Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@CrossExamined says : Download FREE Cheat Sheet “The 4-Point Case For Christianity” 👉📱https://cutt.ly/ZYMC4nl>> <<@osowers6755 says : Cornelius was giving alms and praying long before he was ever born again and this got God's attention. So much so that God sent Peter to him that he might be born again.>> <<@angloaust1575 says : Any doctrine that goes against Human reason is bound to cause dissent How dare God choose some And not others as if we have A right to be saved!>> <<@bradleysmith9431 says : Without free will then a person can't love, or forgive people. Jesus can't forgive us without free will.>> <<@thomastessier4529 says : So many different types of teachers with many saying different things and they all sound pretty good but they can't all be right. So, having said that, read the Bible (God's Word) and let the Holy Spirit reveal to you what he wants you to know. Sorry but I have a hard time believing so many preachers but have no problem listening to the Holy Spirit which is 100% true 100% of the time.>> <<@PILOT8028 says : Nice. Under 4 minute answer to a question I've been wondering for weeks.>> <<@chuckcribbs3398 says : The history of Calvinism is wrought with subjecting others to their will: slavery in the South, Salem Witch Trials and Anabaptists being thrown in holes in the ice of rivers. Look up the history.>> <<@chrisp9500 says : That's it's false>> <<@froh1froh777 says : This is the best explanation I've ever heard of why Calvinism is wrong and a false gospel. Thank you.>> <<@busybody1474 says : Calvinism definition.. arrogant ignorance. Calvinism is a lie of the devil and you fell for that?? Shame on you.. choose today who you will serve.. Don't even try to tackle that verse, you'll only embarrass yourself further>> <<@TAdler-ex8px says : Jesus himself said Nineveh would testify. They repented at Jonah’s testimony and Jesus’s testimony is greater. Yes, the work is God’s. That’s why HE sent His Son, that’s why He gave us His Word, that’s why He sent Holy Spirit. We have everything we need, and Faith comes by hearing His Word and looking upon His Son and believing. Because He established it that way in His sovereignty. No further work on His part is necessary. Please tell those following Calvin to return to the simplicity of Christ and Him crucified as the Apostle Paul exhorted.>> <<@BN47 says : The man said, "Some of us don't want to be convicted, we want to go our own way." What made you different? What made you decide to be convicted? Why are you BETTER than others? Because, make no mistake, being willing to repent is absolutely better. Jesus said, "LAZARUS, COME OUT!" And Lazarus replies, "NO! I DON'T WANT TO!" ...... Idk, just a biblical example of someone who is dead and how nonsensical it is to say that dead people can make decisions.>> <<@elsamusoy says : *CALVINISM is pure GARBAGE.*>> <<@ionutneda6964 says : My understanding is that God doesn't make us do good things or bad. Our sinful nature makes us sin and unable to be a believer without God's intervention. That intervention means that a man's heart is renewd which means I am now able and inclined to do good things, God's will, but not forced. If we agree we are all sinners and deserve death, we must agree that is His Grace that saves us, his will. You are saying that God wants all to be saved and if they are not all being saved, it's because of Him, because He want it like that (and you believe that to be impossible). Then how wold you justify God's choosing of his people only (the Jews in the Old Testament) for salvation and not the gentiles, because they (the gentiles) didn't all have the chance to know God and to believe in Him (only a few of them did). Also, while some jewish people in the Old Testament are presented as believers, most of them are presented as non believers or believers chosen by God even before their birth.>> <<@ionutneda6964 says : Where did we get the free will idea from? I can't see it in the Bible.>> <<@webgold3408 says : Frank is in error when he says that God gave everybody the ability to believe. In Phil. 1:6 Paul says that when God begins a work in us he will complete that work. If God did that for everybody then all mankind would be saved. When the question was asked were did Adam get the desire to sin. The answer is it came from within Adam himself. Both man and angels were created with mutable wills, which means they were able to turn from the holiness in which they were created Only God has an immutable will.>> <<@andrewvela6107 says : Counter question! Why would God create Adam knowing that Adam would sin if he hadn’t intended for him to sin? He knew he would and it wasn’t part of his plan? I dunno… 😂>> <<@grantbuchanan5749 says : There is a rebuttal by Dr James White wrt Geisler view of free will it's an interesting view and then make up your mind. The Potters Freedom. I'm thankful God saved me I just don't care what means he used God rescue me that's what matters most. We will never fully understand the work of salvation it's all God we just the object of his love. Pse don't boast of our free will. Another good book. The Bondage of the will.>> <<@rednutflyfishing8795 says : Been looking for an answer to this that dodnt take an hour of my life. Thanks again Franky boy.>> <<@brianmatthews4323 says : I'm not saved because I'm ELECT; I'm ELECT because I'm saved. "Elect" was just a term designating believers back before the word CHRISTIAN came into vogue. The term, "Elect" was a familiar harkening back to the old covenant with Israel. CALVINISM is nonsense.>> <<@kentheengineer592 says : 2:55 reoccurring theme in religion does each man want a God or does each man want to be a God, I'm like why not both>> <<@ryangallmeier6647 says : "All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out." [Jn. 6:37, ESV].>> <<@redreeler4905 says : Salvation is asking JESUS in after the conviction by the HOLY SPIRIT!!!>> <<@earlybird3668 says : Either God exists, and allows suffering, evil, and injustice to also exist, or God will save everyone, or he does not exist. Christians in general cause evil and suffering in the world when they embrace bigotted views their limiting God's sovereignty to save whoever he wills. Agnostics and atheist have the stronger argument based on they do not have to prove anything. They use reason based on empirical real evidence.>> <<@J-ky8qg says : Provisionism/Molinist here! Love it!>> <<@beaustanley8752 says : Well Frank as much as I love you I have to disagree here the Bible says that Jesus says that all who the father has given him will be his and he will not lose any even one and he also says that none come to him unless the father gives it to him first and the Bible clearly states in many places that God had the Salvation plan fully in place before the foundation of the world so with just those few points of me pointing out literal scriptures from the Bible I don't know how we can have an issue or a breakdown in communication and understanding with regards to how you have free will even though God knows what choices you will make and how he has already elected people that are going to be saved for salvation and also how the choice to choose him or not plays out in your life, to me it is pretty clear that you have Absolute Total free will to choose God or take the other Road and whichever one you choose is your baby to deal with however God knows what you're going to choose because he has seen your entire life from start to finish and therefore knowing that you would choose him or you would not choose him has a plan in place for both groups of people all while never violating a single one's free will and because of this he has made it clear that those saved group even they would not have came to him because of the fact that we are all totally depraved and sin continuously actually I believe the Bible says that all of our thoughts were wicked and evil continuously so he had to provide a spiritual nudge or the Holy Spirit in order to reform your mind so you could be aware and accepting of the things of God and again all of these things done without violating your free will because any violation of your free will means that it's not real love and that's the entire reason that any of this was done by him , if a person dies and never knew Christ and goes to hell did he get Injustice? No he did not what he did get was Justice for his life and the sins against a living God that were not forgiven but he did not receive something that was unfair now the man that dies and new Christ and goes to heaven when he died did he receive Justice or Injustice ? Neither instead he received Grace a presidential pardon for his transgressions without which he would have been right next to the other guy in hell this is not complicated and it is not God doing anything wrong he has just chosen to give Grace to who he wanted to give Grace to and the way the Bible reads to me he looked down through time and knew all of the people that would choose him and he gave Grace to them, I'm really not sure of what the issue is with people hating Calvinism and even saying that it's heresy and not Christian I have yet to hear one thing that's unchristian-like come out of Calvinism I wouldn't even say I'm a calvinist a few years back it wasn't until I expressed what I thought and what my particular thoughts were on the Bible and how I interpreted it that a person I had no idea was a calvinist told me that I was and once I looked into it I didn't see anything that I disagreed with>> <<@nlievense2 says : I love Frank, he is a great servant of God! I would agree with him when he says that just because God knows all outcomes in advance doesn't mean that He condones them or is responsible for them, although He can influence them for good if He so chooses of course. God is not the author of evil which stems directly from our rebellion against God. However I would respectfully disagree with him on the subject of regeneration. Titus 3:3-7 reads as follows: 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Being dead in our sins simply means that we cannot see our sinful nature for what it truly is, and the reality that our condition necessitates our separation from God who is utterly holy. If we are religious at all then we tend to think we are alright with God, or we can put off thinking about Him till a time of our own choosing. We are deceived as the first verse above states and human nature is to procrastinate endlessly. Therefore before we can accept Jesus Christ as our Saviour and be converted the Holy Spirit must first prick our conscience and wash or regenerate our spiritual vision so that we can clearly see our degenerate state, our current separation from God and our desperate need of a Saviour to absolve us of our sins. The Holy Spirit effectively operates on our conscience and our spiritual vision, removing the scales from our eyes so to speak. This is precisely what happened to Saul on the road to Damascus - arguably the most notable conversion in the Bible. He was chided verbally which stung his conscience and blinded physically but he was initiated spiritually. God can speak to us directly like he did to Saul or more commonly indirectly, such as hearing the good news of the gospel being preached which is what happened to Charles Spurgeon for example. The Holy Ghost facilitates our understanding on a spiritual level - removes our worldly blindfold - and we are compelled to choose a side between good and evil once and for all. No more sitting on the fence! This initial uninvited and unmerited act of spiritual regeneration essentially reveals to us that we are at a spiritual crossroads in life, and either we willingly continue on the broad way to destruction or we change course and take the narrow road of deliverance which is on offer. Some people find themselves at this crossroads very early in life, others much later. Once we have accepted God's gracious offer of salvation then the Holy Spirit immediately takes up residence within us, and the ongoing process of renewal continues until we physically die. We can now address Frank's criticism of Calvinistic regeneration which is that if God desires all people to be saved, and if regeneration necessarily precedes our acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Saviour, then why isn't everyone saved? The first answer is that we should not confuse or conflate the initial act of regeneration by the Holy Spirit with our response to it. They are two separate things. Yes the Holy Spirit operates on our conscience and quickens us spiritually, persuading us that a definitive choice has to be made concerning our eternal destiny (and by sitting on the fence we are effectively making that choice by default), but He does not force us to side with good and reject evil! We are compelled to choose but the choice is still ours to make. Of course the stark reality of eternal separation from our heavenly Father and Creator if we refuse is the strongest form of smelling salts going and personally I couldn't say yes fast enough! Everyone is different though so some might require a minor operation while others like Saul may require major surgery, but ultimately God will prevail. There is no conflict here between our free will and God's sovereignty unless one takes a Hyper Calvinistic approach which leads to error. The second answer is that the initial act of regeneration is exactly that, merely an initial operation - a spiritual eye wash if you will. As Titus 3:5 implies renewal is a secondary ongoing process that continues for as long as we live after we accept Jesus Christ as our Saviour. Babes in Christ still have a lot of spiritual growing to do. So why doesn’t the Holy Spirit facilitate everyone’s spiritual understanding then? This question assumes that He doesn’t but it is perfectly possible that He does. We all have a conscience for example. For Jeremiah 6:16 states: This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.' This strongly suggests that some people’s spiritual condition is terminal. You could say that they are very alive in their sins! Indeed we see people today who openly declare that they don’t care if there is a God or not, they simply don’t wish to be subject to His authority. They have already made their choice come what may. They despise God, and the worst thing they could think of is to spend eternity with Him. Others demand evidence yet when they receive it they continually move the goalposts. They will argue a black crow white as the saying goes. One can only surmise here but perhaps there is a difference between someone who is dead in their sins but truly ignorant in spiritual matters and someone who revels in their separation from God and goes to great lengths to flaunt it. Perhaps those people aren’t so ignorant as they like to let on, spiritually speaking. Is it any wonder God would pass these people by? God desires that they be saved but by their own admission they detest Him and reject Him outright, even if He proved to their ever evolving satisfaction that He did indeed exist! A wicked generation demands a sign. Or, what if they have already consciously thrown their lot in with the devil? Does Satan not approach people to recruit them to his nefarious cause? Are the devil and his demons standing idly by here? A cursory look at the music and entertainment industries should tell you the answer to that one. I digress. All of the above is subordinate to God's good pleasure in saving His chosen people whom He separated from before the foundation of the world, as the Bible clearly states. I am broadly speaking from my own experience over the years to offer my own perspective on these issues. I will conclude by saying that all true Christians are on a spiritual journey together helping to build God's eternal mansion and we should be respectful and considerate of others at all times. May God bless Frank and his ministry, please keep up the good work!>> <<@biblebill6206 says : Here is everyone listening ? the proper understanding of Rom 8 : 29 ,30 is God before you were born decided , predestined who he would "call" to be a Christian in their 1st life , not who would be saved , who wouldn't , that is what it means . God is not calling everyone in their 1st life See Matt 22 : 14 . Also , once your called you can decide if you want to take your calling , you do not have to . See Luke 14 : 28 [Niv] bible .>> <<@TheRefinnej91 says : I see where he’s coming from but he needs to read the Bible more because he is clearly leaning on his own knowledge and not scriptures. Regeneration is clearly explained by Jesus in John 3. Is salvation dependent upon our free will or upon the work Christ completed?>> <<@Jay_the_giant says : John 6:44 John 15:16 Acts 13:48 Revelation 13:8 Deuteronomy 29:2-4 I could go on and on, but you get the point 🤷‍♂️>> <<@bobvadney7240 says : Their " biggest...flaw...."...???? ...EVERYTHING....EVERYTIME THEY....OPEN ...THEIR...MOUTHS....>> <<@TheDeadAreWalking says : Amen! Thank you God for guiding wonderful pastors like this man.>> <<@callumclarke1733 says : Calvnism does not make God the author of evil Nonsense why? Because we are Dead in Sin' But God chooses not to take that Person out of sin Free Does exist in Calvin it's a Called Elected by God the sinner still chooses to Sin But God chooses not to Save that Person. Judas Iscariot is a great example God New he would betray Him Calvnism or Election is Biblical. The Bible teaches not everyone is Saved>> <<@intellgurus says : I think more scripture needs quoting and not so much opinion. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for (2 Timothy 3:16) 2:38>> <<@ajgibson1307 says : Amen and God bless>> <<@willwarren8519 says : First I want to start by saying I am not an expert on the subject by anyone's standard but I will try and do my best. Now there are 2 objections to calvinism I hear all the time. And Frank brings up both in this video. Objection 1. On calvinism there's no human responsibility for our actions. Objection 2. On calvinism Elohim is the author of evil. Almost everyone has These same 2 objections to Calvinism And to be perfectly honest I don't have any problems with either objection, and here's why. Paul answers both of these objections in Romans 9:14-24 KJV What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. [15] For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. [16] So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. [17] For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. [18] Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. [19] Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? [20] Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? [21] Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? [22] What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: [23] And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, [24] Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? So when I hear the same objections Paul Anticipated his critics saying in Roman's 9 then that gives me assurance that I have the same beliefs as Paul. So that is Paul's answer to Vlad's objections of calvinism. Now I have my own responses to both objections. First. Objection 1 in my opinion comes down to a difference of views of free will. Second. I would like to point out that Calvinist do believe in free will, we just have a different definition of free will. Most Arminians believe in what is called Libertarian free will, and most Calvinist believe in what is called Compatibilism or Compatibilistic free will. Now, this is highly debated, but my understanding is Libertarian free will is the belief that someone could have done otherwise, also know as The Principle of Alternative Possibilities. on this view we have the freedom to act contrary to one's nature, predisposition and greatest desires. Compatibilism is the belief that free will is the ability to do what you want at the time of the choice. And with that definition of free will determinism and free will are compatible. Because Elohim can determine what you want, but that doesn't mean that you didn't want to do what you did. Here are a couple of reasons why i don't believe in Libertarian free will 1. I don't believe Libertarian free will works logically. And here's why. The third, law of logic is the law of excluded middle, It means that a statement is either true or false. Think of it as claiming that there is no middle ground between being true and being false. Every statement has to be one or the other. Now consider this statement. Was it true when Zechariah wrote Zechariah 9:9 that in the future Yeshua would fulfill this prophecy? You can't say it's neither true or false, because that goes directly against the law of excluded middle. On Libertarian free will you can't say it's a true statement, because if Yeshua could have done otherwise then the statement above wasn't necessarily true when Zechariah wrote it. So you are forced to say it's a false statement, but if you say it's a false statement, you would have to be willing to say that prophecies are not true statements of the future, in which case all the future prophecies like Revelations are not necessarily going to happen. And I am not willing to accept that. 2. Now for the sake of the argument let's say I'm wrong about it being logically impossible, I think Libertarian free will actually destroys human responsibility. Libertarians say that our choices are not based on one's nature, desires or predisposition. They actually claim they're not based on anything. And if our choices aren't based on anything, then our choices are arbitrary, AKA random. And if all we do is randomly choose between stuff then it's pure luck that I chose not to sin that time. So how is that choice Praiseworthy? And it's just bad luck that the other time I chose to sin. So how can that be blameworthy? Objection 2. On Calvinism Elohim is the author of evil? Calvinist answer. Yes he is! Proverbs 16:4 KJV The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Isaiah 45:7 KJV I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Amos 3:3-6 KJV Can two walk together, except they be agreed? [4] Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? [5] Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? [6] Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? Lamentations 3:37-38 KJV Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? [38] Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? So on Calvinism Elohim is the author of evil. Which would seem to make Elohim immoral. But on Arminianism Elohim is an allower of evil. Which is also immoral! Example. You are walking and you see someone getting murdered and you see a way to stop the murder from happening. Should you stop it from happening? Obviously you should stop it. And it would be immoral not to. But on Arminianism Elohim does this all the time. So all Christians both calvinist and arminian need to explain why Elohim appears to behave immoraly on their views. Both sides say that Elohim is allowed to do things that we are not. We can't play Elohim but He can. There are too many views on how this works to go over here. But this is my opinion. Elohim is literally more real than we are. The closest analogy that I know of is an author and his characters in the book he has written. G.A. Henty is not immoral for authoring evil in one of his books. And neither is Elohim. These are some of the reasons why I think these arguments against Calvinism fail.>> <<@dannyh.2861 says : Frank, where did Satan's desire to sin come from if he was created perfect?>> <<@st.christopher1155 says : There is not 1 biggest flaw. The entire Augustinian Calvinistic systematic theology is flawed to the point of hopeless fatalism. Flee ALL of Calvin’s doctrines of demons. ☦️🙏🏼📖>> <<@Saint_DayBreak says : The book of Life proves that God sovereignty chose whom he would let into heaven The book of Life was written before the foundation of the world names were written within the book those who would be saved they were destined to be saved and those not in the book were destined not to be saved The Lamb's book of Life proves election>> <<@mbeacom21 says : Just become a Catholic already. The Gates of Hell will not prevail against Christ's Church.>> <<@ri3m4nn says : I believe all are born saved and it's our first sin that pushes the Spirit away from us. I believe this because Jesus is very strong on protecting the innocence of children and stating the kingdom of God belongs to them.>> <<@PPyle says : Unfortunately, Frank completely misrepresented the Calvinist position and then proceeded to argue against Calvinism based upon flawed presumptions.>> <<@graftme3168 says : Run away as fast as you can from Calvinism! It is a modern day pharisaical spirit from hell.>> <<@lawrence1318 says : Frank Turek: "I think, tragically, that Calvinism makes God the author of evil". God: "I create evil" Is 45:7.>> <<@user-ov8iz9vz4n says : Why don't Calvinists and Arminians deny each others' salvation? After all, both agree that the doctrines of salvation by grace and justification by faith are "essential doctrines", but they accuse each other of misunderstanding these. Can you be saved if your misunderstanding of an essential doctrine persists after having been "corrected" as often as Calvinists and Armnians have "corrected" each other?>> <<@blackukulele says : No one comes to Me except the Father who sent Me draws him... John 6:44; But God ... when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ, by grace you have been saved Eph 2:4-5.>> <<@joespice785 says : Fantastic answer from Frank. I've been trying to make sense of Calvinism lately and understand deeper about my personal conviction on why I think it seems contrary to the nature of God.>> <<@janwilson6763 says : I think all preachers should stop preaching about the centuries old debatable topics. All it does is brings confusion and division. Again, this has been argued for centuries by many intelligent theologians so obviously it isnt going to ever be settled this side of Heaven durimg which time we see through a glass darkly.>> <<@pbc_ilocosnorte says : So which is which? having the spiritual life (God's sovereign work) and then believing, responding the gospel (free will) or believing the gospel (free will) and then God will born you again, give you life?>> <<@MapesT says : All the 'splits' within the church by different denominations comes down to playing semantics to justify sin>>