What will happen if "Freewillers" continue their message?

I emboldened the word "SOME" so as to avoid this very accusation and even went out of my way to clarify this was not the teaching of true Calvinism. (sometimes you just can't please everyone)

As do I, but that has nothing to do with the supposition of this thread.

And then you would continue to propagate your interpretation without rebuttal thus convincing more uninformed believers to adopt a false doctrine. I'd rather all believers be informed of both sides of the debate so as to make an informed choice.

 

well, Rahab, Ruth, etc., do not make the tribe, do they ? My point was that only those who are God's people can make and are commanded to make choices.

 

Uh? I don't remember saying that. If Calvinism is correct, then Calvinism's claims are true, period. Calvinism doesn't claim God's commands are lies, so I'm not sure why you would say this.

It's not the same. If we are supposing Calvinism is false (as the OP stated), then the reason we preach is to follow his command so as to persuade as many as possible, which would have been hindered or at very least slowed down by the distraction of Calvinism's false teachings.

 

Ann, please pay attention to what I've said. I was supposing if Calvinism was correct and if Arminianism was correct. If Calvinism is correct, our "false teaching" is not going to keep any of the elect from heaven. In fact, if what many Calvinist teach is true, then I'm an Arminian because God ordained it to be and I really didn't have much say in the matter. (but that is another debate)

I never said that, or even implied it. I know that Calvinists evangelize because they are commanded to do so. Remember, I was one of you, believe it or not. Even if Calvinism is false, I want Calvinists evangelizing, just like you want Arminians to evangelize.

Well, you can tell Paul that because he said that he was attempting to persuade men. I think most Calvinists acknowledge the use of "persuasive" means, so you may not want to go that route.

 

No, that is typically the position of those who hold to Calvinistic theology.

And I can see that you are not aware of what most Calvinistic scholars believe.

The Westminster Confession of Faith:
I. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass

This is from John Piper's Desiring God website:
“[E]verything that exists—including evil—is ordained by an infinitely holy and all-wise God to make the glory of Christ shine more brightly. . . . Adam’s sin and the fall of the human race with him into sin and misery did not take God off guard and is part of his overarching plan to display the fullness of the glory of Jesus Christ.”

Need I go on?

 

I believe you are one-hundered percent correct; however, the Calvinist will not hear it.

 

That brings to my mind the following quote ....

"The gospel was not and is not a manisfestation of to which persons God wills to give eternal life, but of the sort of persons to whom he wills to give eternal life, namely believers in Christ." - Girolamo Zanchi - one of the earilest Reformers