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the same Lord over all is rich unto ALL that call upon him.For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lordshall be saved” (Rom. 10:8-13).is is another passage that plainly teaches that salvation isfor all and whosoever shall call. e Calvinist protests thatsinners who are totally depraved cannot call upon the Lordand therefore only those who are sovereignly elected andcalled and given “the gi of faith” will call upon the Lord.is is to read one’s theology into the Scripture. If theCalvinist doctrines of sovereign election and the bondage ofthe will and sovereign calling are correct, this passage doesn’tactually mean what it says, and a blessed and gloriousuniversal invitation of salvation to sinners is turned intosomething that is reserved solely for a pre-selected group ofsinners.As for faith, this passage says that it is nigh to every sinner.Sinners can believe in their hearts upon Christ. ey canconfess Christ with their mouths. ough they are totallyunrighteous and dead in trespasses and sins, this does notmean that they cannot believe the gospel.WHOSOEVER BELIEVES ON CHRIST OR CALLSUPON HIS NAME SHALL BE SAVED --“I am come a light into the world, that whosoeverbelieveth on me should not abide in darkness” (Jn. 12:46).“And it shall come to pass, that WHOSOEVER shall callon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).e Bible repeatedly says that salvation is for “whosoever”and a typical Bible-believing non-theologian would concludefrom this that any and every sinner today is both invited tocome to Christ and by God’s grace CAN come to Christ. Totreat the “whosoever shalls” of the New Testament as Calvindid, though, is to render them of no effect. According toCalvin, “whosoever” does not really mean whosoever; itmeans “whosoever of the elect.” Even when Calvin claims, outof one side of his mouth (such as in his commentary on John62