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Why Do The Reformed/Calvinists Hate the Lost?

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The Holy Bible is very clear, that God VERY MUCH LOVES the human race, that is, ALL without exception, which is correctly used by John Calvin on John 3:16. Yet, there are these two groups, and some who support their cause, who the LEAST interested in showing any love for the lost, and, in fact, will argue that God actually HATES them, by misusing Bible verses like Romans 9:13, which has nothing to do with salvation, but rather of SERVING!

These will WILFULLY ignore every Bible verse or passage that is VERY clear that God actually LOVES even those who hate Him!.

In the Book of Ezekiel, God says very clearly, “Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?” (18:23). Which is repeated in 33:11, “Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?”. The word “pleasure”, is from the Hebrew, “châphêts”, also has the meaning, “to will, desire”. God does not WILL or DESIRE that ANY wicked sinner, be lost, but because of His Incredible LOVE for the human race, would rather that these turned from their wicked ways, and get themselves saved! The Reformed/Calvinists cannot accept this, and will find any way to destroy what these passages really mean!

The whole Book of Jonah, is a great example of this GREAT LOVE that God has for His Creation, the human race! We know from the Bible, that the Ninevites were very wicked people, who hated the children of Israel, and God. And, YET, God sends His Prophet to tell these people, the Gospel Message for their salvation! And when they hear this Message of HOPE in chapter 3, the king issues a decree, that every person must put sackcloth on them and cover themselves in ashes, and truly REPENT of their wicked ways, and call out to the Merciful Saviour, for their salvation. And, God SAVES them. Praise the Lord!!! Then we have the reaction of Jonah, the forerunner of the Reformed/Calvinists, who MOANS at the Lord, COMPLAINING, “But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.” (Jonah 4:1-2). WOW! This is the EXACT reaction that I see from the Reformed/Calvinists, who are DELUDED into thinking that God ONLY loves them, and they are the ONLY ones to get to heaven! In verse 11, God tells Jonah, “And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”. The Reformed/Calvinists must learn from this excellent Book of the WIDENESS of God’s Love and Mercy!

In Romans chapter 9, which is misused by the Reformed/Calvinists, to promote their favourite flower, the tulip! What they cannot tell us, is the WHY of verse 22, “What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction”. Here we are told about those who are going to end up in eternal punishment, whom the Reformed/Calvinists believe, were never meant to be saved, as they were never part of God’s elect. WHY would God ENDURE with MUCH LONGSUFFERING, with these who are hell-bound sinners??? The ONLY reason can be, as already seen in the passages in Ezekiel and Jonah, that God wants these lost, hell-bound sinners, to TURN and REPENT from their sinful, wicked ways, and get themselves saved, because God has NO PLEASURE in their going to eternal punishment! There is no other Biblical explanation for the words in verse 22.

2 Peter 3:9, answers this verse in Romans 9, where the original reading has it: “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance”. The reading with YOU, also includes those SCOFFERS in verse 3. God, does NOT DESIRE that these SCOFFERS and WICKED SINNERS, go into eternal punishment, but rather that they turn and get saved. There are some who try to limit this verse to believers. WHY would God need to be PATIENT (KJV, LONGSUFFERING) towards those who are the elect? It makes no sense at all. The elect are 100% guaranteed to be saved, as the Reformed/Calvinistsm, tell us, so what is the purpose of God having to be LONGSUFFERING with them? Note that here we have the same language that Paul uses in Romans 9:22, that God is LONGSUFFERING towards ALL sinners, that they should ALL repent of their sins, and turn to the Lord in faith.

Yes, the God of the Holy Bible, SO LOVES the lost human race, that He sent His on and only Son, Jesus Christ, Himself Almighty God, that He could “taste death for every human being” (Hebrews 2:9).

Reformed/Calvinists, have shown that their Soteriology is 100% AGAINST the God of the Holy Bible, and Its Teachings, and therefore must be rejected as being the teachings of mere men!
 
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