Jeff Noblit
Calvinist, Jeff Noblit, states: “The rise in the doctrines of grace or Calvinism will help us restore true evangelism.” (A Southern Baptist Dialogue: Calvinism, p.104, emphasis mine)
Noblit states: “The work of praying a ‘sinner’s prayer’ is not salvation. It can become a silly superstition and nothing more than a sacrament in Baptist clothes.” (A Southern Baptist Dialogue: Calvinism, p.98, emphasis mine)
In other words, asking Jesus into your heart is a “silly superstition,” and above all, “not salvation.” That’s how “Calvinism” will supposedly restore “true evangelism.”
The reality, however, is that the apostle Paul taught at Romans 10:13: “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Now according to Calvinist, Jeff Noblit, and his dedication to Calvinism, we have to understand that to mean, “not salvation,” and relegate it to a “silly superstition” and a “sacrament in Baptist clothes.”
Also take note of the fact that 1st Corinthians 15:3 declares the gospel to include the fact that “Christ died for our sins.” Of course, 5-Point Calvinists don’t believe in just indiscriminately telling people that Jesus died for them, so they cleverly word it as follows:
Noblit states: “Our missionaries marched back into the mountains of Peru, and they preached the gospel. They preached the wickedness and offensiveness of man before a holy God, the lostness of man, and the wrath of God. Then they preached the love of God in Jesus Christ and that Christ came and died for sin, shedding His precious blood.” (A Southern Baptist Dialogue: Calvinism, p.98, emphasis mine)
Did you catch that? The 5-Point Calvinist is unwilling to stand with the apostle Paul, and confidently declare that “Christ died for our sins.” (1st Corinthians 15:3) Instead, they cleverly say: He “died for sin.” That’s a big difference. In other words, Jesus died “for sin,” not necessarily your sin, unless you are “one of the elect.” This is what will supposedly restore “true evangelism.”
And what is this “true evangelism”?
