Nobody could go against the all-powerful God’s purpose, - unless God choose to allow it. Another non-Calvinist, Luke, wrote "But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John." (Luke 7:30).
Hakuna mtu anayeweza kupingana na kusudi la Mungu mwenye nguvu zote – isipokuwa Mungu ameruhusu hivyo. Mtu mwingine asiyekuwa Mkalvinisti, Luka, aliandika, "Lakini, Mafarisayo na wana-sheria walilipinga shauri la Mungu juu yao, kwa kuwa hawakubatizwa naye [Yohana]" (Luk 7:30).