Friday, September 30, 2005

The Purposeless Driven Life

In Dave Hunt's recent The Berean Call, he states:


Could someone who believes this false gospel of Calvinism be truly saved? Fortunately, many Calvinists (you among them) were saved before becoming Calvinists. They now malign God by saying that He is pleased to damn multitudes though He could save all—and that He predestines multitudes to the Lake of Fire before they are even born. But having believed the gospel before becoming Calvinists, they “shall not come into condemnation, but [have] passed from death unto life” (Jn 5:24). Those who only know the false gospel of Calvinism are not saved, while those who are saved and ought to know better but teach these heresies will be judged for doing so.


Now in Dave's anti-Calvinistic crusade (something he has yet to understand), he seems to not look in the mirror. He is all upset that God has "predestined" multitudes to hell according to the Calvinistic system. Now what "predestine" means in the Calvinistic system is totally ignored by Hunt, but let's ask a few questions of Hunt, assuming he is right.

Mr. Hunt, if God has foreknowledge of all future events and people and things, ect., why did God make man knowing that they would choose to go to hell? How does this help your position? Do you believe that God has just passively created man and sends him to hell with no real purpose?

Now Mr. Hunt would probably respond by saying that it was God's original intention for man to not sin. But this does not solve the problem because he believes God knows all things. Therefore God knew His will would be frustrated. Maybe Mr. Hunt should jump on the Open-Theism bandwagon and depart orthodox Christianity. That may solve his problem. Who needs a God that creates with a purpose?

Perhaps Mr. Hunt should have written the Purposeless Driven Life.

1 comment:

MarieP said...

Excellent observations, how2!

I pray that Hunt will come to a knowledge of God's sovereignty and freedom.