Ten Effects of Believing the Five Points of Calvinism | TULIP Seminar Part 9 | John Piper

John Piper's 2008 seminar on the TULIP acrostic for Calvinism. This session focuses on the doctrine of Irresistible Grace.

[BibleMunch]

Time in God's word is never time wasted!

May God bless each of you who watch.

[hortencekeitatcs]

Yo, I never understood Calvinism until today! I’ve been looking and now I have found!

[st.christopher]

Should say “Ten Negative effects of believing the 5 Lies of Calvinism”.

[christopherskipp]

Piper undermines his own arguments and, I take it, his true colors become apparent.

[jimkraft]

Those who have accepted His free gift of eternal life that are living in sin, God does chasten His people. Believers who are living in sin God will chasten even to taking our life early. First Corinthians 5:5 Turn such a one over to Satan to kill the flesh, so that his spirit, Ephesians 4:30, may be saved in the day of the Lord.

This was a born again believer, Ephesians 1:13-14, that was sleeping with his fathers wife. He was about to loose his life, and the rewards he could have had in heaven. but the man was still saved. First Corinthians 3:15. God can not go back on His word. John 6:40. John 6:47. John 3:18. We can loose our life, and our rewards in heaven, but not eternal life or it would not be eternal. First John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that BELIEVE on the name of the Son of God, that ye may KNOW YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. God can not lie. Romans 4:5-8. But the Lord does chasten His children. John 1:12. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, (First Corinthians 15:1-4, 0 for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. John 3:16-18. Jesus said it, we believe it, and that settles it. John 10:28-29.

Romans 3:26-28 Ephesians 2:8-9. None of us have anything to boast in. Romans 11:6. Salvation is a free gift from God to all who believe on Him for the free gift of eternal life. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, physical death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Gods word. And He can not lie. John 3:36.

[bobbyadkins]

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. James 13-14. This would make no sense if God caused all things to happen and ordained everything we do. God is not the author of confusion. You can trust God! God doesn't lie, for it is impossible for him to do so. These verses would be confusing and deceiving if God caused us to do everything we do as the 5 point Calvinists teach. Imagine that if they were correct, it would be because of God that I am disagreeing with them and writing this comment! God doesn't cause division among his own people. God desires unity among his children. False doctrines of the devil is what divides the church and is why there's so many denominations, not because God ordained it.

[jimkraft]

Your whole tulip falls apart at the P. Second Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, after we have once believed, He abideth faithful, He can not deny Himself. We are save the second we believe on Jesus as the only way of salvation apart from any works. Ephesians 2:8-9, because it is a free gift, apart from our works, which can not save sinners. The GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, You can not boast in free. Romans six:23. The GIFT of God is eternal life, not a reward for good behavior.

First John 2:2 John 3:18 Believers can no longer be condemned. John six:47. Why do you call God a liar?

[truth]

Yes little Johnny! Let me tell you about the Calvinists god....
We love you, little Johnny, but we accept the fact that God might not love you, and that He may have plans to send you to hell for your future sins. If you do find yourself one day burning in hell because He hasn’t elected to save you, just remember that we will always love you, even if God hates you.
Take comfort knowing that we are not like God.
We will be in heaven forever only because we were unconditionally chosen for salvation before we were born. That would be the only reason that we won’t be in hell with you if you find yourself there. It won’t be because of anything we did.
So also take comfort in knowing that. It may not seem fair, but who are we to judge God?
So again, if you find yourself in hell, remember that we will always love you as we forever worship the God who loved us but who hated you, the God who sent His Son to die for us but not for you.
Please, we ask, don’t let it bother you—if you find yourself in hell—that we love the God who hated you and showed you no mercy. We must accept the fact that God is sovereign, and He does what He pleases.
I know as Calvinists parents we should be more grateful for our own salvation! It’s like, ‘as long as our eternal destiny is secure, as long as our life is all planned out and taken care of by God, we shouldn’t give a damn about family, friends or anyone else!’
After all, the lost hate God because God first hated them. We as Calvinist parents should hate what god hates, but it is so hard, because we can’t help but love you little Johnny and our families and neighbours!

John Calvin Institutes proof texts:

“ God arranges all things by his sovereign counsel, in such a way that individuals are born, who are doomed from the womb to certain death and are to glorify him by their destruction.( John Calvin Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Paragraph 6

“…salvation is freely offered to some while others are barred from access to it.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 5)

“We call predestination God’s eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man. For all are not created in equal condition; rather, eternal life is fore-ordained for some, eternal damnation for others.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 5)

“…we say that God once established by his eternal and unchangeable plan those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, he would devote to destruction…he has barred the door of life to those whom he has given over to damnation.”
(John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 7)

“The devil, and the whole train of the ungodly, are in all directions, held in by the hand of God as with a bridle, so that they can neither conceive any mischief, nor plan what they have conceived, nor how muchsoever they may have planned, move a single finger to perpetrate, unless in so far as he permits, nay unless in so far as HE COMMANDS, that they are not only bound by his fetters but are even FORCED to do him service” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 17, Paragraph 11)

John Piper states it plainly: Quote from John Piper:
"God . . . brings about all things in accordance with his will. In other words, it isn’t just that God manages to turn the evil aspects of our world to good for those who love him; it is rather that he himself brings about these evil aspects for his glory (see Ex. 9:13-16; John 9:3) and his people’s good (see Heb. 12:3-11; James 1:2-4). This includes—as incredible and as unacceptable as it may currently seem—God’s having even brought about the Nazis’ brutality at Birkenau and Auschwitz as well as the terrible killings of Dennis Rader and even the sexual abuse of a young child . . .

Truth in Love

Warning to those who promote the CANCER of Reformed 5-point Calvinism

Galatians 1:8-9 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9 As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!