Calvanism is not the question, but you have yet to figure that out. The real question is: will you make the Lord Jesus Christ a liar by insisting that some phantom free will had anything to do with the salvation of a soul.
“You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you”
“And as many has had been appointed to eternal life believed.”
“…who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
These and hundreds of other Scriptures have been redacted from you mind, and likely from the print version you so dearly love to ignore. I would suggest that you read Romans 9, but that would be a exercise in futility as it probably (obviously) has been ripped from the Bible you read.
Reasoning with someone such as yourself is virtually impossible since you have set your face like a stone to rebel against the God who created you and elevate yourself (and your “free will”) above and against the authority of the Sovereign Lord. Sounds all too familiar as the father of lies, the wicked one, the devil has done the same thing as recorded in Isaiah 14.
The blood of your disciples will be required of you soon enough because you have taught them the lie that by an act of their will they will be granted entrance into the Kingdom of God and eternal life. Yet no where in Scripture is such a claim validated, but you will teach it nonetheless.
“For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” May the Lord Jesus grant you the gift of repentance from the lies you teach.

Hello Daryl, im confused by the whole of what you just said ( and Ive read a bit about calvinism, that we are chosen and cannot chose with our free will to be saved) But I have a few thoughts. One is this, if we cannot chose, then why does God say in the old Testament, “Chose this day whom you will follow” and then go on to tell people that they can follow Him or follow what is evil, but essentially the choice is theirs. Also, if we are ‘elected’with no choice of our own, then why does Jesus and John the Baptist go around telling everyone to Repent. It would seem that some respond and repent and some ignore this and don’t repent. So the response comes from individual people. If Jesus knew we would be drawn and led by the Spirit then why would He give us instructions to prepare us, knowing that some would obey and some would not?

We can have our opinions in how we interpret them but this requires correction…CORRECTION is hated by man’s sinful tendancies…if you don’t believe this see how Benny Hinn reacts to challenges of integrity and I’m sorry Benny if I have singled you out…their are countless others…too many names…not only your prosperity gospel (this is confusing because you attack weaker elements of this false gospel, like Joel Osteen etc.

But this is useless because you are both off-line.

And then the Calvinists…that attack you and John Mac Arthur who is well studied in theology and is sound in fundamentals but distorted because he is a theologian that is influenced by Calvin.

Yes a lot of his teachings are sound on the fringes but the heart…the predestination issue contradicts God’s integrity…God’s love is insurmountable but at the same token not compromised.

As an intelligent man and a well read scholar of the bible you have allowed Calvin to infect the real truth.

I had met a lot of genuine re-born Christians that have been infected by Calvin’s theology. I will not mention names because I love and respect them and perhaps I should but there again I cannot because they have studied the bible academically and collectively under doctrinal obligations.

Jesus calls us apart and challenges to those things that bind us…even good things like wife, children, parents and societies obligations…he never said they were not important , only priorities…for He is the Giver off all things.

Having said says…I read a lot of history especially about people that have reached the highest accolades or priviledge or power.

I’m not an admirer of mankind only the Lord Jesus Christ but something of an element of truth disturbed me in a way but was quite revealing…Queen Victoria with all her sins and political blunders and successes in terms of man’s ability to judge (and this is very private because none or really no-one knew heart or her position with God) said: “when I see my Saviour when it’s time to depart, I will humbly fall before Him and cast my crown before His feet” these are her exact words but this is what I surmised she meant.

How dignatories have changed.

But it shows you that Christ, the true Christ came for all…even Queens and Kings, beggars, poor people and criminals…all those that truly submitted to Him confessing their sins. It really is simple.

Thank you Lord.

All these things are found in the bible and they are fartoo numerous to mentions…not the names given to various individuals but the types and tendancies of sinful mankind.

Today we have God’s intervention because the law was useless in justifying or earning our salvation but it was necessary becausing knowing it reveals sin or better still conviction of sin.

Conviction of sin occurs to everybody that was born of earth…it the work of the Holy Spirit…it is how we choose to remedy it that counts…only one way was Christ dying for our sins and accepting this individually…not in mass or collectively.

It has to very personal and align itself with God’s love letter, the completed and fulfilled Word, the bible, the scriptures…no theology or teaching or any other person can save from the consequences in eternity.