John 13.35: a Hyper-Calvinistic Paraphrase

J. D. Gallé | Sunday, 1 April 2018

 

‘In this shall everyone know that you are authentic, unconditionally elected disciples of mine: if you are faithful in cherishing, relentlessly promulgating, and hailing the theological and soteriological splendours of subscribing to uniquely Reformational, Calvinistic, Zwinglian doctrines (especially in highly questionable or wholly inappropriate contexts), and casting off as evil the name of those pretending to be my disciples who adhere to anything that doctrinally reeks of Arminian, non-Calvinistic, or free-will theistic thought.’ (Jn 13.35)

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Matthew 22.14: a Calvinistic Paraphrase

J. D. Gallé | Saturday, 10 June 2017

‘For many receive the external, ineffectual call that, taken by itself, is insufficient for the sinner to respond positively in repentance and faith to the good news of salvation; but few receive the accompanying internal, irresistible call of the Holy Spirit to rightly respond to the gospel invitation.’ (Matt. 22.14)[1]

 

Note

        1. The above ‘paraphrase’ was inspired by Guy Waters’ article from The Gospel Coalition website, ‘What Did Jesus Mean by “Many Are Called, but Few Are Chosen?” ’ (9 Jun. 2017), <https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what-did-jesus-mean-by-many-are-called-but-few-are-chosen>.

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Latest revisions: 11 June 2017 (made slight emendations); 17 January 2018 (converted two colons to full stops); 21 May 2019 (removed emphases); modified scriptural abbreviation (19 Nov. 2021).