Index Looking at the history of the calvinist-arminian divide, arminianism originated primarily combating the erroneous calvinist doctrine of predestined reprobation. And this wasn't to focus on man or self, but to uphold God's nature as revealed in Scriptures. This, in itself, is a desirous work in Christ but to bolster the initial doctrines into a…Read more To the Arminian..
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The Supralapsarianism Infralapsarianism Paradox
Index This is an internal contradiction within the calvinist subsets of Supras and Infras. Supralapsarianism holds that God's act of election logically occurred before His decree for the fall of man. And this is primarily to uphold Rom 9:11 - God's election of grace must precede any acts of good or evil, specifically Adam's sinful…Read more The Supralapsarianism Infralapsarianism Paradox
Foreknowledge and Predestination
Index God's glory in foreknowledge Note, we have been discussing the logical order of salvation in God's mind. So, when stating that God condemns people only after their evil actions and not before the foundations of the world of actions, this should not be imagined as God waiting patiently in time to see actual evil…Read more Foreknowledge and Predestination
Biblical Assurance of Salvation
Index Conditional Promise Does God's word fail when a person falls away from the faith, as shown is possible for the non-elect? How are the non-elect, and even the elect, to interpret God's promises and have Biblical assurance of salvation? God never fails at His promises - they are immutable. God promising something in the…Read more Biblical Assurance of Salvation
Limited Atonement for a Universal Offer
Index I suppose both calvinists and arminians should have no trouble believing in the doctrine of limited atonement and should instead limit their debating to only the scope of God's offer of salvation at the cross instead. It is clear that some will die in their sins and perish because of their unbelief (John 8:24)…Read more Limited Atonement for a Universal Offer
Regeneration and Rebirth – Part 2
Index Total depravity of the flesh Continuing from Part 1, the flesh generates desires only on the basis of pleasure and pain to itself, namely the body made of dust. Accordingly, it has desires of the flesh (that which physically and empirically gives pleasure or reduces pain), desires of the eye (that which can mentally…Read more Regeneration and Rebirth – Part 2
Regeneration and Rebirth – Part 1
Index But hasn't Christian tradition long held an absolute correlation between being regenerated and being assuredly saved? Even going by the Master Scientist's demonstration, the distinction between God's working and not working in man was always most clearly seen in His supernatural work of regeneration - if this is now believed to be possible for…Read more Regeneration and Rebirth – Part 1
Persevering of the Elect
Index But God's manifold promises are to His children. According to Rom 8:14, if the non-elect too receive the Spirit, are they also children of God and if so, how can God's children perish? And if they're not children, then how do they receive the same from God as do His elect adoption? Only those…Read more Persevering of the Elect
Conditional Regeneration of the non-elect
Index Can the non-elect really be regenerated - be given a new heart and receive the Holy Spirit and yet fall away from God's mercy? Why, yes. And this explains the infamous stumbling block to the calvinists - Hebrews 6 and 10. Those passages about falling away and rendering it impossible to be renewed again…Read more Conditional Regeneration of the non-elect
Salvation of the non-elect
Index But, the calvinist asks, if all are fallen and born in sin, then isn't it impossible for any man himself to even understand truths about sin and salvation in his natural state, let alone self-determine to obey the Gospel? How could he be enlightened with a hardened heart and a darkened mind? Only a…Read more Salvation of the non-elect