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B.B. Warfield...

Calvinism is evangelism in its pure and only stable expression, and when we say evangelism we say sin and salvation. It means utter dependence on God for salvation. It implies therefore, need of salvation and a profound sense of this need, along with an equally profound sense of helplessness in the presence of this need, and utter dependence on God for its satisfaction. Its type is found in the publican who smote his breast and cried, "God be merciful to me a sinner!" No question there of saving himself, or helping God to save him, or of opening the way to God to save him. No question of anything but "I am a sinner, and all my hope is in God, my Saviour!" This is Calvinism, not just something like Calvinism, or an approach to Calvinism, but Calvinism in its vital manifestation. Wherever this attitude of heart is found and is given expression in direct and unambiguous terms, there is Calvinism. Where this attitude of mind and heart is fallen away from it however small a measure, there Calvinism has become impossible.

The Calvinist, in a word, is the man who sees God. He has caught sight of the ineffable Vision, and he will not let it fade for a moment from his eyes--God in nature, God in history, God in grace. Everywhere he sees God in His mighty stepping, everywhere he feels the working of His mighty arm, the throbbing of His mighty heart...Calvinism is just Christianity. The super-naturalism for which Calvinism stands is the very breath of the nostrils of Christianity; without it Christianity cannot exist...Calvinism thus emerges to our sight as nothing more or less than the hope of the world.

Those who are behaving like modern-day Pharisees continue to bash, trash, persecute, and post their false accusations on threads they have hijacked for that purpose.

When you delete all the falsehoods, there is nothing left to respond to.

That unrepentant misbehavior rates a post here. Their contentious falsehoods should be spamming one of "their" threads instead of a thread comparing Saddam's fate with the fate of Nebuchadnezzar.

They will be brought to stand before a just and merciful God, and will have to acknowledge to their shame that they have been fighting against Him and His Church all this time.

Their misbehavior is unjustified against the Lord's Church and against churches they suppose are false, so they are left without excuse. The Lord has not sent them to bash and trash. The Lord has not sent them at all. Ye may know this by their fruits, which are contention, false accusation, persecution, etc. They should exhort all to come to Christ in all meekness and humility.

It won't be a very happy day for them, unless they have repented by then.

The people must be very vigilant against guys like this, for if they persecute us, they will persecute you. They must never be entrusted with public office, for they will shred the Constitution they profess to uphold. You may know that by their misbehavior on this forum.

I exhort them to forsake all this natural-man behavior, come unto Christ, honor His birthday, which we celebrate at this time of year, and learn of Him, that the Lord may take their heart of stone from them, give them a heart of flesh, that they may be born again.