Calvinism not only presents a feigned pleading and striving by God for repentance from those whom He has already doomed. In addition, it confronts us with the alleged "mystery" of a God of infinite mercy and love who, nevertheless, doesn't manifest love toward everyone and therefore lets multitudes perish whom He could save. In fact, Calvin himself declared that it is to God's glory that He fills hell with those whom He could just as well bring to heaven. This repulsive doctrine, Calvin admits, comes from Augustine:
There is nothing inconsistent with this when we say, that God, according to the good pleasure of his will...elects those whom he chooses for sons, while he rejects and reprobates others. For fuller satisfaction...see Augustine Epist. 115, et ad Bonif., Lib. ii, cap. 7....The Lord therefore may show favour to whom he will, because he is merciful; not show it to all, because he is a just judge.
Not showing mercy at all could accompany justice; but not showing mercy to all when all are equally guilty is a perversion of justice. God declares that He "will by no means clear the guilty" (Ex. 34.6-7). If everyone is guilty then this guilty is not the same as refusing salvation by your own free-will. Calvinists are guilty of refusing to come to the cross by choice. They presume their salvation without humbly receiving the cross of salvation which is necessary for God to save you.
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