2 Timothy 2:25 DeCalvinized

Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Leighton Flowers

Baptist, Atonement, Reformed, Bible, Religion & Spirituality, Calvinism, Biblical, Arminianism, Calvin, Christianity, Christian

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🗓️ 30 December 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Evangelism and Apologetics for Texas Baptists, confronts the typical Calvinistic interpretation of 2 Timothy 2:25, which they take to mean God effectually bestows the ability to believe onto those unconditional elected before the foundation of the world while leaving the rest in their natural hopeless condition. For more on this please read: https://soteriology101.com/2019/11/24/does-god-grant-repentance-to-some-and-not-others/

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0:00.0	How many of you believe that God grants some the ability to repent, but not everyone?
0:06.0	Many Calvinists point to 2 Timothy 2.25 as proof that God grants or gives some people the ability to repent, but not all people.
0:18.0	Let's look at the verse in its context, beginning of verse 24. The Lord's
0:23.2	bond servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
0:30.6	with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition. Why does the Apostle Paul teach that we
0:36.8	should be gentle when bringing correction against those who disagree with our beliefs?
0:42.6	It seems here that Paul is giving Timothy a young pastor advice on how to lead someone who opposes him to faith.
0:50.2	He begins by stressing the importance of gentleness and patience towards those who reject our beliefs.
0:57.0	But if Calvinism is true, then a pastor's gentleness or his rudeness will not in any way affect the ultimate response of the audience.
1:08.0	If indeed a work of effectual grace is being employed by God for his elect,
1:14.5	then regardless of the temperament and impatience of the pastor, the elect will inevitably repent
1:20.9	and believe eventually. Thus it seems the Calvinistic interpretation may be undermining the main reason for this instruction to a young pastor,
1:31.0	which is a practical guide to persuade and lead resistant unbelievers to faith.
1:36.9	Verse 25 goes on to say,
1:39.3	If perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth. What does it mean to
1:47.1	grant someone something? It means to give or enable. As in to grant permission or give a gift.
1:57.2	It must be understood that the word grant never means to effectually cause,
2:03.9	which is exactly the way the Calvinist is reading the word in this passage.
2:09.1	Saying that God grants men the choice to repent is fundamentally different from saying
2:14.6	God decides whether or not men will repent. My next breath is granted to me by God,
2:21.8	but I am responsible for how I use that gift, right? Likewise, we are granted faith or repentance
2:29.4	when God brings us the means by which we may believe and repent.
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