“I’SE JUST GOT’TSA KNOW!”
comes from the movie “Dirty Harry”, where a
man of African extraction, having just failed to rob a bank, is lying
immobilised on the ground with a couple of bullets in him.
Pointing
his
gun at the bank robber, Harry approaches him … but he doesn’t shoot him.
As Harry
walks away, our African fellow, before his arrest, asks Harry the above
question, as to how many bullets Harry has fired “Five or six? … I’se
just
gottsa know!”
Dear
Reader,
how does this apply to our topic at hand … Calvinism.
The
scripture says of Jesus …
“Who
verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last
times for
you,”
(1 Peter 1:20).
Now
this word is only used once in the
Bible … as something that is predetermined … and never
used for
future Christians.
However,
God has foreknowledge of
those that will be saved … and as the saying goes “These two terms are
chalk
and cheese in meaning.”
And
so, here are the questions …
Do
Calvinists really think they were foreordained
as well?
Do
Calvinists place themselves in the
same category as Christ … as having been foreordained?
Are
they Deity? Are they some sort of fourth
member of the Godhead?
I
mean … in the beginning, does God look
down through history and say …
“Ah!
There’s Bob and Mary … both
dead in trespasses and sins … but I’m only going to save Bob! I know
they
haven’t been born yet … and both will deserve the flames of hell … but
I’m only
choosing Bob to get saved … not Mary his wife!”
Is
this another example of God throwing rice
at a wedding … randomly hitting someone?
Dear
Reader, please write in and give me
the answer.
“I’se just got’tsa know!”
Harley
Hitchcock
May 2024
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