Calvinism teaches divine determinism, which means that all things are causally determined by God,

including all thoughts, desires, and actions of his creatures. Some Calvinists hold to what is

called compatibilism, which is a form of divine determinism, which is discussed in other videos. See the

show notes for more details.

There are typically four main proof text referenced by Calvinist to demonstrate divine

determinism. Genesis 50, where Joseph is sold into slavery, Isaiah 10, where the Assyrians are

used by God as a rod of correction against Israel, Exodus 9, the hardening of Pharaoh,

and Acts chapter 4, Christ Crucifixion. Check the show notes to find the videos on all

of these proof text used by Calvinists to prove divine determinism. For the purpose of this video,

we will be covering Isaiah chapter 10, where God uses the king of

Assyria to bring judgment against the nation of Israel.

Chapter 10, woe to those who enact evil statutes and to those who constantly record unjust

decisions so as to deprive the needy of justice and rob the poor of my people of

their rights so that widows may be their spoil and that they may plunder the orphans.

Now what will you do in the day of punishment and in the devastation which will come from afar?

To whom will you flee for help and where will you leave your wealth?

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. In spite of all this,

his anger does not turn away, and his hand is still stretched out. Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger,

and the staff in whose hands is my indignation.

I send it against a godless nation, and commission it against the people of my fury,

to capture booty and to seize plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Yet it does not so intend, nor does it plan so in its heart, but rather

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