Calvinism teaches that: “God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeable ordain whatsoever comes to pass.” (Westminster Confession of Faith, Ch. 3:1) It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if all things whatsoever are foreordained by God, then God foreordains sin. The idea that God foreordains sin should be abhorrent to Christians, yet it is simply the logical conclusion of Calvinism. Not only is it the logical conclusion of the Calvinistic system, but Calvinists themselves freely declare that God foreordains sin:
“God moves the tongues of men to blaspheme.” (Franciscus Gomarus, as quoted in Laurence Vance, The Other Side of Calvinism, p.254)
“Sin is one of the ‘whatsoevers’ that have ‘come to pass’, all of which are ‘ordained’.” (W.G.T. Shedd, Calvinism: Pure and Mixed)
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