Calvinism is an evil and unGodly belief system.

Thank you Prof. Flowers for your passion and earnestly holding for the true love of God. ❤

It's obvious that Dr. White does not understand free will and the whole Word of God. This debate made me see how wrong Calvinism is and man made and even evil. God is Sovereign but Holy and has givin us and angels His created creatures Free will.

It becomes even more interesting when we consider that the old translators and teachers in the church translated this text in line with the KJV thus: Buried with him by means of baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith [that is] of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead. (Colossians 2:12) Notice the difference. It not "Raised through OUR Faith" But rather "Raised through the Faith of God's operation..." That is, the emphasis is upon God working and creating Faith in the heart by the Divine power of the Gospel (Romans 1:17) rather than upon us merely believing in God's power etc. This is supported by a number of grammatical features in the text. For example: 1) Firstly , it is by means of Baptism that we are united with Christ. This is brought by the combination of the Greek preposition έν + the dative case, which shows that Baptism is instrumental in effecting union with Christ and not merely symbolical... 2) Secondly the Apostle says we are raised διά - THROUGH the Faith of the operation of God. This Greek preposition is also utilised to demonstrate instrumentality. God uses Faith as the means by which he raises us. But while it certainly becomes OUR FAITH, the text shows that this Faith it is not sourced from.eithin us but rather is the result of the operation of God. This that end Luther translates it as: "By the Faith that God WORKED" 3) The use of the genitive case throughout the latter section. This is the attributive case. And here the emphasis is upon faith that is attributed to God along with all of his divine operations including raising Christ from the dead. The application is at once striking. God that rose Christ from the dead, also worked faith in our hearts and thereby, used that faith that itself was the gift of God (Eph. 2:8) INSTRUMENTALLY in order to raise us from the dead. The modern translations however are highly influenced by the seni pelagian error that dominates Evangelicalism today. Moreover, while Greek grammar usually solves most problems, there are texts which may be read sometimes either way. For this we must use the principle of comparing Scripture with Scripture. We are never told that we are raised from.the sleep if death because we believe in God's power. Rather , we are told that the Gospel itself, the preaching of the cross is God's Power UNTO salvation (Romans 1:17; 1 Corinthians 1:18). God himself is working upon the heart with his Almighty power whenever the Gospel is preached. We do not " believe IN his night power" Rather we believe as a result of and according to (κατὰ ) his working in us: What is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward WHO BELIEVE, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY POWER (Ephesians 2:19) Regarding the order whether faith comes first or the resurrection, this entire question feeds into the false dichotomy that is Calvinist versus Arminianism, as though these were the only two categories. When in fact both of these extremes within the reformed faith are daughters of the reasoning premises of their father Ulrich Zwingli. For Zwingli deviated from the Reformation Principle of: Sola Scriptura And Zwingli launched the false counter refomationary principle of "Scripture + Human Reasoning" Which in essence was a return to a Protestant version of the Papal principle of interpretation. After all, the papacy advocates "Human Reason + Scripture". It just so happens that the "human reason" allowed in the papal system is that of the pope and of the men who exalted church tradition above the Scriptures. So it might appear outwardly different. But in essence there is no difference. Roman Catholics often complain that the reformed have produced 10000 sects. And thus charge us true. But they have simply continued the tradition of their mother the Roman Catholic church that also indulged in private interpretations (2 Peter 1:20) rather than being held to Scripture Alone (1 Peter 4:11) But .... Sola Scriptura / Scripture Alone Is APOSTOLIC. Moreover it is taught everywhere in the Bible (1 Peter 4:11; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 23:28; Acts 2:42; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Romans 12:6) But as to whether Faith precedes or follows our spiritual Resurrection, this question is really framed wrongly. Both FAITH as SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION are the result of the working of God. They are to be viewed as SIMULTANEOUS. Faith is merely the instrument by which God operates within us both to Justify the sinner and to quicken the sinner and to impart the Holy Spirit. For our GOSPEL came not unto you in WORD only, but also in POWER, and in THE HOLY GHOST, and in much assurance .... (1 Thessalonians 1:5)

This is good Arminian theology.

Please post the song on Spotify 😂

Jesus teaches the Gospel of Calvin ?

I became a calvanist after reading RC Sproul, but i already believed alot of the same when it comes to priginal sin, and i also read the bible with a presupposion of man having free will because everyone tells you that you do

Can God fail to save? Did Jesus die an actual atonement or a potential one?

I am of the conviction that Calvinism is philosophy, not theology. Philosophy is devised by man; theology of God. From cover to cover, the Bible clearly illustrates the free will of man. From God admonishing Cain to obey His standards, to God’s efforts to convince a delusional Lot to flee Sodom, to God’s coercion of a rebellious Jonah to minister to Nineva. The examples are countless in both Old and New Testaments. We must force Calvinists to contextualize their theories against the entirety of the scriptures.

6:00 He is sick to support the justification of the supremay tulip destructive ideology/doctrine

Dr. Flowers, I want to thank you so much for your ministry. I am a mutt when it comes to where I am as a Christian. I entered the ministry as an Assemblies of God minister. I served on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for 18 years. Since moving back to Texas I have left the AoG. I’m attending a SBC church in Wichita Falls,TX. Now I am attempting to secure a Provisionist point of view. You have helped me so much in articulating that view. May God bless your ministry and protect you and your family.

The Calvinists want to tell me that it was God that planned and made Eve and Adam to disobey him by eating the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden ? Was it God himself who planned it for Satan to disobey him and wage a war against him? Lord have mercy.

I'm a Christian, not a Calvinist, Arminian or whatever.

Min. 10:38 “…since these points were first introduced by Augustine…” Acts 20:29 Paul- “For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”

Min. 6:03- “…so how does somebody get in Christ then?” / John 6:56 Eat the bread of life! Matthew/Luke 4:4 “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God.” John 1:1 “…and the Word was God.” Jesus=bread of life=the Word ! Ever heard the saying, “you are what you eat”? Jesus said his word will outlive the earth…what so ever his word is attached to will do the same. James 1:21 “…receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” By picking up your bible, to read, you are doing the same as the woman who said “…if I could but touch the hem of his garment.”

‭Luke 14:11 NKJV‬ [11] For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” This passage is NOT about being able to enter heaven or being saved from the lake of fire. This passage is about eternal reward in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Min. 6:03- “…so how does somebody get in Christ then?” / John 6:56 Eat the bread of life! Matthew/Luke 4:4 “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God.” John 1:1 “…and the Word was God.” Jesus=bread of life=the Word ! Ever heard the saying, “you are what you eat”? Jesus said his word will outlive the earth…what so ever his word is attached to will do the same. James 1:21 “…receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” By picking up your bible, to read, you are doing the same as the woman who said “…if I could but touch the hem of his garment.”

I've only recently learned anything about that whole deconstructing faith. Those I saw blamed the view of God being the one who decrees everything even evil and pain and unnecessary suffering as well as the good. They question a God like this and are met with the verse where God says who are you to question God. It's so sad that now they are vulnerable to some other false teaching. I have only seen a few of them but I remember my calvinist pastor defending his views against those "deconstructionists" . Do they all blame Calvinism? I believe deception is everywhere now.

Does this channel ever not obsess about Reformed Theology? Or is that the entire purpose of Flowers and his made up theology? This is weird at this point.

Because it is up to us to decide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amen… i’ve been in a reformed/Calvinist church since Covid, although have been a Christian since 2001. Never really understood what Calvinism was, and after learning more about it, I find their teachings to be very off, we were going to leave, however I feel the Lord has me there for time, perhaps an attempt to bring forth the truth of his word. Thank you brother for sharing this because as you said this is one of their main scriptures that they like to use. Along with Romans nine where they totally missed quote what’s being said. Please pray for me that ears and hearts will be opened.

No one SEEKS ….

This was healing.

This makes so much sense to me. when you listen to others try to make this about predestination for salvation it leads to confusion, (1 Cor 14:33) "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." this explanation gives me peace.

@42:00 Leighton mentions the verse that says "because you refused to listen to Moses" which means to me that they didn't let the law make them GUILTY as it was intended but rather they said "we will DO IT" which made them THINK they were not among the sinners. The law was given to make them GUILTY and because they said, we will do it, it made them PROUD.

The heart is deceitful...my heart deceived me into actually thinking I was "good", but then along came the law and it revealed the truth to me...I am not so good, I have fallen short. There is none righteous, no, not one. Romans 3 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may BECOME GUILTY before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. That is how God has chosen to humble man...and for a Calvinist to say it's "prideful" to think that we humble ourselves is absurd, it actually reminds me of the verse "That which is good will be called evil". Humbling oneself is in response to the knowledge of sin and falling short....simply saying "Guilty as charged" according to the law is humbling oneself..."Have mercy on me A SINNER". So God does cause us to humble ourselves by giving the law. He is the giver, we are the receiver and responder.

Before creation, God predetermined everything - everything is written. This truth must be considered in the context of the two realms - the divine and eternal and the mortal and finite. Humans live in the mortal and finite realm. Hence, as we do not have access to God's predetermined plan, we are responsible for our mortal decisions and actions. Many Bible passages address these mortal decisions as they are understandable to us. By so doing, they do not diminish the truth that everything is already predetermined and that humans are helpless to change anything. The notion that God's plan for humanity was incomplete before creation or that sinful humans can contribute to their own salvation is not only unbiblical, but it is illogical.

If we are speaking of nations...even as the vessels...then why do people not have a problem with God choosing some nations for destruction and some for mercy...but not individuals?

How do we know that "total depravity" is a false teaching"? Because we need to do our Christology before we settle our soteriology. Christ was in all points a man, a human being, just like us, yet without sin. If, therefore, this is true, and at the same time "total depravity" is a true teaching, then it must follow that Christ was "totally depraved", for he was a man. No Christian person would believe that Christ was totally depraved, and so total depravity must be a false teaching, otherwise Christ was something other than a man, something higher than man and hence not truly man and not our true representative. Even the Calvinist theologians must be forced to acknowledge this truth, for all of their systematic theologies start from a true Christology. The Calvinist destroys his own argument on total depravity when he begins his soteriology without remembering what he taught in his Christology! Here is proof from Hodge's Systematic Theology", pg. 387, "Hypostatical Union", emphasis mine: "We have seen that the first important point concerning the person of Christ is, that the elements united or combined in his person are two distinct substances, humanity and divinity; That he has in his constitution the same essence or substance which constitutes us men, and the same substance which makes God infinite, eternal, and immutable in all his perfections. The second point is, that this union is not by mixture so that a new, third substance is produced, which is neither humanity nor divinity but possessing the properties of both. This is an impossibility, because the properties in question are incompatible. We cannot mingle mind and matter so as to make a substance which is neither mind nor matter, but spiritual matter, for that would be a contradiction. It would amount to an unextended extension, tangible intangibility, or visible invisibility. Neither is it possible that the divine and human natures should be so mingled as to result in a third, which is neither purely human nor purely divine, but theanthropic. Christ's person is theanthropic, but not his nature; for that would make the finite infinite, and the infinite finite. Christ would be neither God nor man; but the scriptures constantly declare him to be both God and man. In all Christian creeds therefore, it is declared that the two natures in Christ retain each its own properties and attributes. They all teach that the natures are not confounded, "sed salvis potius et permanentibus naturarum proprietatibus in una persona unitae vel conjuntae." This Latin as translated is, "but rather by the saving and permanent properties of the natures united or combined in one person.""

Flowers' citation of 2Chronicles 12:7 (time 32:10) doesn't disprove God's sovereign decrees. It's historical narrative, not didactic literature like the epistles. The intent of the writer of the Book of Chronicles wasn't to teach how/why sinners are made willing to humble themselves before God. Perhaps Flowers needs to revisit Hermeneutics 101.

The more a person looks into soteriology, the more confused they will become. The argument is screwed up before the discussion begins. Both free will and Determinism are clearly in that Bible. Arguing otherwise means we aren't paying attention. To defend one against the other is a no-win situation. Calvin and Armenios both tried and failed. It's why the argument is still going strong. It's unresolvable without ignoring verses against either view in the bible.

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“Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭10‬:‭15‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬ God made clean, that is Calvinism.

John MacArthur is a good Pastor. He’s not perfect and sometimes I might not agree with a few things he says but he’s not a heretic. It doesn’t matter how great a Pastor is , somebody will always attack them

God not is not the arthur of confusion. The devil is confusing these calvinists. So, calvinism is from the pit of Hell, because there are too many people walking away from the faith, or totally denying Christ because of this sick man made doctrine.

Calvinism is totally non-sensical: God picks the saved from eternity past. But They still need to believe in Jesus though. But They can’t believe in Jesus because they’re totally depraved. So God grants them the belief they need to believe in Jesus, AND MAKES THEM BELIEVE at some point, even though He picked them to be saved from eternity past? Ummm? Calvinisim literally takes away completely, man’s responsibility to humble himself, believe, repent and come to Christ. It takes what God told us to do which is believe, and calls it a selfish work.

Excellent illustration

So, Leighton Flowers says he was a Calvinist for ten years. That means that his soteriology was wrong for a decade. Hopefully, his eschatology will also be corrected. If he could be wrong for a decade about salvation, he could be wrong for a decade about eschatology. Maybe there's hope?

Yes or no, who can answer these? 1. Are Arminians saved? 2. Are Calvinists saved?

I'd be interested to hear Leighton Flowers exegete this: Romans 16:17-18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. I began counting the number of videos Leighton Flowers has against Calvinism and Calvinists, but gave up after counting a few dozen. There may be hundreds. That's a lot of division he's creating. But why? For what reason? How does he gain, other than earning some cash off of views and likes? And who is he trying to convince? It seems that, with very few exceptions, he only has those who already agree with him following him and posting their Amens. He's preaching to his own choir! That's crazy. Stop listening to people who do such. Just go study the Bible.

I couldn't understand your point until the end. Amén!

Such crap. Why don’t you all go home and repent for trying to be such smart asses and confusing the rest of the normal people who are just trying to follow Christ.

No one ever mentions that Israel is born hardened from God before they were born. It's like well it's their fault when it's not. They were born with a condition of being hardened because of their past ancestors. I hate Calvinism but apparently God does a form of election.

I felt as if i was in a philosophical labyrinth hoping to find scriptural authority within. LF was making a valiant effort to provide some light so as I could find an exit.

Leighton, please help me understand why the Word of God has so little effect on Calvinists. I have become discouraged because the Word of God seems so ineffective on all the Calvinists I know; these men all listened and responded to the Word once, which is how they all became Christians in the first place, but now they refuse to believe. I don't want to be faithless, but I don't know what to do here. No matter what the Scriptures say, people who formerly believed the gospel seem to become immune to them once they embrace Calvinism. What am I missing here?

It seems like we are heading for Pelagianism if man's works of self righteousness are pleasing to God. Job 15 KJV 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Why couldn't have Cornelius been like Simeon and Anna? They were Old Testament saints waiting for the promised Messiah. Similarly, Cornelius had already converted to Judaism and simply needed to be instructed that Jesus was the redeemer. Also, it seems quite obvious that God was using Cornelius to let the apostles know, in a miraculous way that salvation was now going out to the Gentiles. Luke 2:25, 36 (KJV) And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;