C.S. Lewis On Calvinism And Total Depravity

Leighton Flowers discusses a quote from C.S. Lewis about Calvinism and total depravity.

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[officialDavidRees]

"God is maximal glorious all the time. Bringing glory to God is to reveal Him for who He really is. The best way we can glorify God is by telling people who He really is and getting it right." AMEN!!!

[BrandonReid-ju]

Calvanism kept me enslaved for 30 years. It is a harmful doctrine, and one that is a doctrine of demons that enslaves the individual believer, and infects the body of Christ! ❤

[joelthompson]

Through Calvinism, I never knew if my faith ever meant anything.

[brianseay]

The Calvinistic doctrine has haunted me for years; it put me through years of depression and constant worry, and I constantly didn't want his doctrine to be true. I held onto it at arm's length while believing that the Scriptures had to communicate it based on what these pastors were saying. Now I see this doctrine for what it really is and I know it's going to take time to get rid of the remnants of this fearful doctrine, but the fear lead me down a road of sin, addiction, and rebellion, years I wish I could take back and I can't. This teaching is destructive and I hate it!

[boastonlyinthecross]

That was a spot-on analogy of your kids playing in the mud!

[freeguy]

1 Cor 10:13 dismantles Calvinism completely. God cannot break His promises or lie. He promises every time we are tempted, He will provide an escape (an alternate response to the temptation we can choose). Therefore, we are never pre-determined to sin, as Calvinism teaches, therefore, determinism is false, therefore Calvinism is dismantled. It only takes this one verse to prove Calvinism is not true.

[straubury]

Thank you for this video. I have to confessed that I have gone down a Calvinism rabbit hole, and it really has disturbed me to my core. I thought the same things, of how could this possibly be love and mercy and it really made me question a lot of things and just filled me with dread. The gospel in Calvinism is not good news. It is the opposite of good news. Here is a quote from John Calvin about babies in hell:

"We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death."

Is this supposed to put us at ease? How could this make sense? How could heaven even be heaven if you knew you were there while billions of innocent babies are being burned and tortured? I could not have peace knowing that billions are being tormented for all eternity and that they never even had a chance. All because they were predestined to be there? Stay away from Calvinism. It will distort your view of God from His true nature of our loving, just and merciful Father, and it will present Him as the opposite of all those things.

[mylilpc]

Such great content! Praying God’s blessings upon both of your lives and ministries!

[Nashmax]

Being a Calvinist for 28yrs always kept me in doubt about God’s specific love for me or anybody else for that matter. I came ultimately to conclude it was Luther/Calvin creating a schism from the (original schism) Roman Catholic Church. In my research for the original true Church created by Christ, I came to realize the original church and liturgy practiced by Christ’s Apostles still remains to this day in the Eastern Orthodox Church. I converted at Pascha (Easter) 2023. Every denomination in the (Latin) West is a schism from the original 1054 schism from the Eastern Church, the Roman Catholic Church. You must look to the Eastern Church to find authentic answers that satisfy. Eastern Orthodox Sunday worship (Divine Liturgy) hasn’t changed in 1700yrs. This is the way.

[glennmariacher]

Why would God command us to love our enemies, yet He doesn't? Romans 9 is the most difficult passage in the most difficult book in the Bible and yet any disagreement with the Calvinistic view is met with vitriolic superiority. The lack of a loving response should be concerning to all believers.

[katiefaith]

It is so very difficult to find a church that teaches truth and stays away from the lies of Calvinism. I am so frustrated with this fact. Where does a person fellowship😢

[Mike]

Paul said in his FLESH dwelt no good thing. Yet in his mind he wanted to serve the Lord. The context is his life under the Mosaic Law (see logical flow of Romans 7). So man is not totally depraved. He just is drawn to sin and the Law makes it worse.

[tommartin]

Question. In looking that this issue is the following summary accurate?
The two views are ...
1..God wants some people to go to heaven and He WANTS some people to go to hell.
2. God wants ALL people to go to heaven, however some people CHOOSE not to go.

[mikelyons]

I acquired & read "What love is this" by apologist Dave Hunt back in the early 2000's. I was looking for/seeking more material for what I knew was...let's just say a rather different gospel from what I saw from Jesus, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter & Paul... even the God of the old testament. Who made a way for those bitten, to be healed by simply & freely looking to God's provision of Grace...no random pre-choosing mentioned in that account.

This hasn't gone away & the JMac's, Piper's & Washer types are still being used (be-it intentionally or unintentionally/mistakenly) to taint our Heavenly Father as an arbitrary, narcissistic, egomaniac by randomly chosing some in eternity past to irresistibly turn to Christ & consequently all others have a decree of reprobation upon them before they have ever sinned, to bring Himself glory???

I am commanded to keep The Faith & defend The Faith & mark those who teach otherwise.

[tomharmon]

Yesyesyes. If God's love/goodness is as the calvinist says, then we have absolutely no idea of love/goodness

[Rueuhy]

The words "I feel" places the whole argument of election vs. choice in its greatest light.

[eiontactics]

"I give Calvinists the benefit of the doubt that they really think Calvinism is what the Bible teaches"

The elephant in the room, is that Calvinism isn't what the Bible teaches... and Calvinism perverts the Bible by introducing innocent victims into a system that masquerades as "Christianity".
What is the implication of someone that only believes in Calvinism and not the actual Bible/Gospel? They are not saved.

You can't believe in a different God, Jesus and Gospel and be saved. This is an important issue!

We have a cult-like religion that preaches damnable doctrines masquerading as one of us. Wolves in sheep's clothing!

I recommend that we draw a line and not enable wolves in our flock anymore! Don't give false validation by giving poor excuses "well, some of them could have been saved beforehand...", "Telling the truth sounds mean so we shouldn't do it...", "they believe in the same Gospel...(when they actually don't and it's obvious), etc.

Draw the line. Calvinism has no right to be part of Christiandom. Period!

"It would be more pardonable to believe in no God at all, than to blaspheme him by the atrocious attributes of Calvin." -Thomas Jefferson

[justinchamberlain]

3:01 the problem with pain quote on total depravity
5:01 the redefinitions of love

[extremelifeandlarydean]

Dear warriors of truth, this message split the arrow that split the arrow! An absolute bull’s-eye! I encourage you both to keep challenging these man centered and generated summations and conclusions about things within the word of God, that are twisted, distorted & beyond what is written. 2Cor. 4:13, Romans 10:17

[matthewpharis]

yes with out the possibility of no is not love