IS THE GOSPEL IRRELEVANT? by steve finnell

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IS THE GOSPEL IRRELEVANT? by steve finnell

If  the five points of Calvinism are true, then preaching the gospel is irrelevant.

FIVE POINTS

1.Calvin's Total Depravity

If it is impossible for anyone to choose or desire God, then the gospel would be irrelevant.

Mark 1:14-15 ... Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."(NKJV)

2 Thessalonians 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.(NKJV)

If the gospel was irrelevant why would Jesus preach the gospel and then condemn men for not believing?

Calvin's total depravity is perversion of the truth.

2. Calvin's Unconditional Election

If God, by His election, chooses some individuals for salvation and all other are lost, then preaching the gospel would be irrelevant.

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also the Greek. (NKJV)

If men attain salvation by Calvin's view of unconditional election, then God's power to salvation through the preaching of gospel would be powerless.

Calvin's unconditional election, is a total misunderstanding of the gospel.

  

3.Calvin's Limited Atonement

If Jesus only died for those unconditional elected, then preaching the gospel would be irrelevant.

Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.(NKJV)

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by grace of God, might taste death for everyone.(NKJV)

Calvin's limited atonement is at odds with the inspired writer of Hebrews. Jesus died for all men.



4. Irresistible Grace

If Calvin's elect cannot resist the gospel call given by the Holy Spirit, then, the gospel is irrelevant.

Acts 7:51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. (NKJV)

Men do resist the Holy Spirit, contrary to the teaching of John Calvin.

Acts 5:32 "And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God gives those who obey Him.(NKJV)

The Holy Spirit does not cause men to believe the gospel. The Holy Spirit is given to those "who" obey the gospel. (Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.)(NKJV)

5. Perseverance of the Saints

If men do not believe the first four points of John Calvin's T.U.L.I.P., then, perseverance of the saints AKA once saved always saved is void of consideration.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is NOT irrelevant

John Calvin's five points are not only irrelevant, but they are a perversion of the gospel of Jesus the Christ.

Mark 16:16 "He who believes and has been baptized will be saved....(NKJV)

Jesus would not tell the world to believe and be baptized in order to be saved and then send some to hell, who supposedly are not saved because of John Calvin's false gospel of Unconditional Election.

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS NOT IRRELEVANT!