Proving Calvinism Without Paul Part 1 – Matthew
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Les in Proving Calvinism Without Paul, Theology
My Top 5 Texts From Matthew
Matthew 11:25-27
“At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Matthew 13:10-11
“Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.”
Matthew 15:13
“He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.”
Matthew 19:25-26
“When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”"
Matthew 20:23
“He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”"
Other Notable Texts
Matthew 1:21
“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 4:19-22
“And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
Matthew 7:17-18
“Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.”
Matthew 7:22-23
“Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
Matthew 9:38
“therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 10:29-31
“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
Matthew 13:18-23
Parable of the Sower (Only the fourth ground “understands”, and therefore produces fruit.)
Matthew 16:16-17
“Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”"
Matthew 24:24
“For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
Matthew 25:34
“Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world”
K. Tanner Barfield
Oct 23rd, 2009
dude you forgot a key one thats in support of limited atonement matt. 26:28. cmon man!
K. Tanner Barfield
Oct 23rd, 2009
also the one that talks about jesus dieing just for the sheep matt. 25:32-33
Satchell Drakes
Oct 24th, 2009
What exactly is the purpose of this entry. Does this have anything to do with N.T. Wright’s “Justification”? Curious because I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Thanks for following me on Twitter…I think.
Killer website man. Are you a graphic designer? I am.
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Satchell Drakes
http://www.satchelldrakes.com <—web portfolio
Les
Oct 24th, 2009
Satchell, yeah I am a graphic designer. The purpose of this Post is explained here: http://www.killerrobotninja.com/proving-calvinism-intro/
Les
Oct 24th, 2009
woah! I love your portfolio. Well done!
Jarred Spengler
Oct 30th, 2009
Doesn’t it say in 1 Timothy 2:4 that God wants all men to be saved, and come to a saving knowledge of the truth?
Didn’t Jesus also want to gather Jerusalem’s children together as a hen gathers her chicks, but they were unwilling? (Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34)
Les
Oct 30th, 2009
Good stuff Jared.
Yeah, it does. So the question is, if He wants all men to be saved, why does he hide the truth from some as the verses I’ve pointed out here clearly display? Why does he harden hearts(Exodus 4:21)? Why does He deny some people repentance, when they seek it with tears(Hebrews 12:17)? Here is the Biblical answer:
God does not want us to rebel against Him, earning His wrath, and death (Ezekiel 33:11). But when we do He will punish us, in Hell, because He is just. Not because He’s forced to, but because He wants to. Because punishing sin shows His power(Romans 9:22). So we sin. And the Bible says we ALL sin, we ALL fall short, and no one seeks after God(Romans 3:9-12). So here we are, every one of us, defying God, and earning Hell.
But God in His mercy chose to save some, even though none deserve it. He chose an elect people before the foundation of the earth to demonstrate His loving mercy through.
So no, God does not want men to defy Him and go to Hell, but he is more than willing to send them there when they do rebel. And anything he gives us that is better than Hell is INCREDIBLE mercy.
The Matthew passage about the chicks? He’s talking to the leaders, saying I want to gather YOUR CHILDREN, but YOU are not willing. They are hiding the truth of God with their religion and traditions. God has revealed Himself to Israel in abundance, and they were stiff necked and defiant the whole time. God loved Israel, and Israel, in practice, did not love God.
Really the same thing could be said of all mankind. He wants to gather us, He does not want us to die, but we ALL do. And even though we rebel, He sovereignly saves some of us.
Les
Nov 5th, 2009
For Matthew 15:13 Andrew did an awesome job of exegeting the text to show I was most likely misinterpreting it.
It seems to mean something more along the lines of: The father didn’t plant the traditions, he planted the Law. The traditions will be uprooted.
Loving this exercise. Great job Andrew!
Cory D. Jones
Jun 24th, 2010
I’m way late to this post, but thought I’d give my two cents… Well, it’s basically in response to your response to Jarred. This is a poignant question/comment/reversal… I heard it from james White, but I’m not sure who the original quote is attributed to.
Background: If you believe the doctrine of original sin, you ascribe to (I’m breaking the rules and using Paul) the “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” doctrine. With that, unless you believe God is under some obligation to provide salvation to sinners, we’re all under the sentence of Hell. (And rightfully so.)
As Les stated, God choose to save some of the non-deserving people, whoever that may be to suit His good will and purpose.
Cory’s paraphrase of the original quote: “Therefore, the question should not be why God chooses to damn some, the question should be why God chooses to save some. For that is the true miracle.”