Hypocrisy Of Calvinism Huxters' Talk Of Efficacy
Hypocrisy Of Calvinism Huxters' Talk Of Efficacy
In his
Exposition Of The Epistle To The Romans, the Calvinist, Robert Haldane, wrote:
A just God cannot punish a second time for the same offence. If Christ has paid the debt of all sinners, there is nothing remaining to pay in the case of any man. Would it be just that any should be punished in hell for the sins for which Christ was punished on earth? If Christ bore the sins of all men in his own body on the tree, shall any man bear them a second time?
Yet, according to Calvinism's cherished
Westminster Larger Catechism, even the ELECT, themselves, suffer at least some of the punishment due at least some of their sin:
Q. 28. What are the punishments of sin in this world?
A. The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, a reprobate sense, strong delusions, hardness of heart, horror of conscience, and vile affections; or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes, and all other evils that befall us in our bodies, names, estates, relations, and employments; together with death itself.
Would it be just that any ELECT person should be punished on earth (in his/her blindness of mind, reprobate sense, strong delusions, hardness of heart, horror of conscience, vile affections, and all the evils that befall the ELECT in their bodies, names, estates, relations, employments, and in death, itself)--would it be just that any ELECT person should be punished in suffering one or more of these things
for the sins for which Christ was punished on earth?
We know that Robert Haldane died in 1842. According to the
Westminster Larger Catechism, his death (among other things) was a
punishment he suffered, in this world, for his own sin. So, in case Robert Haldane was one of the elect, it is clear that (as per the WLC) he was punished, in this world, for sins for which Christ had already been punished on earth. According to Calvinism, Robert Haldane bore, in his own body, a
second time, at least
some of the sins which, some 1,800 years prior, Christ had already borne, in His own body, on the tree.
So, according to Calvinism, to whatever end Christ's having been punished for the elect, Robert Haldane's sin, is said to have been efficacious, it is clear that, according to Calvinism, it failed to be efficacious for preventing the elect, Robert Haldane, from being punished for his own sin.
A just God cannot punish a second time for the same offence. If Christ has paid the debt of [the ELECT, Robert Haldane], there is nothing remaining to pay in the case of [Robert Haldane]. Would it be just that [the ELECT, Robert Haldane] should be punished [in his own body, on earth] for the sins for which Christ was punished on earth? If Christ bore the sins of [the ELECT, Robert Haldane] in his own body on the tree, shall [the ELECT, Robert Haldane] bear them a second time?
And yet, the ELECT, Robert Haldane
did die, so, according to Calvinism, the ELECT, Robert Haldane,
did bear his own sins a second time which Christ had already borne in His own body on the tree.
