Four Point Calvinism?

In my experience at a small Bible college in the mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania, there is a growing consensus among students that it doesn't matter whether you're a four or five point Calvinist. It's really just an argument over semantics and emphasis right? Both four and five pointers believe that the atonement was designed to save the elect yet could have saved the whole world if God had so intended. Hmm... a good look at what full embodied four point Calvinism really is reveals that this is not true and that it does indeed matter whether one is a four or five pointer. This isn't a secondary issue which is impractical and merely speculative, of no use to our faith. Where you stand on four or five point Calvinsim determines your stance on the atonement and if you've got the atonement wrong, you've got the gospel wrong. It is my strong and fervent conviction that a "four" point Calvinist is in truth a "no" point Calvinist. I have a burden for our generation that they would understand the nature and extent of the atonement and affectionately rejoice in the truth that Christ's death accomplished redemption rather than just "providing" redemption. First, I'd like to examine the two options that four point Calvinists can choose between. The first option is to say that Christ did indeed accomplish redemption. Christ was the propitiation for every single individual throughout history without exception. Those who call themselves four pointers would probably object in horror at this option seeing that it is nothing more than universalism. The other option that most four pointers will take is to say that Christ merely provided redemption, giving everyone an opportunity to be saved without really saving anyone. Some might even say that Christ died for every sin except for the sin of unbelief therefore unbelievers can be justly damned by God. This is historic four point Calvinism or Armianism whatever you'd like to call it. I'd like to show that you cannot believe in a vicarious and propitiatory sacrifice and still maintain that Christ died for every individual without exception. Sure someone can believe this utterly inconsistent and unscholarly nonsense if they so choose but remember I can believe that elephants fly or that monkeys talk if I so choose. Yet believing that elephants fly or that monkey's talk is inconsistent with my experience of actually seeing the nature of elephants and monkeys at the zoo! This view, that Christ's death is vicarious and substitutionary in nature yet is for the benefit of the entire world, is inconsistent. Why? Because if Christ bore the wrath of God for every individual without exception then it logically follows that every individual without exception will be saved. If God punishes unbelievers in an eternal hell yet sent his Son to be their wrath bearer, it follows that God is unjust. A word to all you four pointers out there...YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THAT CHRIST'S DEATH WAS EFFICACIOUS, PROPITATORY, AND SUBSTITUTIONARY AND BE LOGICALLY AND BIBLICALLY CONSISTENT! I'm not trying to tell four pointers what they can and cannot believe, I'm just saying that if you desire academic and theological respect, you will abandon your four point position. It's inconsistent and foolish.I'd also like to show that four point calvinism is in truth NO point calvinism. "But I believe in total depravity, unconditional election, irresisteble grace, and perseverance of the saints", you might say. What you might not know is that the five points of Calvinsim stand or fall together. You take away one, and they all crumble. This applies to any one of the points but since we are discussing the "L" limited atonement or even better "particular redemption", lets take a look at how believing in a hypothetical atonement leaves you with no other option than the heresy of Arminiansim. If you believe that Christ merely provided the opportunity for salvation and didn't accomplish salvation then it follows that man must then choose God in order for salvation to be accomplished. This pre-supposes that the will of man is unfettered and free, with the ability to choose or reject the offer of the gospel. Orthodox Calvinism states that Christ purchased everything neccessary for our salvation including faith itself. If Christ never accomplished redemption but merely provided the opportunity for salvation, then total depravity is thrown out the window. If man's salvation ultimately rests on whether is excercises his will to choose it, than there is no need whatsoever for unconditional election. Why would God sovereingly choose helpless sinners unto salvation if these sinners aren't helpless and are free to choose God of their own accord? A four point Calvinist is left to choose between some heretical form of election such as the corporate election view or the historic Arminian "conditional" election view. Irresisteble Grace? No need for it! Like I said before, five point Calvinism states that Christ purchased the sovereign and irresisteble grace of the Holy Spirit on behalf the elect. If Christ didn't purchase anything then man is free to choose God and irresisteble grace is thrown out the window. What about perseverance of the saints? Orthodox Calvinism teaches that the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit is a gift purchased by Christ on the cross. If man isn't totally depraved, God isn't sovereign in salvation, and Christ's death merely provided the opportunity for salvation then man is left to work out his salvation in his own strength. Thus, four point Calvinism is NO point Calvinism and is in the end Arminianism.You might be asking, "why are you going to such great lengths to disprove four point Calvinism! You've called it inconsistent, unscholarly, and even heretical!" I reply that that your understanding of the atonement rests on whether your an Arminian (four point) or a Calvinist (5 point). An understanding of the atonement determines your understanding of the gospel and if you've got the gospel wrong, your in serious danger. Particular redemption is for our joy. It enables us to see and savor the sovereign work of God in our salvation and to bask in the particular love of Jesus for his church. What would you think if a married man said to his wife, "I love you honey, but I also love every other woman in the world and want to have a relationship with them too!""How outrageous!" you say. "That's not a fitting analogy!" Oh really? Ephesians 5 uses this very analogy in saying, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.." (Eph. 5:25) Christ is compared to a husband, the church is compared to His bride. Christ's love for the church is particular and this particular love was seen most clearly on the cross as he bore the the wrath of God on behalf of those whom God had given Him.I have tried my best to offer a few arguments in favor of five point calvinism and to show that "four" point calvinism is in the end arminianism. Let it be known that there is a major and profound difference between these two positions, the difference being between a false and true gospel.