Why Does Christ Want Some NOT To Believe?
Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers
Leighton Flowers
4.8 • 826 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
John Piper released a broadcast this morning answering the question, "Why does Christ want some not to believe?" Dr. Flowers brings a strong biblical critique of Dr. Piper's Calvinistic response to this question.
John Piper's original broadcast can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Fjh...
For more on Acts 13:48 from a Provisionist viewpoint, please watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt3qh...
For more on 2 Timothy 2:25 from a Provisionist viewpoint, please watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY978...
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, all you theology geeks to Sotriology 101. Today we're going to be talking about a topic that I think is probably, if I had to rate the most important questions and topics with regard to sociology and our differences with our Calvinistic friends, I would rank this right at the top of one of the most important questions that has to be asked. |
| 0:33.1 | It was really the question that led me out of Calvinism. It was the issue having to do with the hardening of Israel, |
| 0:42.2 | what sometimes referred to as the messianic secret, |
| 0:44.6 | which will go over in a little bit, |
| 0:46.3 | this concept and idea of Jesus not seemingly not wanting people to know who he was, |
| 0:51.9 | the seemingly not wanting people to believe in him while |
| 0:55.1 | down from heaven. This whole concept, this strategy of Christ to keep his identity secret is really |
| 1:03.5 | the crux of, I think, the interpretative difference between us, the provisionist or the non-Calvinist |
| 1:09.1 | and the Calvinist. John Piper is one of the most |
| 1:13.9 | prolific and known Calvinistic scholars and pastors in our world today, at least here in the |
| 1:19.4 | United States, if not abroad. And he does a podcast or a broadcast called Ask Pastor John. |
| 1:27.3 | And it is a very popular podcast broadcast. |
| 1:30.4 | This particular one was released a few hours ago, |
| 1:32.9 | and it's already almost got 2,000 views on it. |
| 1:36.0 | And we'll have 10,000 by the end of the day, probably. |
| 1:38.8 | So, I mean, this is one of the most popular pastors in the world today. |
| 1:43.3 | And he's influencing a lot of people. |
| 1:45.0 | Now, as I've said, almost every time I've done a critique on any of my Calvinistic friends, is that I agree with a lot of what they say. |
| 1:52.0 | Obviously, where I disagree is on these doctrines of sochiology with regard to God's loving desire and provision of salvation for every single man, woman, boy, and |
| 2:02.3 | girl. And we are going to push back on these issues, not because we're angry, not because we're |
| 2:07.3 | being ugly, not because we're just divisive. We are pushing back on these issues because we firmly |
| 2:12.5 | believe this is what the Bible teaches. And if we remain silent, that would actually be deceptive. |
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