How Calvinism Indicts God! “And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).

Chapter III – Of God’s Decree 3. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ to the praise of his glorious grace, others being left to act in their sin to their just condemnation, to the praise of his glorious justice. 4. These angels and men thus predestinated and foreordained are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished” (The Philadelphia Confession of Faith, p. 21).

How Calvinism Indicts God! Makes Him Partial

Makes Him Partial 1) Bible says He is not partial. “For there is no partiality with God” (Romans 2:11). “And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him” (Ephesians 6:9).

Makes Him Partial 2) Peter’s words to Cornelius. “Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him” (Acts 10:34,35).

Makes Him Partial 3) Would make God a sinner. “If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors” (James 2:8,9).

Makes Him Partial 4) Judgment is without partiality. “And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear” (1 Peter 1:17).

How Calvinism Indicts God! Makes Him Partial He Would Not Be Just

He Would Not Be Just 1) The Bible says He is just! “To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him” (Psalm 92:15). “Upright” is defined as just in Wilson’s O.T. Word Studies and BDBG. “The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works” (Psalm 145:17). “Righteous” is defined in Wilson’s & BDBG as just.

He Would Not Be Just 2) Is it just for a son to pay the penalty for the father’s sin? “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself” (Ezekiel 18:20).

He Would Not Be Just 3) Notice what Calvinism teaches. “Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit; who worketh when, where, and how he pleaseth; so also are all other elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word” (Chapter X; Of Effectual Calling, paragraph 3, p. 35 in the Philadelphia Confession of Faith).

He Would Not Be Just 4) Think of this scenario: (a) A baby is born, dies, not one of the elect, then spends eternity in hell because of something Adam did. (b) What is just about this? “But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me” (2 Samuel 12:23).

How Calvinism Indicts God! Makes Him Partial He Would Not Be Just His Love, Grace, etc.

His Love, Grace, Etc. 1) His love for all. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:16,17).

His Love, Grace, Etc. 2) His grace extended to all. “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works” (Titus 2:11-14).

His Love, Grace, Etc. 3) His great mercy. “The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works” (Psalm 145:8,9).

His Love, Grace, Etc. 4) Adam Clark’s comments: Psalm 145:8 – The Lord is gracious—His holy nature is ever disposed to show favor. Full of compassion—Wherever he sees misery, his eye affects his heart. Slow to anger—When there is even the greatest provocation. Of great mercy—Great in his abundant mercy. These four things give us a wonderful display of the goodness of the Divine nature. Psalm 145:9 – The Lord is good to all—There is not a soul out of hell that is not continually under his most merciful regards; so far is he from willing or decreeing before their creation the damnation of any man. His tender mercies—His bowels of compassion are over all his works; he feels for his intelligent offspring, as the most affectionate mother does for the child of her own bosom. And through this matchless mercy, these bowels of compassion, his son Jesus tasted death for every man.”

How Calvinism Indicts God! Makes Him Partial He Would Not Be Just His Love, Grace, etc. His Word

His Word 1) Experience death for all. “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:9). “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died” (2 Corinthians 5:14).

His Word 2) Wants all to be saved. “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

His Word 3) Is the gospel powerful enough to save? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:16,17).

His Word 4) Why go preach the gospel to all? “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). “And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

His Word 5) Would make the words & tears of Jesus absurd. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” (Matthew 23:37).

How Calvinism Indicts God! Makes Him Partial He Would Not Be Just His Love, Grace, etc. His Word