Hyper-Calvinism Is A Lame Excuse Not To Go Soulwinning!

Hyper-Calvinism is a heresy in itself.  Here's how Philip Johnson of Grace to You describes Hyper-Calvinism:
Hyper-Calvinism, simply stated, is a doctrine that emphasizes divine sovereignty to the exclusion of human responsibility. To call it "hyper-Calvinism" is something of a misnomer. It is actually a rejection of historic Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinism entails a denial of what is taught in both Scripture and the major Calvinistic creeds, substituting instead an imbalanced and unbiblical notion of divine sovereignty.

If there has been any reason why non-Calvinist believers ever tend to accuse Calvinist believers of laziness and non-soulwinning, you can thank Hyper-Calvinism for that.  What you need to know is that some of the best soulwinners were adherents of Calvinism that may summarize the statement as, "We shall never know who the Elect are until we go soulwinning."  In the past, Calvinists were active soulwinners who did all the soulwinning they could to find out who they believe were truly and unconditionally elected by God.

Hyper-Calvinism on the other hand might be saying, "We shall just sit down and wait for the Elect!  Let's just wait for them to come in!"  What a foolish notion it is to simply wait for the Elect to come into the church doors.  The problem of just waiting for the Elect ignores the command to go soulwinning.  I strongly suspect some of the most stagnant churches today are either just lazy or they are plagued with Hyper-Calvinism.

Did you know that most of the translators of the King James version were Calvinists?  The King James version (the Calvinist's best translation that's why I am personally, a King James only-ist) has written these verses translated by Calvinists:
  • Proverbs 11:20 - "The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise."
  • Matthew 28:19 - "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"
  • Acts 20:20 - "And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,"

Just a note for non-Calvinist Baptists, some of their favorite preachers are actually Calvinists like Charles Haddon Spurgeon and John Gill.  The commentator Matthew Henry was also a Calvinist.  Arthur W. Pink who was a great British preacher was a Calvinist.  A lot of soulwinners in the past were also Calvinists.  To indulge in lazy Hyper-Calvinism would be a great insult to the great Calvinistic soulwinners of the past.