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A simple definition is this: hyper-Calvinism is the belief that God saves the elect through His sovereign will with little or no use of the methods of bringing about salvation (such as evangelism, ...
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Some hyper-Calvinists I have spoken to believe that it is okay to hate the non-elect. They have also embraced mutually contradictory ideas saying that they don't try to reconcile friends.
If Calvinism is true, then man has an excuse for not believing the gospel and being saved. The bible says man has no excuse. Calvinism gives man an excuse. I was not chosen, therefore it is not my fault. Since God only saves those by His own sovereignty, then man has an excuse. I was not chosen. God did not give me the faith to believe and I have an excuse. I do not believe God is going to accept that when He wrote John 3:16 First John 2:2, First John 2:4 and Second Peter 3:9. That pretty much destroys mans excuse.
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