Hypercalvinism as Antinomianism

Hypercalvinism is nothing more than antinominism. It removes the necessity of secondary causes as the means of the primary cause. In essence, therefore, it argues against obeying God since that would be a work. It is monergistic in all causes, primary and secondary, and completely removes any responsibility of the man. Orthodox Calvinism, however, is not monergistic in all causes of salvation, but it is monergistic only in terms of the primary cause. What this means is that God is the ultimate/primary cause of all things, but He uses secondary causes, like man’s choices and actions, to bring about His decisions. God decides you will be nourished and you therefore choose to go get something to eat. God chooses to give you a child and you therefore choose to participate in procreative activity. God chooses to save you and you therefore repent and believe. Two decisions/choices are being made, not one; but one is a secondary cause that responds to the primary as the means by which the primary is accomplished. This means that preaching the gospel that calls people to repent and believe, and their right response to it, is a necessary means to their salvation. Both of these are in contrast with synergism, which sees the choices of two or more parties as primary. 

I have seen hypercalvinists argue that a person in sin should not be put on church discipline because only God will change his heart, and that no one should really urge anyone to repent and believe because he or she can’t unless God does those things. This is a confusion of causes. Certainly, if God does not choose to be the primary cause of their salvation they will not respond favorably as the secondary causes; but we don’t know what God has decided for any man, and therefore, are to preach the word in season and out of season. Hypercalvinism, therefore, is a pious sounding disobedience to Christ’s Lordship.