mean, this total depravity is just on its face idiotic. Like, obviously I'm not a Catholic, a Jew, or a Muslim, but I'm not so insane that I don't think these people are trying to to to turn to God. Like when the Catholic goes to church and puts money in the offering plate, he's clearly contradicting this because he is trying to turn to God. He's been deceived, unfortunately, but he is trying. I mean, this is just on its face wrong. But don't you worry, Calvinist, we are going to beat this to death over many slides and many scriptures. Let's keep going.

All right, so this is just, this is the same stuff, uh, we just looked at, but I want to show you more scripture over here that just shows this is totally wrong. So let's look at Joshua 24. Um, let's look at total depravity in light of the Bible. So now therefore, fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood and in Egypt, and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that served, excuse me, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Uh, skipping some verses for space and time. If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt and consume you after that he has done done you good.

Okay, so why is this totally compatible with total depravity? Because these people are clearly making a choice. You know, Joshua would be totally wrong. These people, these people couldn't put away the the gods, they couldn't choose this day who who they're soon, who they're going to, excuse me, serve, and they couldn't forsake the Lord because if, if they were predestined and unconditionally elected and all that stuff, it would literally be impossible for them to do this. So totally doesn't jive with total depravity at all. They're clearly making a choice. Also, I just, I just put here for you because he uses, you know, the terms that are explicitly against total depravity. But consider the entire Old Testament. This is like the biggest thing is that people are choosing to serve other gods, and it's like this huge battle going back and forth with serving the Lord and serving other gods. It doesn't make any sense in light of Calvinism. There is zero concept of predestination or anything like that in the Old Testament.

All right, First Corinthians 9, continuing to destroy total depravity. What is my reward then? Verily, that when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. For though I be free from all men, yet I, excuse me, yet have I made myself servant unto all that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews. To them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law. To them that are without the law, as without the law, being not without the law to God, but under the law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without the law. To the weak, I became weak, uh, that I might gain the weak. I made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And I do this for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

So what is Paul talking about here? He thinks that he can go and preach the gospel, and he might save some people. He thinks he might gain some people here, he thinks he might gain some people there, and he thinks he can save people. How is he going to save people? He's going to give them the gospel, and they're going to repent and believe. It's totally incompatible with total depravity because if total depravity were true, you know, all of his efforts would be totally in vain. It would be only who, who is predestined and unconditionally elected and all that good stuff.

Um, so let's keep going. Um, so I want you to focus on this thing where they say that, you know, as a natural man, altogether reversed from that is good, dead, and said, not able by his own strength to convert himself or prepare himself. Let's look at what Revelation 22 says to that. And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. I mean, don't worry, Calvinist, we're going to go through a lot more verses, but I want this to resonate in your mind that you're going to see a lot of this stuff that sounds like man, sounds like people are making a choice here about salvation.

Um, Matthew 28. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Um, so once again, why are they teaching all nations if these people are so totally depraved they can't possibly believe unless, you know, God already gave them the Holy Spirit and the before time and predestinated all that stuff? Doesn't make any sense with Calvinism.

Um, continuing on. So we still got the same stuff, just more scripture over here debunking it. One second. All right, so Second Peter 3:9, destroying Calvinism a little more. 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. I mean, this statement is full sail, excuse me, you know, just does not jive with Calvinism at all. Not willing that any should perish doesn't sound like limited atonement at all, and that all should come to repentance doesn't sound like total depravity at all. Just does not fit in with it at all.

Um, Romans 10, further destroying Calvinism. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord over over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him who they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things.

I mean, once again, this is about somebody making a choice. If thou confess, whosoever, whosoever, they're believing with their heart, and then the mouth, with the mouth confession is made into salvation. So this doesn't say that God, you know, gave them the Holy Spirit and they're predestined, that's why they're doing it. It says with their heart, they're believing unto righteousness. Also, it's, it's clearly talking about the importance of preaching the gospel. How shall they believe in whom they've not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? And it's talking about bringing the, the gospel of good things. And once again, how is it good news if you're, if everyone's so totally depraved they can't possibly believe it? It wouldn't make any sense.

Um, Romans chapter 1, continuing. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation, ation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Uh, I just put a note down here. A Calvinist cannot knock on your door and give you the gospel because they literally do not believe in it. They do not believe Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole world and that whosoever believes in him has eternal life. You know, when they knock on a door, you know, they think, well, if this guy's predestined, then he'll, then he'll believe. But if they're not, then I guess, you know, God just arbitrarily damned these people to hell. It's total insanity.

Um, just a, a quick note on this famous Calvinist called Wes Huff. Uh, recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Show and, um, everyone was saying, oh, it's so great that this guy gave Joe Rogan the gospel, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Wes Huff did not give Joe Rogan the gospel. Just saying that Jesus Christ was a person who walked around on the earth is not the gospel. You know, there's millions of academics in the world that don't believe in Christ at all, who would tell you that there is a person named Jesus Christ walking around. They, they just don't believe he's the Son of God and that whosoever believes in him has eternal life. Wes Huff did not give Joe Rogan the gospel because Wes Huff does not believe the gospel. He's a Calvinist.

Um, so let's keep going. All right, so now we're into unconditional election. So really quick over here, so all of those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only. Um, and the effectual calls of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in men, who is altogether passive therein until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit, he is thereby enabled to answer this call and to embrace the grace offered in it. And once again, this is from the Canons of Dort, not on the basis of foreseeing faith. We're going to see that this is explicitly wrong.

So we're actually going to look at Ephesians 1 here on the next page. So I've got some clarifying verses for you. So this is one of the main, Ephesians 1 and Romans 8, they're actually the only places in the Bible you can find the word predestinate. And so these are big, big scriptures for the Calvinists, and we're going to tackle them like the big dogs we are and try to unconfuse you about this word.

Um, so let's jump down to where they're confused here. According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love, having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise and glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. So what they get confused about is they think that when it says having predestinated us, it means that God has selected, you know, presumably randomly, individuals, you know, before the foundation of the world, who were going to be the chosen ones, and everyone else was going to go to hell. That is not what this is saying. This is saying that because of this event where the lamb has been slain from the foundation of the world, uh, the promise before the world began, you know, I lay in Zion a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone. What this is saying is that because of this event that happened before the foundation of the world, the believers are therefore predestinated, you know, whoever believes is predestinated to this glory. This is not saying that, you know, random people were chosen. And it's going to clarify it down here. But this is what I want to stick in your mind before we tackle this, is that this is simply saying that because of this event, what, what this is really saying is that the Christians were always the plan. It was always planned to be salvation by Jesus Christ. Uh, there's this false doctrine out there that like the Jews were Plan A and the Christians were Plan B, and that's totally wrong. It was always Jesus Christ from the beginning. And what this is just saying is that this was always the plan. This is supposed to comfort you that you were predestinated as a believer to go to heaven and be the praise of his glory and all that stuff.

Uh, so this is the example, just to try to illustrate how this word is being used. Hopefully, this, this makes sense. So imagine the founder of a restaurant. Before it was built, decided that everyone who supported and believed in him during culinary school could go to the Grand Opening and eat for free. The owner is not deciding who was going to the Grand Opening, but people by virtue of supporting him in his culinary efforts are therefore predestinated to go there by virtue of his decision before the restaurant was built. It's not a perfect example, but I want to illustrate how the word predestinate is being used here. It's not, it's not picking random people. And we know that because we have the entire Bible that goes explicitly against that. And also, I want you to consider something, one second. The word predestinate or predestinated appears only four times in, in the entire Bible. The Bible has over 783,000 words, and predestinate is only four of them. Do you really think this is the core fundamental doctrine for how you go to heaven? And you just ignore all the gospel stuff? I mean, it's totally weird. But let's, let's jump down, uh, to, to the bottom here, because this is going to explain explicitly how you are predestinated.

Uh, let's jump here. That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in him. In whom also we have attained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will. And this is how we're going to get predestinated. Uh, pay very close attention here. Don't get, don't be on your phone. I'm watching you. Uh, that which we should be, that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted after ye heard the word of the gospel, the gospel of your salvation. In whom after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of Promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

So I want you to make note here. So this is the same scripture compared with what they believe. So once again, they think mankind is altogether passive until receiving the Holy Spirit. He is thereby enabled to answer the call. And this is explicitly opposite. Um, the Bible says that you first trust in Christ after you hear the, the gospel, after, after you believe, then you're sealed with the Holy Spirit. This is, this is exactly the opposite of this. I mean, I don't know how, I don't know how a Calvinist justifies this. And, and we're going to see that this, this is not like some nuanced hair-splitting thing we can only find in Ephesians 1. We're going to see this over and over and over again, and I'm going to point it out to you every single time because I love you.

All right, I think we hit everything here. Let's keep going. All right, so Romans 8 is the next one they're really confused about, and we're going to unconfuse you. Sorry, I'm pretty tired. Um, I'm just debating if I should read this whole thing. Let's just do it. Romans 8:24. For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is in the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the Saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for the good of them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the, the firstborn of many brethren.

So let's pause right there. When it says whom he did foreknow, what is it talking about? It's talking about this foreknowledge of who first trusted in Christ after they heard the word of the truth, after they believed, then they're sealed with the Holy Spirit. That's the foreknowledge. He knew in advance who would do this. He did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren, which just means they're going to heaven. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he glorified. What shall we say then to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

So the Calvinist gets really confused here and they don't understand this foreknowledge. We already covered that. But when it says he called, they think that like if you were chosen, predestinated, then you're the only person that was called, and you're the only person that was justified, and everybody else can go to hell. That's not what this means. How are you called? You're called by the gospel. How are you justified? You're justified by believing the gospel. In Romans 3 here, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God, to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness, that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? Excluded? By what law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith.

So you're called by the gospel, and you're justified by believing the gospel. This is not telling you that, you know, random people were called to be predestinated, and those random people were justified, and that's how the Calvinist reads this, and it's just totally wrong.

Um, why did I highlight these two? So what this is saying, what this is ultimately about, as it was about before, is this is about comforting the believer. This whole thing is about comforting the believer and just letting them know that when you're predestinated, because it was foreknown that you would believe in this, that you're part of God's plan, like you're going to heaven for eternity. I mean, this, this is, it's a comforting thing. This is not a doctrinal statement that, you know, random people were called, you know, before the foundation of the world, and everyone else goes to hell. That would just completely turn everything in this on its head, excuse me, in the Bible. And also consider this, is Romans 8. Know, Romans 1-7 is all these essays about salvation, and this concept of predestination is never mentioned, despite explicitly going into detail about salvation. It's just, this is a totally, the Calvinist has a totally bizarre interpretation of this. I don't know how to better explain it to you.

Um, okay, so continuing. So this is still, we're still focusing on their unconditional election. This is Romans 11, another verse that confuses them. So let's just, let's tackle it for you, Calvinist, because I love you so much. All right, so Romans 11:5. Even so then at this present time, there's also a remnant according to the election of grace. So they think that these, you know, predestinated people that were unconditionally elected for no particular reason. But we're going to see that this is just comparing salvation by works versus salvation by faith. Let's keep going. And if by grace, then is it no more of works. Otherwise, grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace. Otherwise, work is no more work. What then? Israel hath not obtained which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it. And the rest were blinded. According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear until this day. Well, because of unbelief, they were broken off. And thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in. For God is able to graft them in again.

So what is this saying? This is saying that Israel is trying to be justified by the works of the law, and they're not doing it by faith, and they were broken off, which is called replacement theology. I know, don't, don't throw your Cheerios on the floor because I said that. But because of unbelief, they were broken off. And if they believe again, they can be, they can be grafted in. So that's a big if here. If, if big ifs like that don't exist in total depravity, Calvinism, with unconditional election, all that stuff. So you're Calvinist, what is this if about? But this is not, this is not saying that there was a group of people that were just chosen before the world began, and they're the election of grace. This is talking about people who believe in works versus people who believe salvation is by faith. This is clarified in Romans 9 down here. Let's check it out. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness have attained a righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed not after the law of righteousness, had not attained the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. As it is written, behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone, a rock of offense. Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Um, so once again, how can somebody have a stumbling stone if it's all total depravity and predestination, unconditional election, irresistible grace? You know, a stumbling stone shouldn't exist because you're either, you're either the predestinated, unconditionally elect, blah, blah, blah, or you're a totally depraved, you know, lunatic who can't possibly believe. So, so who is the stumbling stone for? Um, but we're going to keep going on. Uh, I think I got it. Let's keep going.

All right, so these are more verses that, um, confuse the Calvinist, and we're going to tackle them. Let's jump right down to where they get confused in 2 Timothy verse 9. Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. We already covered this, but this is what they're confused about. And then the, the Bible's going to clarify this again right here. But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought to life, excuse me, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Um, for for the which cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Uh, so once again, they're just completely misunderstanding this. This is, this is not saying that people were just randomly picked. This is talking about the gospel and people receiving the gospel and how this was always the plan for believers to go to heaven. I mean, this is not Calvinism.

Um, let's keep going. Oh, so this is, this is another, this is just a bizarre one. Um, so I mentioned in my previous, um, presentations how once someone has a, has a wrong doctrine, it just snowballs into craziness and, and all these other weird doctrines pop up. And one of the weird ones in Calvinism is this idea that there's elect infants and there's unelect infants. So the Calvinist, because everything in Calvinism is based on predestination, so the Calvinist believes, excuse me, that if your, if your baby is not elect and your baby dies, your baby goes straight to hell. This is controversial in Calvinism, but if you look at all their like official writings, this is what it means. It's just so shocking. They try to backtrack on this, but you can either have your predestination or you cannot have your predestination.

Um, so elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated. What's, what's the implication here? That unelect infants are not regenerated. So this is where they get this from. Uh, so this is Romans 9. And let's explain it to you. So not as not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel which are of Israel. Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children. But in Isaac shall thy seed be called. This is what it's going to clarify what they're confused about. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Once again, clarifying what we're about to see. Uh, for this is the word of promise. At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. And not only this, but when Rebecca also conceived by one, even by our father Isaac. For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to the election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.

Uh, so what the Calvinist sees this, they think that babies are randomly decided in the womb before they've done any good or evil, to as to being whether they're elect or not elect, which is just absolutely idiotic. What this is telling you, this is about, this is about the nation of Israel and the promise of Abraham. This is not telling you that all children are either, you know, chosen to be good or evil, and they're, they're just going to hell arbitrarily from the womb. That would be crazy. This is explicitly about Israel, because Isaac's son Jacob is also known as Israel. This is not God arbitrarily damning babies in the womb like that. That's just a crazy interpretation of this, but that's what it is.

Um, I think we hit everything. All right, so this is a hilarious one because this is, this is one of the ones that the Calvinist will go to first, and it's kind of like, if you, if you watch my pre-tribulation Rapture, um, or the false doctrine of the pre-tribulation Rapture video, there's this verse that they always use where they say, you know, he's going to come as a thief in the night, and then if you read two verses later, it's like, it's not going to be you as a thief for the Christians, but they'll constantly quote that, even though two verses later it explicitly turns it on its head. Uh, this, this is the same situation here.

Um, so the Calvinist jumps right to this verse 44 in John 1. No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him, and I will raise him up the last day. So they take that right there to be proof of predestination and unconditional election, all this crap. But let's look at the next verse. It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me. So how are they coming to him? Because they're being taught the gospel and they're learning of the Father, and then they're coming. It's not that they're arbitrarily just being drawn to him. I mean, let's look at this whole thing in its context. Like, you just can't possibly get Calvinism out of here. There's so much debunking it. Let's look at John 13:35. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you that ye also have seen me and believe not. And all that the Father, excuse me, all that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. The Jews then murmured at him, because because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him, and I will raise him up the last day. It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

I mean, so they're clearly drawn to Jesus because they were taught of God, they heard, they learned, and then they came. This is not telling you that they were predestined, you know, from before the, the world with unconditional election, irresistible grace, or anything like that. It's just not there. And finally, if, if this confuses you about who the Father draws, let's look at John 12:32. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, or excuse me, I can't speak this morning. It's, it's like five in the morning when I'm recording this. From John 12:32, and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. You. I mean, this is not limited atonement. This is all men.

Uh, let's keep going. All right, so remember how we saw that they believe that you first get the Holy Spirit, and then that enables you to believe? We're going to see a bunch of verses here just pounding the point home that that is totally wrong.

Um, so let's look at Romans 10. But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that is the word of faith which we preach. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. I mean, there's no Calvinism here.

Um, let's look at Romans 10 a little farther. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Let's look at that again. Very simple, but you've got to grasp this. This is called The Gospel. So then faith cometh by hearing. Where is, where does faith come from? Hearing, and hearing by the word of God. I mean, this is consistent with everything we've seen.

Acts chapter 2, verse 38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is clearly coming after this stuff. I don't think Peter is confused here, because otherwise Peter would be telling them all this stuff, and well, they already have the Holy Ghost, that wouldn't make any sense, right?

Um, Ephesians, we already hit this one, so we're just going to, uh, skip it. Um, John 3:5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. So what is this talking about? This is talking about being born of the water of your mother's womb, and then you're born again when you believe in the gospel and you get the Holy Spirit. I mean, being born again is not something that can happen to a Calvinist because they were predestinated with unconditional election and irresistible grace before the beginning of time. So this verse wouldn't make any sense.

And let's look at John 5:24. Another super clear one. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. This is a clear chain of events. You hear the word, then you believe, then you're saved.

Okay, this is the, the great destroyer of false doctrines called Acts chapter 15. So really quick, this is the false religions that Acts chapter 15 destroys. It destroys Catholicism and Orthodoxy because it clearly states that combining the faith with the deeds of the law is subverting your souls to hell. Clearly destroys Calvinism because there's no bizarre predestination. It clearly says you hear the word of the gospel, then you believe, then you get the Holy Ghost. Repent of your sins, heretic. They're just everywhere in every denomination. But they also believe faith plus plus the law, and that Acts 15 shows that subverting your souls right to hell. And then there's also the Jews are still God's chosen people heretics. And this makes very clear there's no difference between Jews and Gentiles in Jesus Christ. So with that being said, let's get after it like the big dogs we are.

Acts chapter 15, verse 1. And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation. So what does that mean? They had a big problem with them saying this. They determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other men, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And

When they they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and of the Apostles and the elders, and declared all things God had done with them. But there rose up a certain, excuse me, but there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believe. So they believe in Jesus, they're adding this saying that it was needful to circumcise them and command them to keep the law of Moses.

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, "Men and Brethren, you know that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bear them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us. So Calvinism out the window, and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore, why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we are able to bear?"

So what is he saying here? He's saying that by telling people they have to follow the law to be saved, you're putting a yoke upon their neck that the apostles and their fathers, like Moses and all the prophets, were not able to bear. Uh, skipping verses for time. "For as much as we have heard that certain of certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no such commandment."

So this is super clear that people who are telling you that you need faith plus works, or faith plus keeping the law, or faith plus repent of all your sins, this is subverting your souls to hell. This is why I even have this channel, 'cause if I didn't believe this, I would not feel the need to tell my friends and family about this, because they would all be fine, right? But all these false religions, all these denominations, they're adding faith plus whatever. And it's, it's because you're minimizing Jesus's death on the cross. You're making him dead in vain if you're doing this, which I, I've discussed in other presentations. Um, but so just to recap, Calvinism makes no sense here. So this is what they believe. They think you're first given the Holy Spirit, then you can answer the call. This is super clear that first they hear, then they believe, then God knows your hearts, then gives you the Holy Spirit. I mean, it couldn't be more clear here. Uh, no difference between us and them. There is no Jew and Gentile. And why tempt you God to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples? Um, so when you're, when you're adding repent of your sins and works to salvation, you're putting a yoke upon your own neck that's subverting your soul. Uh, this couldn't be more clear. Acts 15, the great destroyer of false doctrines. Please hearken to this. Um, let's keep going.

Okay, so limited atonement. This one's going to be the fastest one because it's just so blasphemous and ridiculous and easy to disprove. If you can't grasp this, then this presentation's not for you. All right, so what they believe is that, um, so Jesus only died for those whom the Father has given to him. And limited atonement, or limited atonement, yeah, Christ actually accomplished the redemption for those whom he died. So he didn't die for the whole world. Let's look at, uh, 1 John 2: "My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and that he is a propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." So "ours only" is the Christians, and then he's also, excuse me, the propitiation of sins for the entire world. Um, so this is just super clear, turning Calvinism right on its head. I mean, you'd have to just defy the English language to get this. And this is, this also makes, this makes clear that even if you don't believe in Jesus, he still died for your sins, which is why you're going to hell. Um, but you know, Jesus died for you whether you believe in him or not, and the consequences are going to be yours because the choice. Romans chapter 5:18: "Therefore by therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men unto condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one, excuse me, by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." Super clear. John 12:32: "And if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." John 3: "So this is the most famous verses in the entire Bible. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." Just totally turns Calvinism on its head. Turns, turns every false denomination on its head. If, if your view of the gospel can't survive the literal application of John 3:16, you are in a false religion. Uh, 2 Peter chapter 3: "We already went this over this one, not willing that any should perish, but all should come to repentance." Hebrews 2:9: "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." I mean, this is just super clear. This is so blasphemous of Calvinism. If you're ever arguing with a Calvinist, just go right for limited atonement because it's the most indefensible, insane thing that they believe. But once again, you know how I told you that if you have a wrong doctrine, it just snowballs into insanity. This is, this is what the insanity that predestination gets you. Um, because it's not the real predestination, which is a very minor thing in the Bible. Their predestination is the entire Bible, which is not found anywhere. But this is what happens if you believe in predestination, then all of a sudden Jesus doesn't die for the whole world.

All right, so irresistible grace. So once again, we've already seen that they believe that you're, you're given the Holy Spirit before you ever believe. And for their irresistible grace, "the elect among them will hear and respond to the eternal call." This is, this is clearly wrong because the Bible makes the Bible makes salvation a choice. And this is, this is drilled home so many times in the Bible. I don't even know how anybody can miss this. We already talked about how, uh, Jesus is a stumbling stone and a rock of offense, and "whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." You know, if it's a stumbling stone, the people are making a choice. You know, if it says "whosoever," that is a choice. For the scripture sayeth, "whosoever believeth on him," "whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord," "whosoever," "you are justified by the law, you are fallen from grace," "whosoever denieth," "whosoever shall confess," "whosoever believeth." I mean, this is so clear throughout the entire Bible that salvation is a choice. You know, we saw in the Old Testament, this is a big deal, choosing the God of Abraham versus the surrounding gods. And if that's not enough, "whosoever" for you. Here's a million "whosoever" from Jesus Christ himself that are clearly laying a choice for you. Look at Deuteronomy: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live." I mean, this is, it's just so clear. There is no unconditional election. Um, you people make a choice. Everyone makes a choice. And it, it's just so clearly laid out in the Bible. And I, I want to, I want you to think about this because in, in Calvinism, you're either predestined with unconditional election and irresistible grace, or you're a totally depraved, you know, person who can't possibly believe. So you have a binary choice, basically. You're predestinated, you're forever, you know, unconditionally elected, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, or you're totally depraved and you're never going to believe. So who is the "whosoever" that this is talking to? Because it's clearly talking to somebody who's making a choice. But there is no choice in Calvinism. If you're a Calvinist, then you can't choose whether or not you're a Calvinist because you're, you got the irresistible grace. And if you're totally depraved, you can't choose because you're totally depraved. So who is the "whosoever" the gospel is talking to over and over and over again? It just makes no sense.

Um, uh, finally, we're not going to go through all these, but just clarifying or adding on to that previous point. If it's irresistible grace and you can't possibly be shaken from this, why does the Bible warn over and over and over again about false preachers, false prophets speaking lies, test the spirits? We saw in Acts chapter 15, they can subvert your souls. You know, if it's irresistible grace and predestination, unconditional election, what is the emphasis on all this for? Because if you're irresistible grace and all that stuff, then you couldn't possibly be deceived by these people anyway. But since salvation's a choice, these people are a very real problem, um, in the Bible. So I'm just illustrating for you that if Calvinism were true, what is the point of all these warnings about people that are going to make merchandise of you and subvert your souls? It just wouldn't make any sense.

Okay, so perseverance of the Saints. I already said this is fundamentally correct. The people, this is just a couple verses here, which I'm not really going to go into because I don't disagree with them about this necessarily. "Neither shall any pluck them out of my hand." "No man is able to pluck them out of the Father's hand." "No one can separate you from the love of God." Um, so once again, the problem with this from the view of Calvinism is their basis for perseverance of the Saints can be found right here: "those who have been chosen by God," "for those who be died and called out a death and life." So their perseverance of the Saints is based entirely on predestination and limited atonement, which are both blasphemous lies straight from hell. And so let's consider, what are they preserving in? They're preserving in the belief that an unsaved person cannot receive the gospel and be saved. Just totally blasphemous. They're, uh, persevering in the belief that you're saved before you believe, which is totally blasphemous. They're persevering the belief that Jesus Christ did not die for the entire world, which even Marilyn Manson is blushing at that one. Persevering in the belief that babies go to hell if they're unelect. And they're persevering in the belief that God just arbitrarily chose them to be elect while arbitrarily sending other people to hell accordingly. They're not believers, they're not the Saints, and they're persevering in these wrong doctrines straight to hell.

So let's look at, um, stories from the Bible, quick, that prove TULIP is wrong. Um, once again, your doctrine, especially if it's a major doctrine, you should be able to prove it with parables, stories, essays, and clear statements of scripture, which we saw what Calvinists point to, and it's like, it's like practically nothing in the Bible to support it because they can only take verses out of context. Um, so let's look at stories that prove what we're talking about here. I'm not going to read this entire thing to you, but this is about the salvation of Abraham in Romans chapter 4. And I want to point out to you that Calvinism is suspiciously absent from the salvation of Abraham. I want to draw your attention to up here where in three different ways it says, "Who against hope believed in hope, that he might be the father of many nations according to that which was spoken, He staggered not at the promise through unbelief; but was strong in faith, he was fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able to perform." It makes super clear here that Abraham made a choice to believe God. I mean, there is nothing in here about Abraham being predestinated anywhere in the story of Abraham. Um, there's nothing about that. He clearly makes a choice. And then it says, "after he believes all this stuff, therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness." He wasn't made righteous before he believed. Um, it's just super clear in the story of Abraham. There's no concept of predestination. It clearly shows how he, he, he reasoned with himself, and that therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. I mean, to the Calvinist, there has to be some kind of secret teaching in here, um, that just goes totally against what the Bible says on its face. It just be ludicrous.

More stories proving that TULIP is totally wrong. Let's look at the thief on the cross. Once again, we're not going through the whole thing, but these two malefactors are criminals. They're being crucified with Jesus. Uh, where is the guy saying, "All right, so one of the criminals is saying, 'If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.' And then the other criminal answers and says, 'Does not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.' And he said unto Jesus, 'Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.' And Jesus said unto him, 'Verily I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.'" So the thief on the cross is a perfect example of salvation because, number one, he knows Jesus Christ as God. Two, he knows he is a sinner. Three, he believes that Jesus can save him and asks him to save him. And four, Jesus saves him. That is the gospel. Um, that's the law of faith. That, that is consistent through the entire Bible. So why is this disproving, uh, Calvinism and TULIP? Because the thief on the cross is admitting that he deserves to be killed here, and he's, he's, he's turning to Christ at the last, like, minutes of his life. So he does not show predestination. He doesn't show irresistible grace. He's not persevering as the Saints. He is literally a criminal worthy of death who is, who admits himself he is rightfully being killed, and he turns to Jesus in the last minutes of his life. There's no demonstration of any Calvinism anywhere here. This is the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is not Calvinism.

Quick question: How does a 78-year-old man become a Calvinist? Does he just say he didn't realize he was predestinated and persevering with irresistible grace for 78 years? I mean, think about it. It's just goofy. Uh, let's keep going.

So this is actually, I'm cheating here. Uh, the story number three is "Thy faith has saved thee," which is actually many, many stories, which we're not going to read them all. Um, but many times in the Gospels, there are people approaching Jesus with all kinds of problems, whether somebody's sick, or whether they're dead, or whether they're they're possessed with spirits or something, and repeatedly Jesus is telling them, "Thy faith has saved thee. Go in peace." And if Calvinism was true, he should really be saying, "The faith I gave you with the Holy Spirit that you're now giving back to me has saved thee," which would be totally stupid. Uh, let's look at Luke 7:9: "When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." So a couple things here. So this is a story about the Roman, I think it's a Roman soldier, and he wants Jesus to come heal his servant. Jesus tells him that he'll come to his house, and the, the reason Jesus is marveling at him is because the soldier is like, "Jesus, my house isn't worthy for you to have it, and I know you're God, and I know you can just, you can just heal him with the word, so just do it." And that's why Jesus is marveling because he's, he's saying, "I have found not so great a faith." So how can this guy have a great faith if God's the one giving all the faith? Like, why would Jesus marvel at him if Jesus is the one doing out the faith himself that they're giving back to him? You see what I'm saying? It just doesn't make any sense. Um, "To the woman, thy faith has saved thee. Thy faith has made thee whole." "Believe you that I am able to do this?" "Yeah, Lord." "According to your faith, be it unto you." "Rise, go thy way, thy faith is made thee whole." I mean, these are key points of the Bible. They illustrate salvation, by the way, because these people are, they're all being made whole, and they're only coming to Jesus with faith. There's no story where Jesus makes them whole and he's like, "Yeah, you better repent of all your sins though." Um, nothing like that. So once again, would make absolutely no sense in the light of Calvinism. They just turn all these stories completely on their head and just take the plain meaning of it and just completely twist it to a point that it's just damnable heresy.

Um, and one last quick point. I think this is the last story. Um, look at Luke chapter 8:16: "No man when he hath lighted a candle covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter may see the light." So that's saying when you have the gospel, you know, nobody hides it. And, and what I want to illustrate here is there's no hidden secret teachings in the Bible, despite many people's attempt to find them. There is no hidden teaching, secret teachings in the Bible that, you know, you got to hold the Bible up to a candle and put it in the mirror, and then you can see the real truth. Um, so if you're a Calvinist and you see all this stuff that just flies right in the face of Calvinism, you have to then believe that this is like a secret teaching in the Bible, which I just want to illustrate for you because it's just so blasphemous. Um, so once again, uh, totally destroys it. And that's the end.

I want to add one quick one because I just thought about this as I was, um, setting up the recording. Another story. So in the Bible, there's this concept of being a reprobate, where God has rejected a person. And this makes absolutely no sense with Calvinism because, according to Calvinism, you're either chosen or you're not chosen. So the, the reprobates in the Bible would have to be double rejected by God, which would make absolutely no sense. But I'm rambling now.

If you're a Calvinist and watch this to the end, I thank you very much. I sincerely hope that you believe the gospel. I'm not trying to bash you. I don't hate you. You know, I, I truly, truly, truly, uh, believe in my heart that the gospel is true, and that the people who are perverting this are going to hell. So, uh, despite what it might look like, I'm not dunking on you. You know, I, I really, really want you to believe, and I hope that you do. So, um, thank you all for watching and have a good one.