Quotes

Spurgeon- I cannot imagine a more ready instrument in the hands of Satan for the ruin of souls than a minister who tells sinners that it is not their duty to repent of their sins or to believe in Christ, and who has the arrogance to call himself a gospel minister, while he teaches that God hates some men infinitely and unchangeably for no reason whatsoever but simple because he chooses to do so. - New Park Street Pulpit - Vol 6, 28-29


Sproul- If some people are not elected unto salvation then it would seem that God is not at all that loving toward them. - Chosen, pg.32

God less benevolent?

Spurgeon raised an interesting point- As it is my wish that it should be so, as it is your wish that it might be so, so it is God's wish that all men should be saved; for, assuredly, he is not less benevolent than we are. http://www.apibs.org/chs/1516.htm

The question to any Calvinist out there is this- Is it God’s wish that all mankind be saved? Simple enough.

Until Sunday

Quotes from Leading Calvinists:

Calvin-“The word many does not mean a part of the world, but the whole human race” Mark 14:24 Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries

“…by baptism we are ingrafted into the Body of Christ…” Institutes of the Christian Religion

Piper-“We must also own up to the fact that our final salvation is made contingent upon the subsequent obedience which comes from faith.” TULIP: What We Believe about the Five Points of Calvinism: Position Paper of the Pastoral Staff

Sproul- “God wills all things that comes to pass…” Almighty All Over pg.54

Spurgeon- If I am to preach faith in Christ to a man who is regenerated, then the man, being regenerated, is saved already, and it is an unnecessary and ridiculous thing for me to preach Christ to him, and bid him to believe in order to be saved when he is saved already, being regenerate.Am I only to preach faith to those who have it? Absurd indeed! " The Warrent of Faith"