Who is Got Questions?
It has bothered me for sometime that Got Questions has taken over the internet with their so called answer to every question imaginable. Yes, the bible has the answer to every question imaginable, my worry is that Got Questions seems to have the ‘right’ answer for every question.
If you type in the question: “Calvinism”, into Got Questions search you get the following list:
92 results found. Search results for: calvinism
10 pages of results.1.Who are the New Calvinists, and what are the beliefs of New Calvinism? Who are the New Calvinists, and what are the beliefs of New Calvinism? How is New Calvinism different from traditional Calvinism? URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/new-calvinism.html
2.Calvinism vs. Arminianism – which view is correct? Calvinism vs. Arminianism – which view is correct? What are the five points of Calvinism vs. the five points of Arminianism? URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/Calvinism-vs-Arminianism.html
3.What is Calvinism and is it biblical? What are the five points of Calvinism? What is Calvinism and is it biblical? What are the five points of Calvinism? How is Calvinism different from Arminianism? URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism.html
4.What is Amyraldism / Four-Point Calvinism? What is Amyraldism? What is four point Calvinism? Why do Amyraldians deny limited atonement? URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/Amyraldism.html
5.What is hyper-Calvinism and is it biblical? What is hyper-Calvinism and is it biblical? How is Hyper-Calvinism different from Calvinism? URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/hyper-calvinism.html
6.Could Calvinism be a stumbling block to the spread of the gospel of Christ? Could Calvinism be a stumbling block to the spread of the gospel of Christ? If God is absolutely sovereign in salvation, what is the point of evan… URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism-evangelism.html
7.The Top Five Misconceptions of Calvinism Robin Schumacher sorts out incorrect stereotypes and misconceptions about Calvinism. URL: http://www.blogos.org/compellingtruth/calvinism-misconceptions.php
Note that I just took a front page snapshot; there are 92 results alone for the search term Calvinism. But now you say “so what, maybe they speak against it?” I wish that was the truth, unfortunately Got Questions is a Calvinist organisation and they promote Calvinism with vigor.
Got Questions claim to be “Amyraldism”, therefore they are what’s considered 4 point Calvinists. They don’t believe in Limited Atonement, it’s Unlimited according to their beliefs. Limited Atonement states that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the only the Elect and no atonement was provided for the reprobate. Unlimited Atonement states that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole world, which is biblically correct, however Got Questions believe in Unconditional Election so only those chosen by God before the foundations of the world to be saved will get saved and the rest that were not chosen by God will still go go to hell. So how how do you explain that? Like I said “Confusing!!”. Limited Atonement and Unconditional Election go hand in hand – the two can’t be separated from one another.
There is no such thing as a 3 or 4 pointer Calvinist. They fool themselves and others. If you remove just one letter of the T.U.L.I.P acronym the entire “house of Tulip” collapses that was built on John Calvin’s Institutes and his alter ego St Augustine who Got Questions states “is sometimes called “the Father of Roman Catholicism.”” https://www.gotquestions.org/Saint-Augustine.html
Each Letter of the T.U.L.I.P acronym rests on the other one being true.
Let’s have a look at some of the results shall we on Got Questions:
Question: “What is Calvinism and is it biblical? What are the five points of Calvinism?”
Answer: While all these doctrines have a biblical basis, many people reject all or some of them. So-called “four-point Calvinists” accept Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints as biblical doctrines. Man is definitely sinful and incapable of believing in God on his own. God elects people based on His will alone – election is not based on any merit in the person chosen. All those whom God has chosen will come to faith. All those who are truly born-again will persevere in their faith. As for Limited Atonement, however, four-point Calvinists believe that atonement in unlimited, arguing that Jesus died for the sins of the whole world, not just for the sins of the elect. “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). Other verses in opposition to limited atonement are John 1:29;3:16;1 Timothy 2:6; and2 Peter 2:1. [Emphasis added]
The five-point Calvinists, however, see problems with four-point Calvinism. First, they argue, if Total Depravity is true, then Unlimited Atonement cannot possibly be true because, if Jesus died for the sins of every person, then whether or not His death is applicable to an individual depends on whether or not that person “accepts” Christ. But as we have seen from the above description of Total Depravity, man in his natural state has no capacity whatsoever to choose God, nor does he want to. In addition, if Unlimited Atonement is true, then hell is full of people for whom Christ died. He shed His blood in vain for them. To the five-point Calvinist, this is unthinkable. Please note: this article is only a brief summary of the five points of Calvinism. For a more in in-depth look, please visit the following pages:Total Depravity, Unconditional Election,Limited Atonement,Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints. [Emphasis added]
Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism.html#ixzz3KHqvUrkk
So as we can see from just one of their questions, they are bonifide Calvinists, no matter how they may like to distinguish themselves by adding a number in front of the name Calvinist, eg, 4 point Calvinist.
Let’s see what else they have to say:
Question: “Could Calvinism be a stumbling block to the spread of the gospel of Christ?”
Answer: Calvinism is the term applied to a belief in a high view of the sovereignty of God, especially as it relates to salvation. Calvinists are convinced the Bible teaches that man is sinfully corrupt throughout his entire being and cannot make himself acceptable to God through any amount of effort of his own. Calvinists hold that in eternity past God chose out some among mankind for His own. In the course of time, God grants repentance and faith to His elect so that they might be awakened to their sinful state and need for grace….. [Emphasis added]
So, whether one is a Calvinist or not, evangelism is the responsibility of all believers. Historically, Calvinism not only didn’t diminish the Calvinists’ burden for souls, it purified it! The Calvinists were among the greatest evangelists in the history of the church, motivated by love for their Lord and Savior who chose them and saved them “before the foundation of the world”….. [Emphasis added]
Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism-evangelism.html#ixzz3KHwfevlz
Question: “What is hyper-Calvinism and is it biblical?”
Answer: A simple definition is this: hyper-Calvinism is the belief that God saves the elect through His sovereign will with little or no use of the methods of bringing about salvation (such as evangelism, preaching, and prayer for the lost). To an unbiblical fault, the hyper-Calvinist over-emphasizes God’s sovereignty and under-emphasizes man’s responsibility in the work of salvation.
An obvious ramification of hyper-Calvinism is that it suppresses any desire to evangelize the lost. Most churches or denominations that hold to hyper-Calvinistic theology are marked by fatalism, coldness, and a lack of assurance of faith. There is little emphasis upon God’s love for the lost and His own people but rather an unbiblical preoccupation with God’s sovereignty, His election of the saved, and His wrath for the lost. The gospel of the hyper-Calvinist is a declaration of God’s salvation of the elect and His damnation of the lost.
The Bible clearly teaches that God is sovereign over the entire universe (Daniel 4:34-35), including the salvation of men (Ephesians 1:3-12). But with God’s sovereignty, the Bible also teaches that His motivation for saving the lost is love (Ephesians 1:4-5;John 3:16;1 John 4:9-10) and that God’s means of saving the lost is the proclamation of His Word (Romans 10:14-15). The Bible also declares that the Christian is to be passionate and determined in his/her sharing with unbelievers; as ambassadors for Christ, we are to “beg” people to be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20-21).
Hyper-Calvinism takes a biblical doctrine, God’s sovereignty, and pushes it to an unbiblical extreme. In doing so, the hyper-Calvinist downplays the love of God and the necessity of evangelism.
Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/hyper-calvinism.html#ixzz3KHxuGCnC
This last Q&A that I posted is very funny. They state that “An obvious ramification of hyper-Calvinism is that it suppresses any desire to evangelize the lost.” Why would you want to evangelize the lost when they are predestined to go to hell? Or do they mean the Elect are actually the lost reprobate?
They say, “There is little emphasis upon God’s love for the lost and His own people“. So here they make a distinction between the lost and the Elect. So why preach to the lost if they are doomed for hell and God will sovereignly not change His mind about that. As Dave Hunt said, “What kind of love is this?” That God loves the reprobate so much that He sends him to an eternity to burn in hell, just because God feels like it.
They say, “But with God’s sovereignty, the Bible also teaches that His motivation for saving the lost is love” Hold on a second, there they go again, God’s motivation for saving the lost is love, but according to Calvinism only the Elect will be saved – are they again saying the Elect are the lost (reprobate)? See this article called Elect are Lost but Reprobates not?.
Calvinism is a very confusing and sometimes a laughable doctrine, but that should come as no surprise because the founder of the doctrine, John Calvin was actually a Freemason. See this article: Huguenots, John Calvin and Freemasonry.
Got Questions says that Calvinists were some of the greatest preachers in the history of the church. That’s is a tall tale if ever there was one! They called Charles Spurgeon the price of preachers – was he really? Read this article to see that he was far from a prince more like a price of darkness. Charles Spurgeon: The Prince of Preachers.
John MacArthur teaches that you can take the Mark of the Beast during the Tribulation and then repent afterward. See here: Grace to You and John MacArthur – Take Mark of the Beast – No Recant . John Mac Arthur also teaches that Jesus blood was never applied in heaven. John MacArthur also teaches Lordship Salvation – and just recently John MacArthur was exposed as a Freemason as well. Also see this article: Orbital Hermeneutics by John MacArthur
Calvinists have taken over the internet by storm (no matter how many points you consider yourself to be, be it a 3, 4, or 5 point Calvinist for example). Calvinists are more dangerous that Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons put together. Calvinism is a dangerous deceptive doctrine because they preach the truth to a certain point and then STOP DEAD SHORT when it comes to preaching the message of salvation. Here it’s twisted into something horrible and downright evil – that God would send people to hell for no good reason. Calvinism teaches that you are Elect by pride, not saved by Grace.
Got Questions is a dangerous place to go get answers. The Satanic trick is this, let people think they are correct on most questions, that when they stumble across the Calvinism questions they will believe them – after all it only takes 1 drop of poison in a nice big glass of refreshing water to kill someone.
Got Questions Kidz
Now they are targeting the kids with Got Questions Kidz. So many think this is a fantastic idea, but at the end of the day Got Questions ultimate goal is to turn Kidz into Calvinists.
There is a reason Calvinism is called Calvinism, Jehovah’s Witnesses called Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons called Mormons and Seventh-day Adventists called Seventh-day Adventists because its not called Christian. None of these doctrines are found in the bible – no where do I see Jesus telling us to follow the doctrine of Calvinism in the bible.
If you have to give your doctrine a name, like Calvinism, then people need to worry. The man who came up with the doctrine of Calvinism is John Calvin – he was a serial murderer, he murdered people who did not believe in his doctrine. Calvinists to this day can’t find anything wrong with this, they think murderers are godly men. See the following articles on John Calvin:
- The Legacy of John Calvin – Part 1
- The Legacy of John Calvin – Part 2
- The Legacy of John Calvin – Part 3
- Calvinists Justify the Known Murderer, John Calvin.
See ALL articles exposing Calvinism here: CALVINISM
Well, well…
I found some errors there too a while back.
Thank you for this Debs!
I agree with Calvinists taking over the web. They are as stubborn as school bullies!
NOW the book also opened on the “origin” of LS.
Some are just willfully ignorant.
Sometimes we win… sometimes we learn.
Have you noticed how Calvinists expose themselves if you ask them multiple choice questions?
Thank you for this article. Thank you for exposing “Got Questions”. I have had my doubts about them for a long time. Nobody ever does expose them.
Thanks Abe!
I enjoyed reading this article. We have been reading all your articles on Calvin and his doctrines. It has explained so much to us in handling a personal matter we have with a family member who follows the teaching of Calvin. You are brave and it cannot be easy to run a site like this. We have settled it in our hearts that the teachings of Calvin is evil. I know at times you must feel alone when running this site but there are those of us who are blessed by the articles you and Thomas post. Even if you can reach out and change the mind set of just one person it counts. There are so many many deceived and lost people out there and the numbers are getting bigger bigger. The church has lost her way but we have to expect this as the Word warns us. Our prayer is that we don’t also get deceived or puff up with pride but to stay humble and willing to reach out to others to help them work out their own salvation with fear and trembling. Thank you Debbie and Thomas for your work and diligance. People feel you don’t have love but oh how I know how righteous anger can make you come across unloving. Take care and have a blessed day.
Vanessa,
Indeed, righteous anger can make you come across to others as unloving, arrogant, conceited, judgmental and what not. And yes, it will cost you something. I have been thrown out of many Bible studies and even been attacked by a dog once when a so-called brother in Christ, who knew I was coming to his home to discuss things with him, deliberately failed to keep his dog on a leash. Hadn’t God protected me I could have been injured very seriously. Some have called me the devil incarnate or an agent of the devil. Some have wished me dead and said that God will take me out, like a sniper takes out his enemies. Some have called me rotten meat not even a crocodile will want to eat, etc. etc. etc. But what is this compared to what Jesus experienced in his life on earth?
Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. It is going to become worse, much worse.
Thank you Vanessa, I love you lots. Keep your eyes on Jesus because this ride is going to get a whole lot worse. I sometimes think it can’t get worse and wonder what ‘worse’ could be and then it gets worse.
One just has to look at our criminal justice system here in South Africa to realise that judges are not doing their jobs (because their mindset is antiChrist and Satan was a murderer from the beginning John 8:44) and they are setting murderers free with the lightest sentences possible.
May the peace of our Lord Jesus be with you both always and yes I love you both as you are my true Brother and Sister in Christ. Hold fast and keep up the work that you are called to do. Yes we (hubby) and I know things are going to get worse.
Your Sister Vanessa and Brother Vernon.
I stumbled upon this website when I was looking for information on Rex Humbard. I like this site. It seems you have a lot of information on different things.
Hi Miles
Thank you for commenting. I hope you find this website a blessing to you.
I will look into Rex Humbard for you. Ok here is the best info so far: http://www.apologeticsindex.org/575-rex-humbard It seems he was a Word of Faith televangelist who was influenced by Kathyn Kuhlman (she was a spiritualist and had a spirit guide). Benny Hinn was also influenced by Kathyn Kuhlman. This guy is BAD news. But he passed away at the age of 88 in the year 2007.
If you go to gotquestions.org and look up what is arminianism. Got questions admits to being a four point calvinist ministry in the last paragraph.
Chris Head
There is no such thing as a four-point Calvinist ministry. If you remove one of the letters in TULIP the whole things falls apart like a house of cards.
Dear Chris Head
The biggest lie Calvinism every told was that if you remove a letter from TULIP you become a moderate Calvinist instead of a hyper Calvinist. LIES!
There is no ‘moderately’ Elect and ‘hyper’ Elect. You are either Elect before birth (CALVINIST) or not.
As Tom said you can’t remove a letter from the TULIP because each one is built on the other.
Perhaps.
Up to this point i thought it was socially acceptable to be a 1-5 point Calvinist, but I do see your point. Either way Calvinism has nearly destroyed my desire for the true God of the bible. I am still a Christian but a pretty wounded one and this whole argument has made it difficult to wanna worship and serve and love the Lord.
Dear Chris
>> Either way Calvinism has nearly destroyed my desire for the true God of the bible. I am still a Christian but a pretty wounded one and this whole argument has made it difficult to wanna worship and serve and love the Lord.
Hold onto Jesus Christ with all your heart and soul. It was not Him that caused these people to lie and twist the gospel. It was not Him Chris. It was Satan and evil people that did this. Draw close to Jesus Christ, only He can heal your wounds.
love and hugs from me
When anyone becomes a serious student of God’s word, he/she will learn truth. If you desire to know truth, you can find it (JOHN 8:31-32). Once you learn things by study, its not too difficult to spot error. For example, a master-jeweler with 25 years experience would be able to spot, see things, recognize certain jewelry, etc. And so can the Bible student. One does not need a college degree to read and study the Bible.
There are many, many false teachings on got questions; not just Calvinism!
Thx 4 the info, it helped a lot 2 get rid of the addiction called calvinism. It has been a sticky one since birth…
Eric
you said “There are many, many false teachings on got questions; not just Calvinism!”
True, but no other false doctrine captures the mind as much as Calvinism does.
Any light on Justin Johnson… of Grace Ambassadors fame.
Hi Robbie :hi:
Who? When? How? :dazed:
Well, we should not hate each other because of that. You know heaven is real. But you can’t be sure if there are mango trees or strawberries or alien ones. You believe in the trinity nature of God but you don’t understand it properly. You know angels exist but you don’t know how they look like. But that won’t keep you from going to heaven if you are in Christ! Likewise, talking about all these -isms is like arguing about tomato trees and strawberry trees existing in heaven. These may seem serious but they are really silly. So silly that God won’t answer them for you. Then say, what did people believe before Mr Calvin and his apprentice Mr Armini were born, way back before 1500s? The Bible holds no secret which would be discovered hundreds of years later. It’s message is simple and pain. What we don’t need, God doesn’t tell us. It is not necessary to know God fully in order to go to heaven. In fact, God tells Moses that he shall see His back but not His face. How can we know a person without seeing his face? God simply tells us that it is not possible for us to see His face. But we should be careful not to be tossed about and blown here and there by ‘every and of teaching’. We should always ‘test the spirits to see if they are from God’. Jesus is the God shepherd. He will never leave you alone.
Dear Libonthung Ezung
You said “Likewise, talking about all these -isms is like arguing about tomato trees and strawberry trees existing in heaven.”
Seeing as though you ‘test the spirits to see if they are from God’ because that is what the Bible commands us to do, let’s do just that shall we, here are 2 questions for you:
1. Do you believe Calvin-ism is christian?
2. Do you believe Roman Catholic-ism is christian?
Dear ma’am Deborah,
I don’t think I need to believe if any religion is Christian. In fact, I believe that no religion on earth is Christian. In the begining of mankind, Adam and Eve had no religion. They had the perfect relationship with God before the fall. Therefore I say, nobody can reach God through any religion. Suppose you follow ‘abc’ religion. If you do really seek God, then God will, say, send a missionary or do something and you’ll find Him. I believe ‘seek & ye shall find’ to be powerful since Jesus said it, he himself being the only way to heaven. Why should the scripture record such an obvious thing? All scripture is God-breathed. Because God has ‘set eternity in the hearts of men’, even if you think ‘abc’ religion is true, deep down inside you, you’ll not be satisfied. Look at the life of Paul the apostle. He wanted to serve the Lord and God showed him the way. (Suppose) Even if you call yourself a Christian, if you don’t seek the lord, you’ll still be (called) blind. God doesn’t want religion. He wants us. He sent Jesus to restore our relationship with him. He even tells us to love him with all our heart, mind, soul, & strength. Though I always fail to do this, my desire is for Him and I’ll not believe anyone who tells me to give God only part of my heart, mind, soul, strength. All glory, honour and praise be to God alone.
That’s my answer for your question.
Yo, I’m just an old teen, a schoolboy and I’m no theologian. You ask me more questions again, I’ll be nowhere. I may not have answered you to your satisfaction, but that’s all I know. This site was where I first learned about calvinism & arminianism and I commented. I mean to say, I didn’t know about all these things but I still led a happy life. Now that I’ve come to know that the world seems so complex, I think of the pharisees in Jesus’ time. I realise I never believed in any of the two before & even now, I don’t feel the need to believe in either one. Besides, nobody here seems to support arminianism either, though it is clear that this site is against calvinism. ‘Cast all of your cares on Him’. You may not see it appropriate but that’s what I’ll do for this case.
By the way, sorry for my poor words, by -‘ism’, I was typing in no time so I meant only those two calva and armini. Looks like you’re poor too. Roman-catholic-ism is a denomination and many other denominations don’t always end with -ism, let alone other religions. Please don’t feel offended. I just don’t understand your motive behind you giving me two homeworks. What were you thinking?
And to be precise, the theme of my last comment was about hatred.
A very important question, which, I believe, everyone must know, I shall ask you,
“What is the importance of believing in calvinism/arminianism?”
Please note that this question is not an attack like how, I think, you did to me. Please don’t feel bad.
Dear Libonthung Ezung
I’m going to ignore the fact that you are trying to be a smart alec with your silly ‘reversed’ question (in a positive voice of) “What is the importance of believing in calvinism/arminianism?”.
Please read: Testing the Spirits – True Spiritual Discernment
Dear Deborah Ma’am,
This time I’ll be simple, please give me a link to an article which talks about calvinism/arminianism with bible verses just like that in the article you wrote about ‘testing the spirits’. Oh please do, please do.
I am very much displeased with what you might be thinking about me because of the record I made. Oh, I wish this was the first thing I asked of you. Honest! ^_^
I am so glad you enjoy comments, after all.
By the way, I had no intention of reversing your question. So don’t feel bad.
Dear Libonthung Ezung :hi:
It’s ok Libonthung 🙂
Please go here and read all articles on Calvinism – it’s a lot of information – but I pray you will soon understand that Calvinism is a very evil doctrine. The problem with Calvinism is that it preaches the truth to a certain extent and then when it comes to the gospel message of salvation – it trashes it by stating that Jesus Christ did not die for the whole world (as the Bible states) but that He died only for the Elect (The Elect are those people chosen by God before the foundation of the world to be saved, the others that God did not choose to be saved are doomed to end up in hell).
Uh, Ma’am Deborah?
I thought you (and everyone here) were arminian. Or is it so? If you had ever wondered, that was the reason behind me asking you what the importance of believing in calva/armi was. I am curious to know what you believe in. Would you please take the trouble to tell me that?
I am just content you haven’t written anything against what I have written so far, apart from those -isms. So, I am more than curious to know what you’re up to.
Our way of communication is better than emails, you know. Besides, God already knows who we are and He is our everything. So, I won’t care about how many lowly creatures read my comments. I mean to say, I like comments too.
Dear Libonthung Ezung
Nope we are not Arninian, Arminian we do not follow Jacobus Arminius. All Calvinists believe that if you are not a Calvinist you are Arminian. This is just totally wrong.
We are Christians.
Are you a Calvinist?
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Ma’am Deborah,
No, I am not. Funny, you could’ve asked me if I was arminian, based on my writing history. Or is it because of my poor words? Alright, I’m not arminian either.
One more homework for you: You don’t like arminianism, do you? Is there any article written against it in the light of the scriptures? Please do share. (I am asking you this because I want things which are recommended by you)
I say again, I’m neither calvinist nor arminian. It’s my first time. I didn’t even know you were in charge here or that you even existed at all. How could I believe in something, all on a sudden, without doing research on it? I’m extremely glad you are very helpful to me. I still believe that I don’t need to believe in either or both of those -isms. Let’s agree to disagree with both calvinism and arminianism.
Hi Libonthung Ezung
Nope I don’t have any information on hand on Arminianism or Jacobus Arminius – never got around to doing an article. I know that John Wesley (who founded the Methodist church – he was Arminian and followed Jacobus Arminius). So is Arminianism actually Methodism? Most probably. You will have to go and investigate on Google. Check/
I inwardly cringe when my pastor (at a non denominational church) quotes Calvin. I pray about it and think it is probably ok to quote him if he is making a Biblically true statement (just as Martin Luther obviously was used by God for good even though he was an antisemite). Like you pointed out, we should take our theology from Jesus and the Word of God. Fallible men do not make a reliable foundation ( and Jesus warned against building on sand).
Yes, the folks at GotQuestions are Calvinists. The Bible they use is the ESV which is also the preferred bible of many in the Reformed faith.
Deborah (Discerning the World) wrote:
I had a believer in Calvinism tell me in a post on another site forum that a hyper Calvinist is one who believes that witnessing to the lost is a waste of time because God has already chosen who will go to hell and nothing can change that.
So-called “moderate” Calvinists will share the Gospel.
I had a friend who went from Mormonism to the Reformed Church. She joined me one time to witness to 2 Mormon elders who had come to my door. After that, she refused to talk to them again. She said their destiny is already sealed and more sharing of the Bible would be futile.
Miles wrote:
I have been using got questions for a while now and today it something told me to see who they are and that’s how I found this page.
I was curious about what my church is starting and that is the spiritual gifts series. In our small study group, there is a man that will just start speaking in tongues. I researched in the Bible and found that the tongues were not this gibberish I have been hearing from this man. In the group I said doesn’t there need to be an interpreter and what is this language? It doesn’t sound real to me.
What are your thoughts on this as I’m getting more confused about what is the right church? This is my third church in ten years.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Dear Silvana
Please read our article on Gift of Speaking in Tongues, Prophecy and Healing 🙂
The right church is the Bride of Christ, She is not part of any concrete building. Christians are spread all over the world, experiencing the same things you are right now. In these last days, children of God are finding the narrow path A Very Lonely Path…
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Revelation is clear about those who destroy the earth, but these people are calling lovers of Christ who see the destruction as conspiracy theorists, a word coined by the government to make those who question the narrative as crazy people.
https://www.gotquestions.org/chemtrail-conspiracy.html
Thank you. I’ve went to got questions for many years for answers, but if they dont understand plain and simple salvation, God help them. Unfortunately they’re spreading confusion and lies.
Thanks Maddie :hi5:
Chemical Trails are real, not a conspiracy. I see them in the sky here in South Africa, over the Town I live in, sometimes there are so many trails cris crossing each other you could play the game Tic-Tac-Toe or Nougats and Crosses” as we call it.
Hi Debora. Thank you for sharing this. I too see how Got Questions is extremely questionable and humanistic. I see a lot a demonic and humanistic views and traits within their teachings. Being Calvinists, their content is portrayed in a very legalistic way. Legalism abounds in their doctrine.
I am currently writing a book to expose doctrines similarly to Calvinism and Word of Faith. Any chance we could chat via email about the Word of Faith movement?
Blessing in Christ
– The Black Diamond Sheep
This is an attack to on matters totally unimportant .
Dear Fai
How about you tell us what these unimportant matters are?
How important it is then on Jesus Christ salvation?
Dear Fai
Calvinism trashes the gospel of salvation, as they teach that God elects some to be saved and the rest to burn in hell for eternity because it pleases Him to do so. Calvinism is a cult like Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormonism.
I don’t think so. Unless they are believing the wrong Jesus, you can’t undone who Jesus has saved. Unless you are saying “Calvinism” ( I don’t like labeling people, anyways) is believing the wrong Jesus, like Jehovah Witness or prosperity gospel etc…..so give me prove that so called “Calvinist” is believing the wrong Jesus.
Dear Fai
Here is a link to all our articles on Calvinsm that prove that Calvisnist follow ANOTHER Jesus with ANOTHER gospel. There is a lot of reading to do, if you are sincere in knowing the truth, you will study what’s been written.
Fai.
Are you one of the elect who was chosen to be saved before the foundation of the world? If so, how do you know you are an elect and not a reprobate?
To be honest, I am not a Calvinist. But the saying that saved one knowledge must be correct and unchallenged to be saved is also problematic. Also just because some difference in our knowledge or someone’s mistake and briefly deduce someone is saved or not is erroneous, if I should not say self prideful.
Sorry I have been presenting this badly. What I mean is we all make mistakes. What I see is I appreciate the biblical facts presented by gotquestions, although I question its stance on Calvinism. Unless it is deceptive in natural leading to Satan, it is still a tool used by God. God bless.
Dear Fai
When people who are babes in Christ, or people who are easily tossed to and fro from one doctrine to another (Ephesians 4:14) and these people land on Got Questions seeking answers, they are bound to come across the doctrine of TULIP that is so prolifically spread across the Got Questions website site on purpose to DECEIVE those who come to the website believing they are receiving sound doctrine. (Ephesians 4:14) There is a very good chance of sucking people into the doctrine of Calvinism. Calvinism is the most deceptive doctrine of all, as it sounds very close to the truth, but when it comes to the gospel of SALVATION, they trash it along with Jesus Christ and the penalty HE paid for the whole world on the cross. So yes Fai, it’s VERY Important that this website is exposed for what it is.
Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Fai. God sometimes even uses Satan despite his horrendous “little” mistakes. However, that shouldn’t give us the leeway to willy-nilly encourage others to use “Got-questions” just because their vast knowledge outweighs their little mistakes. There are many other godly sources far better than “Got-questions” that can assist you. By the way, the misrepresentation of God and his salvation is not just a mistake – now, is it? No! it is a hell-deserving travesty. Be aware of the little leaven that leavens the whole lump. It can lead you into apostasy.
Imagine what many people are going to say on the Day of Judgment. “Please God, take it easy. I know I am guilty but we all made mistakes, don’t we?”
Hi Deborah,
We may add the following passage:
Paul never called their heresies little mistakes. If he had, he would never have wept over the disastrous ill-effects it had on his brethren. I have heard this argument “we all make mistakes” ad infinitum and it makes me angry, very angry.
Fai, just to inform you. They don’t have a stance on Calvinism. They ARE Calvinists to their very fibre.
Thanks Tom!
Hi Deborah, “Calvinism trashes the gospel of salvation, as they teach that God elects some to be saved and the rest to burn in hell for eternity because it pleases Him to do so.” => you are partly true and partly untrue regarding the views of Calvinism. And Calvin is partly true and partly untrue as well. In God’s eyes, He knows who are saved and who are unsaved because he knows the future (Calvin wrongly defined this as “elect”), which more correctly should be called “predestination”). In humans eyes, though, we still need to take our responsibility and accept Jesus as saviour. God knowing the future of our destiny does not take away our responsibility to work our way to accept and believe Jesus. Some people say Calvin is a bad guy, that is another story though.
In fact, gotquestions got it quite right, that is “conditional election”, those who believe in Jesus Christ are the ones who are elected (and this is what Calvin got it wrong). Although God already knows the future (predestination), that does not take out our responsibility to believe and accept him and become the elected ones.
Fai. There are no such things as “conditional” and “unconditional election.” Yes, the condition or prerogative for salvation (not election) is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and his Gospel (Romans 10:17). Nonetheless, the condition to believe is not based on election in the sense that some will believe because they were chosen unto salvation before the foundation of the world and others were deprived of faith because they were not elected, and because God knew beforehand who would believe and who would not. What is your view on God’s foreknowledge? Do you believe that God knew everything before anything was created because He Himself ordained (decreed) everything to happen as it happens/happened, including Adam and Eve’s fall into sin and Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus? If this is your view, then it is based on the Westminster Confession of faith: “God from all eternity did by the most and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.”
You said:
It is an unfortunate and rather blank statement to make. It is said that in 2015, 2.38 billion people avowed that they believe in Jesus. Are they all the elect? Even the devil and his angels believe in Jesus (James 2:19). Are they also part of the elect? If those who believe are the ones God elects, as you said, unto what are they elected (chosen) – to salvation or something else than salvation? The entire nation of Israel was God’s chosen elect and yet most of the “children of the Kingdom” are going to end up in hell (Matthew 8:12).
If salvation = election because God knew beforehand who would believe, and damnation = non-election, then we are back to square one which is, God elects some to salvation and some to damnation. Election is either to salvation or to something else. You cannot have someone to be saved and bound for heaven because of his faith in Jesus Christ and his Gospel, and then, subsequent to this have him to be elected unto salvation. It makes no sense.
Fai wrote
Would you say that God’s divine foreknowledge is the determining factor of who would be saved and who not? You reject the word “elect” but sanction the word “predestination?” How does that work for you? Predestination is just another word for election. How do I know? Well, both can be used in sentences without contradicting one another. Here goes: “The elect were elected unto salvation before the foundation of the world” and “The elect were predestined unto salvation before the foundation of the world.”
Fai wrote:
Even some of today’s staunchest Calvinists admit that John Calvin was a bad (evil) guy.
Only humans are part of the salvation plan, angelic creatures does not entitle salvation. And there is no mentioning that angelic creatures can repent. This is really predestination that God chooses only humans to be saved. Also this is your view of God, that God doesn’t know everything beforehand. We cannot say God is evil because he knows evil beforehand. Actually based on your statements view of God you’ve got the incorrect conclusion …. gotquestions are correct, without the Holy Spirit to repent some people don’t accept and will never accept the full authority and full knowledge of God…are they really believers of God is a big question mark???
Fai
I can see that you do not understand election and predestination as the Bible defines it. There is no point in continuing our discussion.
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I have a question. Do you think that Ezekiel 22 is referring to WWII? https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22.htm
Dear Frank
Nope. This is a prophecy with regards to Israel’s history regarding Jerusalem (an extremely sinful city) and God’s judgment on it. Ezekiel 22 links to a number of other passages by other Old Testament Prophets. As a whole it’s a depiction of God holding the leaders that being the prophets, priests and princes collectively responsible for the national demise of Israel and how God has had enough of their idolatry and profanity of His holiness.
You sound like you are a ‘Calvinist’. Hmm.
Calvin was a despicable person, whereas Arminius was a very godly person. But when we all get to heaven we will clearly see that Calvin AND Arminius (and all the theologians who attempt to boil God down) both had it wrong. God is far greater than man’s attempts to put Him in a little box when even the whole universe cannot contain Him.
Mark your argument is typical of the mysticism that is running rampant in the church today, it is not even funny. The fact that the whole universe cannot contain God does not mean that you cannot know the truth, causing you to remain in a cloud of unknowing throughout your life. This idea is pure Hinduism which believes that one should never ask questions but always just do what you are told.
God Himself, Jesus Christ, promised that his Spirit will guide us in all truth. (John 16:13). He also says, “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29).
When we get to heaven one day, it won’t be to point fingers at one another and accuse each other of this or that. Paul was a despicable person before he was saved, and so was I as well as you. So, climb down from your high moral ground and remain faithful to God’s command to test (discern) all things in the light of God’s Word, that is to test all doctrine and not individual persons. Only God can judge people. Any attempt on your part to judge the person is an attempt to play God.
By the way, what makes you think we sound like a Calvinist? Are you a Calvinist?
I used to subscribe to Got Questions and one day I received an email from them looking for donations. So I responded that if they got rid of their calvinism maybe some solid christians would donate. This warrented a response for the owner (Shea) and tried to tell me that they are not calvinism and then sent me a document to read about their beliefs and then tell me what I thought. I read it and got back to Shea and told him that now there is no doubt they are calvinists and that was the last I heard from him.
Hi April
Wow! Yes Calvinists love to try hoodwink people into thinking they’re not Calvinist’s by lying and saying they’re not when they blatantly are. They are worse than SDA’s – at least SDA’s admit they are seventh day adventist when asked.