“Holstege puts faith wholly within the will and power of man. Faith, for Holstege, is nothing more than the activity of man. After saying, “Not those who work; those who believe,” he follows with this question: “Do you believe in the Lord Jesus?” I suppose one may ask this question, but it ought to be entirely out of place in a sermon on this text. The point of the text is that God manifests his righteousness in the fullest sense of the word. Again, this implies God’s work of faith. But Holstege left his hearers with a general righteousness of Christ at the cross, with only a possibility of righteousness, and so therefore, in his sermon the question is entirely fitting. The crux of Holstege’s sermon is not the cross of Christ, but the crux of the matter is whether or not man believes. All of this righteousness of God waits for man’s decision by his will and power to believe. ” — Reverend Kamps (Pernicious Pelagian Poison, page 24) https://reformedbelieverspub.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Sword-Shield-Mag_Vol-7-Issue-2_July2026_intr_fnl.pdf