The T.U.L.I.P. outline, came some time after John Calvin died.
You know that don't you?
Both the Five points of Calvinism (1619) and the Five points of the Remonstrance (1610) came after the death of both Calvin and Arminius.
So to say Calvin didn't believe in the "L" therefore it isn't true is wrong.
God Bless
Till all are one.
John Calvin:
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That whosoever believeth on him may not perish. It is a remarkable commendation of faith, that it frees us from everlasting destruction. For he intended expressly to state that, though we appear to have been born to death, undoubted deliverance is offered to us by the faith of Christ; and, therefore, that we ought not to fear death, which otherwise hangs over us. And he has employed the
universal term whosoever, both to invite
all indiscriminately to partake of life, and to cut off
every excuse from unbelievers. Such is also the import of the term
World, which he formerly used; for though nothing will be found in
the world that is worthy of the favor of God, yet he shows himself to be reconciled to
the whole world, when he invites
all men without exception to the faith of Christ, which is nothing else than an
entrance into life." (Commentary on John)
Note the words that I have made bold. Language that no "Calvinist" would use for this verse! "all men without exception", which hardly "Calvinistic" language, which is "without
distinction"! Then on Mark 14:24, "
Which is shed for many. By the word
many he means
not a part of the world only, but the
whole human race". IF, as some suppose, that this "Limited Atonement" as part of the 5 Points (T.U.L.I.P.), is from John Calvin's teachings, then he could never have written these words on Mark 14:24. Note the careful language, "not part of the world", which is exactly what Limited Atonement teaches, that only a "part", that is, "the elect", is who Christ died for. No, says Calvin, "the WHOLE human race", is included in the death of the Lord Jesus Christ! AMEN!!!. One more example from Calvin. Colossians 1:14, " He says that this redemption was procured through the
blood of Christ, for by the sacrifice of his death
all the sins of the world have been expiated". Dr R T Kendall (among other Calvinists, like Richard Baxter, John Bunyan, John Newton, John Brown, and others), believed and taught that Jesus Christ died for the WHOLE WORLD WITHOUT EXCEPTION. Writing on the term "world" in John 3:16, which many Calvinists take to mean "elect", Dr Robert Dabney, himself a Calvinist, says, "But there are others of these passages, to which I think, the candid mind will admit, this sort of explanation is inapplicable. In Jno. iii.16, make 'the world' which Christ loved, to mean 'the elect world', and we reach the absurdity, that some of the elect may not believe, and perish" (Systematic Theology, page 525). Dr Dabney is addressing the passages where terms like "all", etc can have limited meanings, as we as what it actually says. Clearly to the "candid" mind, no limit can be placed on "the world", for which Jesus Christ loved, and died!