Is Calvinism Anti-Gospel, Anti-Christ?

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From the Heidelberg Catechism:

Question and Answer #1

1.
Q. What is your only comfort in life and death?

A. That I am not my own,
but belong with body and soul,
both in life and in death,
to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins
with his precious blood,
and has set me free
from all the power of the devil.
He also preserves me in such a way
that without the will of my heavenly Father
not a hair can fall from my head;
indeed, all things must work together
for my salvation.
Therefore, by his Holy Spirit
he also assures me
of eternal life
and makes me heartily willing and ready
from now on to live for him.


Q & A 21

Q. What is true faith?

A. True faith is
not only a sure knowledge by which I hold as true
all that God has revealed to us in Scripture;
it is also a wholehearted trust,
which the Holy Spirit creates in me by the gospel,
that God has freely granted,
not only to others but to me also,
forgiveness of sins,
eternal righteousness,
and salvation.
These are gifts of sheer grace,
granted solely by Christ’s merit.
 
TweetyBird

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Robert Pate said:
Its quite apparent that you don't read the Bible much, Acts 2:41, also Acts 4:4. Total 8,000.
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Apparently, you cannot read. At Pentecost only 3,000 were saved. There were many more that were added in the days following [Acts 2:46-47]. Then later, 5,000 were added after ensuing events when Peter and John healed the lame man at the Temple gate [Acts 3 & 4].
 
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Grosnick Marowbe

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I consider Calvinism to be a "CULT." A very old Cult. They see another god and another gospel when they read/study their Bible. Calvinists MUST change the Character and intent of the God of the Bible in order to make Him fit their false doctrine/false gospel.
 
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Read up on the life's history of the man, John Calvin and you'll find a very wicked/evil and sadistic human being. He was complicit in the "Execution Murders" of over fifty fellow human beings. They were basically tortured to death for not acccepting Calvin's, half Catholic/half Christian belief system. Unless this depraved man received the true Gospel before he died, he'll be facing God and be judged by his works and cast into the Lake of Fire.
 
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Grosnick Marowbe said:
Read up on the life's history of the man, John Calvin and you'll find a very wicked/evil and sadistic human being. He was complicit in the "Execution Murders" of over fifty fellow human beings. They were basically tortured to death for not acccepting Calvin's, half Catholic/half Christian belief system. Unless this depraved man received the true Gospel before he died, he'll be facing God and be judged by his works and cast into the Lake of Fire.
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I believe the actual historical facts show a different story. It's normal for disparaging myth and legend to follow after one of Calvin's stature and theological position and become a target of slander. Look what they have done to Constantine. Nothing new under the sun.

The truth about what happened to Servetus:

In August of 1553, Michael Servetus was arrested for the crime of heresy in Geneva, Switzerland, home of the reformer John Calvin. Two months later he was executed. To read many internet articles, Calvin systematically stalked and slaughtered any person who dared oppose him. This picture of Calvin painted by his critics is a caricature greatly distorting the truth.

Before harshly judging Calvin a heartless tyrant, let us first hear the facts of the case. Here are a few things to consider:

Heresy was a capital crime in Geneva. Unlike the modern, Western separation of church and state, the world Calvin inhabited was one in which no such division existed. To be guilty of theological error was to be guilty of criminal offense. This political system existed as the norm for the vast majority of the world. Indeed, all the Protestants and Roman Catholics who were consulted at the time agreed with the execution.

Calvin was not the ultimate authority in Geneva. He certainly was no dictator as he is often portrayed by the misinformed. The magisterial council (who formally decided the case) opposed Calvin (who was not a citizen of Geneva) and used the trial to demonstrate their authority over him. Calvin did not have final power to condemn or save Servetus.

Servetus was not condemned for Arminianism, but for Pelagianism (the denial of original sin), Modalism (an anti-Trinitarian heresy), Pantheism (a rejection of the fundamental distinction between Creator and creation) and other serious theological errors. To read most internet sensationalism, Calvin opposed anyone who opposed Calvinism. In truth, he opposed anyone who opposed the gospel.

Nearly two decades earlier, Servetus asked Calvin to leave the safety of Geneva to discuss their differences. Though Calvin was wanted by the authorities in the area in which they were to meet, he went at the risk of his own life to reconcile Servetus to the truth of the gospel. Servetus never showed.

Calvin corresponded with Servetus before and during his imprisonment, imploring him to recant. One letter read, “I neither hate you nor despise you; nor do I wish to persecute you; but I would be as hard as iron when I behold you insulting sound doctrine with so great audacity.” Reflecting later, Calvin wrote, “I reminded him gently how I had risked my life more than sixteen years before to gain him for our saviour. I would faithfully do my best to reconcile him to all good servants of God. Although he had avoided the contest I had never ceased to remonstrate kindly with him in letters. In a word, I had used all humanity to the very end, until he being embittered by my good advice hurled all manner of rage and anger against me.”

Calvin visited Servetus in prison and prayed with and for him. J.I. Packer stated, “Calvin, for the record, showed more pastoral concern for Servetus than anyone else connected with the episode.”

As Bruce Gordon wrote, “Heresy was a capital offense, but Calvin did not want Servetus to die.” When the council ordered execution by burning at the stake, Calvin alone intervened to appeal for a more merciful beheading. The council refused.

http://www.thevillagechurch.net/the-village-blog/calvin-killed-a-man/
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Grosnick Marowbe said:
Read up on the life's history of the man, John Calvin and you'll find a very wicked/evil and sadistic human being. He was complicit in the "Execution Murders" of over fifty fellow human beings. They were basically tortured to death for not acccepting Calvin's, half Catholic/half Christian belief system. Unless this depraved man received the true Gospel before he died, he'll be facing God and be judged by his works and cast into the Lake of Fire.
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I think the number is 57.
 
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TweetyBird said:
I believe the actual historical facts show a different story. It's normal for disparaging myth and legend to follow after one of Calvin's stature and theological position and become a target of slander. Look what they have done to Constantine. Nothing new under the sun.

The truth about what happened to Servetus:
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You would defend the devil himself if he said that he was a Calvinist.
 
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True Christians don't teach that Christ death alone didn't save them He died for.

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There are numerous scriptures that tell us Christ died for the sins of the world. So in the judgment you are going to be without an excuse.
 
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Robert Pate said:
There are numerous scriptures that tell us Christ died for the sins of the world. So in the judgment you are going to be without an excuse.
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That is only the first part of it, per Jesus.

John 3
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
 
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