“Knowledge puffeth up…”                                        (1 Corinthians 8)

The first (1st) item i would draw your attention to is the definiteness of Paul’s certainty in this beginning verse of this eighth (8th) chapter of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. Paul doesn’t say knowledge can puff up or knowledge might or may puff up but instead knowledge puffs up without any qualifications or quantifying of terms.

I have noticed this true in three area and remains in two. Knowledge puffs up in: the new convert, legalist camps, and in Calvinist circles.

We will (DV) focus on the Calvinist circles because that is where i pitch my tent today. The Calvinist or at least very many of them have similar traits among themselves. 1.The Calvinist judges others very quickly and without mercy or love. 2.The Calninist is very polemic or argumentative and contentious. 3.The Calvinist is more like Calvin (or at least how they imagine Calvin was) than they are Christ-like.

The only person tht would disagree with me is the Calvinist himself or herself.

In a recent conversation on FB, Regarding C.S. Lewis and Billy Graham, i was called by “the son of the devil,” “a person who does not care about the faith or sound doctrine,”  “one who is going to hell,” among many other things.

These persons plural begin speaking about me as though i wasn’t part of the converstaion any longer because thet were not able to answer my persistent single question. They said that, he (me) kept doing the same to all of us.”  What was i foing you might wonder.  I continued asking these Calvinist if they have ever read any books for themselves by either man…dead man they were assaulting. None of the Calvinists would dare answer my question. They proceeded to assault me personally. They could not answer my enquiries. These Calvinists were use buullet points like mindless left wingers.

What it all came down to was that both men were not calvbinist enough. Lewis and Graham make good targets for these Calvinists because they are departed and nothing new will be produced by them to counter the lies these types sling around like monkeys at a zoo. Also, persons that they write for are in agreement with their lies that they rarely ever face someone that will challenge them. Calvinists or many of them have some knowledge on theology but little of Christ’s love for others that are not just like them.

The Calvinist is very polemic or argumentative and contentious. These types are always looking for someone to disagree with or for someone that disagrees with them. They do not realize that Calvin did not go around looking for someone to fight. Calvin and most men of God were like t.v. detectives in that the murders found them snd they rarely went searching for the dead bodies. I do not go looking for arguments, they find me. This is not so with the polemic Calvinist.

Many Calvinists exhibit very little Christ-like love for others. Instead pride and other negatives aspects ooze of of them. I find this type of Calvinist to be around and find myself limiting exposure to them. On the other hand, when i meet the rare Calvinist that demonstrates Christ-like traits and love for others, especially those that they disagree with, i find myself enjoying their company.

The true Calvinist seeks Christ-likeness instead of what they erroniously perceive to be traits thy find in “their Calvin.”

The true Calvinist is Christ-like in their conversation.