I do not agree, for instance, with Crisp's views on eternal justification, eternal union, and the nature of saving faith, and his lack of distinction between God's desire and decree.1 For example, I disagree absolutely with Crisp when he said: 'There is no person under heaven, reconciled to God, justified by him through the righteousness of Christ, but he is justified and reconciled before he believes. And therefore faith is not the instrument radically to unite Christ and the soul together, but rather is the fruit that follows and flows from Christ'.2 This is wrong.3 Saving faith, according to Crisp, is the evidence of justification, not the way to receive it.4 In saying such things, Crisp was mistaken. But this did not make him an antinomian! Rather, he was a hyper-Calvinist at these points. |