The Calvinism Debate - Way of Life Literature

have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellioushouse.”Ezekiel says the cause for Israel’s blindness is her ownrebellion.Matthew 13:15--“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, andtheir ears are dull of hearing, and THEIR EYES THEY HAVECLOSED; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, andhear with their ears, and should understand with their heart,and should be converted, and I should heal them.”Matthew says Israel closed her own eyes and that is thereason they were not converted. ere is no sovereignreprobation here.Acts 28:25-27--“And when they agreed not amongthemselves, they departed, aer that Paul had spoken oneword, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet untoour fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing yeshall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see,and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross,and their ears are dull of hearing, and THEIR EYES HAVETHEY CLOSED; lest they should see with their eyes, and hearwith their ears, and understand with their heart, and shouldbe converted, and I should heal them.”Again, Acts says Israel closed her own eyes lest she beconverted. ere is no support for the Calvinist doctrine ofsovereign reprobation here.Acts 28:25-27--“And when they agreed not amongthemselves, they departed, aer that Paul had spoken oneword, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet untoour fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing yeshall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see,and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross,and their ears are dull of hearing, and THEIR EYES HAVETHEY CLOSED; lest they should see with their eyes, and hearwith their ears, and understand with their heart, and shouldbe converted, and I should heal them.”103