Now here is why I want to address it more than just for personal reasons as I am putting this on my blog, and that is that the Calvinistic doctrine has permeated a great part of the church today and except in the rare case renders MOST people who subscribe to this doctrine as non-evangelistic. How convenient for the devil to introduce a belief system that makes us as Christians inert. Now I will put the TULIP Acronym down for those who are not familiar with it and then I will write down TELL and explain it in great detail. (This will be a longer read then most of my blogs)
Total Depravity
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace
Preservation of the Saints
In all fairness I will speak briefly on the TULIP concept. First of all as I have been studying it and the scriptures and hear many people claim being a 3 Point Calvinist (which I also did at one time) it has occurred to me that you cannot be a 3 Point Calvinist. 99% of 3 point Calvinists claim they agree with TUP. The problem with this is that you cannot believe in Unconditional Election and not agree with Irresistible Grace. They are conjoined principles almost to the fact that I is simply a redundant point in order to add a vowel and make it a flower instead of a nonsensical word. i.e. If God in His ultimate sovereignty chose you to be saved and there were no conditions to this election process, just completely His will, then logically you could not reject it. So when comparing the Irresistible grace point with scripture I have major issues. I have issues with Unconditional election as well which may be more debatable, but if I have very clear scripture that discredits the idea of Irresistible grace then Unconditional election must go with it. The problem I see with the Calvinistic way of study is that they compartmentalize their scriptures and studies. This is why I don't believe that we should only study or preach in an expository fashion. It is easy to draw a certain meaning from a passage if you are only looking at it in the context of that particular section, but when it is put in the light of all of scripture then it takes on its true meaning.
Now here is what through my study I have wrought. I am not saying that I cannot be wrong but I hope that if you disagree with me you don't simply disagree but show me why you do through email. So, hopefully, if I am incorrect I can be corrected or maybe I don't explain something clear enough and can help you understand my points. So here is my acronym that will help to explain my understanding of election which I have based on scriptures but have used the Calvinism/Arminian arguments to form.
Total Depravity
Election of a People
Limited Atonement
Liable Choices
I know there are only 4 points but the last "L" will address two of the others points. First we have to understand our "Soteriology". We need to understand that salvation is faith in Jesus Christ and his work on the cross and his resurrection from the dead to make good on his promise and in him alone. We need to understand that salvation comes to man through his faith when he submits himself to God and commits himself to trusting Christ. Here is why these two truths of Submit/Commit are absolute truth and I will provide a few of the many scripture that are available to back them up.
Submit- Acts 17: 30-31 (to repent is to submit)
I Peter 5:5
James 4:6
Acts 3:19
Commit- Luke 14 (we will discuss this chapter later)
Romans 10:9
Matthew 10: 21-22; 32-33
Matthew 13 (Parable of the sower)
Matthew 24:13
2 Corinthians 11:1-4
TOTAL DEPRAVITY of man is spoken through all of scripture that I won't spend a lot of time on with the scriptures because I believe this is one point most agree on, but I will bring forth a couple that will link this principle with the other principles. John 6:44 states
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:65
And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."
We know that the Holy Spirit has a ministry to the entire world convicting them of sin/righteousness/judgment (John 16:8) and bringing them/us to a knowledge of the Father. And through the reality of Creation and History God has put everyone within boundaries so that they can know Him.
Acts 17: 26-28
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
ELECTION OF A PEOPLE is the principle we will speak on now. This will be the most lengthy and most potentially debatable of the principles as we will look at all of scripture to try and understand this idea of election. Let's look first at the problems with Unconditional election and then we will get into the scripture that puts forth the idea of an Elected people. First we will look at the flaws with the Logic. If a man comes and shoots you and you lie on the floor dying and someone comes by with medical equipment and stands next to you watching you die and chooses not to use it would he be not as guilty as the man who shot you? This is the idea that Calvinism teaches but tries to avoid when confronted. Here is God with the power to save anyone but chooses to only save a few particular. Now I say this with all due respect in mentioning God I am not blaming Him. But under this flow of logic that is the picture that is drawn. I have heard the Calvinistic argument to this is that you are responsible for your sin and God cannot take responsibility for it. This sounds good but isn't completely true. We inherited sin from our Fathers from Adam and even Adam who was directly responsible with his choice was saved. So are we accountable for our sin and rebellion? Yes scripture clearly teaches this, but does this make us not eligible for the gift of redemption? No, Scripture clearly teaches this as it is for "whoever believes"-
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God." (John 3:14-21)NOT to condemn the world but to save it. That is a powerful statement and you can see in the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 that Jesus blames the Devil and the things of this world for a person not being saved, not the will of God.
The next flaw in logic is this that if God uses his ultimate sovereignty to choose those who will receive salvation then by not acting in preventing the temptation of Eve and Adam he then played a part in the fall. Now I am not claiming that is what He did and no Calvinist will claim that either, but if you follow the logic of unconditional election than that is the conclusion that must be drawn. You cannot claim one thing and then when your reasoning gets too far gone just cut it off and say “No, it doesn't mean that though.” We know that God even though sovereign, in His sovereignty lets His creatures go the way they choose so that they can experience and then display true love if they choose. And I John is very clear that God is Love so how would it stand that He would allow so many people die and go to hell if he did not provide them an option for salvation. That is the basis of Jesus coming "For God so loved the world". Now it might be acceptable if we knew that once a person died then he just wouldn't exist any longer. That could still fit into the parameters of God's love and mercy, but to die eternally in torment doesn't seem like love if there was no salvation option offered to them. In other words the salvation option must be rejected by them, however, I will make clear that we the righteous do not earn it. We must be careful not to confuse the idea that accepting Jesus is some sort of work. This is another illogical idea from the Calvinist that if we see the light and submit, and that if God doesn't give us the faith then it is a work. That is a seriously misguided notion. If my father comes and gives me a gift of a new car (if I didn't have one to go to and from work) does it mean that he snuck into my house and brainwashed me in order to simply accept the gift that I needed? Or that somehow I take the credit of the gift by accepting it? "Yea, hey buddy, did I tell you that I accepted a gift the other day...my receiving abilities are pretty amazing!" Of course not so it must be distinctly noted that our submitting and committing is not a work of the law, but simply a reaction to the truth and our need. But here is why so many people reject the Gift of God and that is there is a cost. WAIT A MINUTE...How can a gift have a cost? Because Jesus says over and over that when we accept this Gift you must BE BORN AGAIN. This phrase of being born again requires the idea of dying to yourself and taking up your cross. It is a gift freely given, but one that is of High Maintenance. However we know that we have God himself there helping us maintain it, empowering us to be successful.
ELECTION OF A PEOPLE is the principle we will speak on now. This will be the most lengthy and most potentially debatable of the principles as we will look at all of scripture to try and understand this idea of election. Let's look first at the problems with Unconditional election and then we will get into the scripture that puts forth the idea of an Elected people. First we will look at the flaws with the Logic. If a man comes and shoots you and you lie on the floor dying and someone comes by with medical equipment and stands next to you watching you die and chooses not to use it would he be not as guilty as the man who shot you? This is the idea that Calvinism teaches but tries to avoid when confronted. Here is God with the power to save anyone but chooses to only save a few particular. Now I say this with all due respect in mentioning God I am not blaming Him. But under this flow of logic that is the picture that is drawn. I have heard the Calvinistic argument to this is that you are responsible for your sin and God cannot take responsibility for it. This sounds good but isn't completely true. We inherited sin from our Fathers from Adam and even Adam who was directly responsible with his choice was saved. So are we accountable for our sin and rebellion? Yes scripture clearly teaches this, but does this make us not eligible for the gift of redemption? No, Scripture clearly teaches this as it is for "whoever believes"-
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God." (John 3:14-21)NOT to condemn the world but to save it. That is a powerful statement and you can see in the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 that Jesus blames the Devil and the things of this world for a person not being saved, not the will of God.
The next flaw in logic is this that if God uses his ultimate sovereignty to choose those who will receive salvation then by not acting in preventing the temptation of Eve and Adam he then played a part in the fall. Now I am not claiming that is what He did and no Calvinist will claim that either, but if you follow the logic of unconditional election than that is the conclusion that must be drawn. You cannot claim one thing and then when your reasoning gets too far gone just cut it off and say “No, it doesn't mean that though.” We know that God even though sovereign, in His sovereignty lets His creatures go the way they choose so that they can experience and then display true love if they choose. And I John is very clear that God is Love so how would it stand that He would allow so many people die and go to hell if he did not provide them an option for salvation. That is the basis of Jesus coming "For God so loved the world". Now it might be acceptable if we knew that once a person died then he just wouldn't exist any longer. That could still fit into the parameters of God's love and mercy, but to die eternally in torment doesn't seem like love if there was no salvation option offered to them. In other words the salvation option must be rejected by them, however, I will make clear that we the righteous do not earn it. We must be careful not to confuse the idea that accepting Jesus is some sort of work. This is another illogical idea from the Calvinist that if we see the light and submit, and that if God doesn't give us the faith then it is a work. That is a seriously misguided notion. If my father comes and gives me a gift of a new car (if I didn't have one to go to and from work) does it mean that he snuck into my house and brainwashed me in order to simply accept the gift that I needed? Or that somehow I take the credit of the gift by accepting it? "Yea, hey buddy, did I tell you that I accepted a gift the other day...my receiving abilities are pretty amazing!" Of course not so it must be distinctly noted that our submitting and committing is not a work of the law, but simply a reaction to the truth and our need. But here is why so many people reject the Gift of God and that is there is a cost. WAIT A MINUTE...How can a gift have a cost? Because Jesus says over and over that when we accept this Gift you must BE BORN AGAIN. This phrase of being born again requires the idea of dying to yourself and taking up your cross. It is a gift freely given, but one that is of High Maintenance. However we know that we have God himself there helping us maintain it, empowering us to be successful.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
(John 15:1-2)
Now let us look through Scripture briefly at those who reject the plan of Salvation why they do and we will start with Esau. Genesis 25 tells us that Esau sold his birthright to Jacob because he wanted the soup for his belly. Jacob desired it and Esau rejected it. Now we know that Esau rejected it because he was after the things of this world mainly food at this point and Jacob was after it why? Now Romans 9 says it was not based on any good deeds that Jacob had done but God's foreknowledge Chapter 8 verse 29 and in a broader sense reiterated in I Peter chapter 1 verses 1-2. Here is what I can see out of the circumstances that Jacob was the server of the two, he was the poorer, not perfect by any means. I believe this is a symbol that God used to show us His grace not personal election for salvation.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
(James 2:5)
God does not seek out the rich and powerful as man does, but he displays His grace to the poor and the humble. So Jacob sought after the Heavenly blessing and Esau rejected it. But let's not stop there let's look at John 6 again. In verse 26 Jesus confronts the people following him that they were only doing it for the food. Then after he tells them they are not getting any food but they need to seek after spiritual food (or Him as the bread of life) then they turn and walk away. Yet the 12 stayed although Judas only for the sake of evil...Money primarily. But the other 11 were there why? Peter says because Jesus had the words of eternal life. They were seeking after the things of Heaven. Now let's go to Philippians 3 where in Verses 18 and 19 that there are enemies of the cross and their stomachs are their God, their mind is on earthly things, and their end is destruction. So if the Holy Spirit is convicting the world of sin and righteousness and creation cries out to everyone so that they are made aware of God from creation (Romans 1) and Matthew 13 tells us that it is because of Satan, the pleasures of the world and the trials of life that men reject the gospel then how can we claim that election is personal and is God choosing distinct peoples to be saved. But let's go to John 10 and 17 where Jesus is speaking and praying and I think explains it better. Understand that chapter 10 Jesus is speaking about authority being given to him by the Father, because then he says that those who are his sheep are given to him by the Father and he says the same in Chapter 17. We again have to be careful to say that because they are given to him that we were distinctively chosen and had no options. This is simply Jesus acknowledging the authority of the Father over him and claiming that he didn't take us from the world which would make him seem to be in authority over God the Father. If I thank God for my food does that mean that I played absolutely no part in obtaining it? No, it didn't just appear on a plate prepared for me, but we understand through his power and provision that it came to make its way on my plate and we are grateful for it. We must be careful again to mix the idea that our faith is work and we must be careful to presume that God gave us that faith when it does not say that in scriptures. Why did God choose Abraham? It was very clearly because of his faith. And God chose Israel because of the promise to Abraham originated by his faith. And then God placed Israel where He did so that they would be a Beacon and a Light to the rest of the world. They were at the Crossroads of the greatest empires and civilizations of the World, yet they failed because they "THE CHOSEN" continually sought after other gods and rejected the one true God. But they were chosen...oh! Did God's Sovereign plan not get carried out? Yes and No...It didn't get carried out because in His sovereignty He allowed His people to choose. We know from many scriptures that God's plan was for Israel to have much more land than they did, but they didn't. We know from Scriptures some did choose to serve Him but most did not. That is why we know what Jesus said is true that the way is narrow that leads to life and few will find it. Even in Deuteronomy 17 it said that God had a plan for Israel to have a king that would be righteous but He allowed them to place their own kings to rule over them. So we see that yes, God is Sovereign, but He allows people to choose. How could love be real if it is forced? That is just a logical question not that I have scripture to substantiate it. Another verse that the Calvinist uses would be
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
(John 15:16)
I absolutely believe he is speaking of the twelve in this case which I believe is confirmed in chapter 17 in his prayer. Jesus chose them to build his people and we see this in the prayer that they were given to him from the Father, but he chose them to be the beginning of His people. This refers not to personal salvation, but to a greater ministry that will carry all over the world. Remember Jesus went to each of them and called them to be his “Special Team” this does not mean that later they would have not been redeemed in Acts had he not chosen them. I just want to clarify this point so we don’t get confused with Jesus appointing people to ministry and those who are being redeemed.
LIMITED ATONEMENT may surprise some of you that I would have this down, but Jesus said very clearly in John 10 that he lays his life down for his sheep. Christ's death was sufficient for the world, but efficient for the saints. In other words it is like looking at the end of a big sale. Everyone can come and buy something at the sale, but only those who do come and buy something experienced the rewards of the sale. Everyone can have their sins paid for, but only those who are redeemed experienced the atonement. So this is not..."For God so loved the Elect that He gave His only begotten Son", but "I lay down my life for the sheep".
LIABLE CHOICES will cover two issues of election and Calvinism. It will cover Irresistible Grace and Preservation of the Saints. I will start with Irresistible Grace and we see that in Genesis 4:6 the Lord begins speaking to Cain before he murders Abel and says-
"Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."
(Genesis 4:6-7)
I believe this is one of the most evident and clear calls for salvation in the Bible that was rejected. God verbally pleads with Cain to do the right thing and Cain rejects it and murders Abel. We then see the Grace that Jesus bestowed on many during His ministry, but because of unbelief and their desires for worldly things they reject this grace. One that is amazing is the Rich Young Ruler-
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
(Mark 10:21)
Look at that statement "Then Jesus beholding him loved him"...and offered Him salvation. But then the young man rejected it...Why? He could not give up the things of this world. I could go on all day with examples of this look at Romans 9 again.
I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-- that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
(Romans 9:1-5)
Paul states here that they were given all sorts of Grace and heavenly things leading them to Christ but they rejected it and for this he had great sorrow and wished that he could be cut off for their sake.
So what is my point is that we have Liable Choices that means that God holds us accountable for all that we do. It isn't a matter of God forcing His grace onto us, but allowing all the opportunity to receive it. The next issue is Preservation of the Saints and after a few years of struggling with certain scriptures on this subject I have to agree with the preservation of the Saints and I will explain. There is much scripture that indicates that we will never lose our salvation and there is plenty of Scripture that hints to the fact that Christians can walk away from the faith. But I want to address the ones that say we can walk away from the faith. I believe the main piece of scripture that alludes to this is found in Hebrews. The perception is that the author was writing to Christians, but from what I can tell by reading this over and over and over it sounds more like a gospel letter trying to convince the Hebrew people of their Messiah this being said in chapter 3 the author tells them not to be like their ancestors who did not believe in the wilderness and were cut off but continue on in their faith believing in the Christ Jesus. All this being said it also appears to be a type of beginner discipleship for believers tying in the heritage of the Hebrew people and their past relationship with God to Christ. So as far as this passage goes I have to say I am not sold on the fact that this is saying that people can walk away from the faith although I can respect the opinion of others who do because it is a very hard book when it comes to this subject. However, there are other passages that seem ambiguous to the fact of whether or not a Christian can walk away from the faith or "fall from Grace" but I am not sold on these either when there are so many scriptures that speak to the fact that we are forever saints. But where I draw my main conclusion is in my study of what a disciple of Jesus is and that clears up the matter for me. This also brings us back to this topic of Liable Choices so let us look at Luke 14.
(Genesis 4:6-7)
I believe this is one of the most evident and clear calls for salvation in the Bible that was rejected. God verbally pleads with Cain to do the right thing and Cain rejects it and murders Abel. We then see the Grace that Jesus bestowed on many during His ministry, but because of unbelief and their desires for worldly things they reject this grace. One that is amazing is the Rich Young Ruler-
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
(Mark 10:21)
Look at that statement "Then Jesus beholding him loved him"...and offered Him salvation. But then the young man rejected it...Why? He could not give up the things of this world. I could go on all day with examples of this look at Romans 9 again.
I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-- that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
(Romans 9:1-5)
Paul states here that they were given all sorts of Grace and heavenly things leading them to Christ but they rejected it and for this he had great sorrow and wished that he could be cut off for their sake.
So what is my point is that we have Liable Choices that means that God holds us accountable for all that we do. It isn't a matter of God forcing His grace onto us, but allowing all the opportunity to receive it. The next issue is Preservation of the Saints and after a few years of struggling with certain scriptures on this subject I have to agree with the preservation of the Saints and I will explain. There is much scripture that indicates that we will never lose our salvation and there is plenty of Scripture that hints to the fact that Christians can walk away from the faith. But I want to address the ones that say we can walk away from the faith. I believe the main piece of scripture that alludes to this is found in Hebrews. The perception is that the author was writing to Christians, but from what I can tell by reading this over and over and over it sounds more like a gospel letter trying to convince the Hebrew people of their Messiah this being said in chapter 3 the author tells them not to be like their ancestors who did not believe in the wilderness and were cut off but continue on in their faith believing in the Christ Jesus. All this being said it also appears to be a type of beginner discipleship for believers tying in the heritage of the Hebrew people and their past relationship with God to Christ. So as far as this passage goes I have to say I am not sold on the fact that this is saying that people can walk away from the faith although I can respect the opinion of others who do because it is a very hard book when it comes to this subject. However, there are other passages that seem ambiguous to the fact of whether or not a Christian can walk away from the faith or "fall from Grace" but I am not sold on these either when there are so many scriptures that speak to the fact that we are forever saints. But where I draw my main conclusion is in my study of what a disciple of Jesus is and that clears up the matter for me. This also brings us back to this topic of Liable Choices so let us look at Luke 14.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
(Luke 14:27-33)
So here in Luke 14 Jesus says that we must bear our cross which has serious ties to the idea of a submit/commit salvation. He goes on to say that we must first count the cost and determine whether we can finish what we start. I believe in the realm of the Disciples of Jesus that there are 3 kinds- Effective Disciples, Ineffective Disciples, and False Disciples. You can read my other blogs that go into greater details on this point, but if a person makes a Liable choice determining and committing to take up His cross and follow Christ then he is a disciple of Christ and this person will endure to the end. The one who says he follows Christ but does not take up his cross is a false disciple. He is one that is just along for the ride until he finally gets fed up and falls away. There is not true submitting or commitment from the beginning. So we also see in scripture that we are to examine our faith and endure to the end. This is to make sure that we are not false disciples, but to continue in our faith of commitment. This is how we are sure by living by faith. If Faith is belief, repentance, trust and commitment then daily we will be living these out. Believing God for who he is and his promises, repenting and confessing our sins, trusting Christ for our salvation and strength, and committing to Him our love and devotion.
TELL- So this is why we must get the gospel right in the first place. We have to preach the gospel according to how Jesus preached it and the Scriptures explain it not how we want to share it or how someone else has taught us to share it. This is hugely important for the sake of people and God’s kingdom. These points are also why it is so important for us to Tell of Jesus to others and share the Gospel. As the Holy Spirit is showing people their need for salvation we must be there to deliver the word so that they can hear and understand.
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.
(2 Peter 3:9)
So again as God calls us, as he calls the entire world, we realize that we are falling off of a cliff into an abyss (Holy Spirit), we see the rope (The Gospel of Jesus) and all can grab on but the rope has large thorns (The Cost of Discipleship) so many doubt, hesitate, reject making the opportunity for salvation no longer advantageous.
Now under the Idea of Calvinism there really is no urgency to share the Gospel because God will save whom He will save. But when we look at the scriptures and what they really say about this doctrine of Election than we see and understand the urgency not only for sharing the Gospel but for praying for the lost. So with all of this being said go and tell others about Jesus and his love for them.
