Let's suppose Calvinism is true...then why don't all Christians believe it?

Well, bless yore peabeancornokratomatoepepperblueberry pikin' heart!

My daddy-in-law was from Tennessee and used to talk about having to pick cotton when he was a kid. Bless his heart, he's gone now, I miss him, and never realized I would till he was gone.

 

Who questioned her salvation?

 

Let's suppose Calvinism is true...then why don't all Christians believe it?

The opposite question is true. If Arminianism is true, when why don't all Christians believe it?

The fact that some choose to believe or not believe in a position does not in and of itself dictate that such a position is true, not does it dictate that such a position is false.

 

Couldn't agree more. The presupposition of the OP is that universal belief equals truth. This is just not the case.

 

Frankly, the OP question is stupid. But since you have defined your presupposition, which forces me to accept that as your meaning (I have no problem doing so) I will address that. A question is only as good as its presupposition.

It does not follow that a person who is truly saved that God is somehow obligated to reveal all knowledge to them. It may please the Lord to leave some persons ignorant of certain truths while enlightening others.

I doubt your own self when you were but a babe in Christ understood the doctrine of the Trinity which we both affirm, or the intricasies of the hypostatic union as we have come to call it today. Yet God was well-pleased to save both you and me and leave us for a time not fully comprehending those doctrines.

And which of us is ascribing glory to themselves and not to God alone and His grace for their salvation?

God is not necessarily interested in making engineers out of all His children. Many of us are quite happy with enjoying the light without understanding how it works.

When discussing the doctrines of election and predestination we must tread very, very lightly, reverently, cautiously, and Scripturally. Because to do so is to gaze into the secret counsel of the Almighty.

When the Scripture tells me He chose me before the world began...I believe Him. And I think you do too. When Jesus prays, not for the world, but for those who will believe, I believe He is doing exactly that...interceding for believers.

As for the "some calvinists" you mention, I have no idea who these people are or what they believe. My advice in your studies is to stick with historic Calvinism. Look to the Calvinist creeds, and the writings of those in the past and today who are well-respected and have earned a good testimony among many...espeically of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and we see they have finished well...men like Spurgeon, Whitfield, Gill, and others.

 

Because He is God. I honestly would have no idea...since we are speaking of hypotheicals here. Why did He choose the 12, and leave some of the other Jews blind? Jesus prayed,

"In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him." Luke 10:21-22

I can apply this Scripture to your question because it speaks to why God chooses to hide things from some, and reveal it others..."for so it seemed good in thy sight."

While that may not satisfy some, it is enough for me to know that I know and understand what I do because it seemed good to God...and other things I do not know and understand because it seems good to Him.

 

The opposite tends to be true. Reading through the numerous posts on the bb, one can perceive that Arminians tend to be more vocal about Calvinists being heretics than the other way around.

Regardless, anyone making such a judgement upon the brethren is wrong. Canvinism and Arminianism are nor core scriptural doctrines, they are nonessential doctrines. Nonessential doctrines do not qualify or disqualify a person for heresy. Whether one is a calvinist or arminian, that person is not a heretic just because of their position on the topic.

 

Then you agree with me. It is the nature and act of God to withhold revelation from some and give it others...because it seems good to Him to do so. I will not venture to judge God's intentions, purposes, or good pleasure. Whatever seems good to Him is good, right, and holy.

Re-read the text. God reveals Himself to whomever He wills. Men are in a state of not knowing God the Father or the Son. Those who do come to know Him, know Him because God willed to reveal Himself. That is what the Scripture says.

 

I am not presuming anything. And unless the Scripture tells me why God does this or that, I have no idea. All the Scripture does tell me is that He acts according to His counsel and the good pleasure of His will, because He desires to do so.

The Scripture does not tells why it was or is good for Him to do this or that.

 

Free will

 

And there it is! A clear example of Skandelon refusing to understand the fact that the concept of election does not conflict with a person having free will to accept or reject salvation.

 

Not so. Has God ever "elected" someone who rejected salvation?