No Philosophical Calvinism: Genuine New Birth in Jesus Christ or Nothing
You've probably heard many say something like this:
1."I agree with Calvinism"
2. "I agree with part of Calvinism"
3. "I disagree with Calvinism."
But there is no such thing as philosophical Calvinism. Calvinism is itself that Word of God that newly creates, not any set of non-creating words 'about' or 'in support of' or 'in agreement with' literal new creation in Jesus Christ.
Very obviously Calvinism as Truth is absolutely dependant on the Word of God/Creating Speech/Jesus Christ alone, not the reputation of those through whom God speaks. That is, those who read and hear are either non-metaphorically newly created in Christ Jesus or they are not. It is as plain that no amount of non-creating 'apologetics' will genuinely create even one real, literal new creation in Jesus Christ.
When you hear anyone say "I agree" with Calvinism, or part of it or "I disagree", you know immediately they are supposedly reserving for themselves the right to examine something and choose it as truth or reject it as a lie. But true Calvinism is outright new creation in Christ. The will of the old creature is done away as no longer existing as part of the new creature in Christ and prior to hearing God as Creating Word/Jesus Christ did not even know that God as Word exists as a separate and distinct Word from the non-creating speech of sin. (see the post below for the distinction).
1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The new creature in Christ didn't exist prior to new creation so the will of the new creature had nothing to do with that new brith.
2 Corinthians 5:17 So if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:
John 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Do not be decevied by those who say that they 'investigated' Calvinism with 'their own mind' and came to a 'conclusion' that Calvinism is "correct" or "incorrect" as to reality, for they are themselves deceived that only non-creating speech exists in total reality and that in a speech of powerlessness ( powerless enough to be useful to them) they have supposedly gotten outside of reality to take a peek back in and see what is real and what is not. They always very plainly demonstrate that they do not have nor desire the mind of Christ or the Word of God, because the mind of Christ would necessarily interfere with their 'own' mind and the Word of God would 'interfere' with their own non-creating speech of sin. They have neither the speech or being to speak truth and are only inhabited by the anti-Christ/anti-Word of God/non-creating speech as their native speech and mind.
God says you must be born again. Satan in non-creating speech says you need to change your mind about some (any) particular and do new, (and vain) ceremony thereafter to 'earn' a false salvation that is anything but actual and non-metaphorical new birth.
1Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen
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