Why a Calvinist can't have Assurance
Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers
Leighton Flowers
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🗓️ 25 June 2015
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Today we discuss why it is impossible for a consistent Calvinist to be assured of salvation given the logical claims of his systematic. More is explained on the blog. Join us!
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| 0:00.0 | Is it logically possible for a Calvinist to be assured of his salvation? |
| 0:05.4 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:06.1 | So am I wrong? |
| 0:07.5 | Am I wrong? |
| 0:08.8 | For thinking that a choice is not for real. |
| 0:11.7 | Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh. |
| 0:14.1 | Now, am I wrong? |
| 0:15.5 | Am I wrong? |
| 0:16.6 | For thinking we're responsible when we see. |
| 0:19.8 | Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's just what is real. Ooh, ooh, ooh. For thinking we're responsible when we see. |
| 0:23.5 | That's just what is real. |
| 0:27.5 | That's just what is real. |
| 0:32.4 | That's just what is real. |
| 0:35.4 | Able to reason things that we can see. The other day I put out of a YouTube video really answering a question that was posted on my |
| 0:40.1 | blog about the assurance of salvation I've made a passing comment and I think in a previous |
| 0:45.4 | podcast that I don't think that Calvinists can have assurance of salvation and ask a question |
| 0:51.2 | you know the question came to me, why do you believe that? |
| 1:00.8 | And I think it's a logical argument that's irrefutable. Ultimately, you can, you know, |
| 1:06.5 | obviously disagree, and I would love to hear your refutation of the argument, but it's not meant to be personal. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm not trying to offend Calvinists by saying this. |
| 1:14.9 | I'm just under the impression that if a Calvinist truly does believe that God meticulously providentially brings all things to pass, then that must mean he providentially decreed |
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