The Five Points of Calvinism

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The Five Points of Calvinism 2

• Unconditional Election

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T Total Depravity U Unconditional Election L
Limited Atonement I Irresistible Grace P
Perseverance of Saints
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Unchangeable Design is a Mockery of Justice
Calvinism makes God unjust. It denies the
free-will of man. It blames man for what he
cannot help or change. There is no battle between
good and evil for the will. The game of life is
fully staged and every move is what God designed
to happen. This doctrine made many atheists. It
caused many to lose hope of being elected.
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CalvinismUnconditional Election

• What Do The Creeds of Men Say?
• We say, then, that Scripture clearly proves this
  much, that God by his eternal and immutable
  counsel determined once for all those whom it was
  his pleasure one day to admit to salvation, and
  those whom, on the other hand, it was his
  pleasure to doom to destruction. We maintain
  that this counsel, as regards the elect, is
  founded on his free mercy, without any respect to
  human worth, while those whom he dooms to
  destruction are excluded from access to life by a
  just and blameless, but at the same time
  incomprehensible judgment. (John Calvin)

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CalvinismUnconditional Election

• What Do The Creeds of Men Say?
• By the decree of God, for the manifestation of
  his glory, some men and angels are predestinated
  unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to
  everlasting death. These angels and men thus
  predestinated and foreordained are particularly
  and unchangeably designed and their number is so
  certain and definite that it can not be either
  increased or diminished. (Presbyterian
  Confession of Faith, chap. 3, sec. 3,4,5)

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Calvinists Proof-texts

• Rom 919-21
• 19 You will say to me then, "Why does He still
  find fault? For who has resisted His will?" 20
  But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against
  God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed
  it, "Why have you made me like this?" 21 Does not
  the potter have power over the clay, from the
  same lump to make one vessel for honor and
  another for dishonor?
• NKJV

• Does This Passage Say God Has The Right to be
  Arbitrary?
• He CHOSE the CONDITIONS Of Salvation through
  faith
• He had the right to choose those conditions
• Just like He had a right to choose the YOUNGER
  (Jacob) over the Older (Esau) -912
• Just like He had the right to choose Isaac for
  the Messianic seed-line over Ishmael -97
• These things were not arbitrary, but had a
  long-term objective for good
• Choosing to bless only believing Jews was not
  arbitrary

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Calvinists Proof-texts

• God Planned It For Justice Sake.
• The REASON the majority of Jews would not obtain
  righteousness
• They did not seek it by faith v.32
• They could have believed the warnings of
  disownership -26
• They could have believed the warnings that only a
  remnant would be saved 27,28
• They could have taken Isaiahs truth to heart
  (v.33)
• They were seeking to establish their own
  righteousness -103
• They did not submit to the righteousness of God

• Rom 919-21
• 19 You will say to me then, "Why does He still
  find fault? For who has resisted His will?" 20
  But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against
  God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed
  it, "Why have you made me like this?" 21 Does not
  the potter have power over the clay, from the
  same lump to make one vessel for honor and
  another for dishonor?
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Calvinists Proof-texts

• Acts 1345-48
• 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they
  were filled with envy and contradicting and
  blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by
  Paul. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and
  said, "It was necessary that the word of God
  should be spoken to you first but since you
  reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of
  everlasting life, behold, we turn to the
  Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us
• 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
• That you should be for salvation to the ends of
  the earth.'"
• 48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were
  glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as
  many as had been appointed to eternal life
  believed.
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• Notice the Order
• 1. They HEARD
• 2. They were GLAD
• 3. They GLORIFIED the word of the Lord
• 4. They were APPOINTED to eternal life
• 5. So, they BELIEVED
• They were appointed to eternal life in their
  attitude toward the word
• This does not say they were pre-appointed, then
  heard, then were glad and glorified the word
• They were determined to have eternal life so
  they believed.

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Calvinists Proof-texts

• Ephesians 14-5
• just as He chose us in Him before the foundation
  of the world
•  US us Jew Gentile believers
• He CHOSE believers In Christ
• He did not unchangeably design who the US
  would be
• He predestined the church to adoption as sons

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Either Unconditional or Conditional
Calvinism Men have no choice Limited
atonement Double predestination God is partial
Universalism Men have no choice Universal
atonement Universal predestination God is unjust
Truth Men have a choice Atonement available to
all Biblical predestination God is impartial
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Consequences of Unconditional Election and the
Calvinistic View of Predestination
Acts 1034,35 Then Peter opened his mouth and
said In truth I perceive that God shows no
partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him
and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
God is a respecter of persons
He chooses one sinner and condemns many others
arbitrarily and capriciously.
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Consequences of Unconditional Election and the
Calvinistic View of Predestination
James 113 Let no one say when he is tempted, I
am tempted by God for God cannot be tempted by
evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
Everything is unchangeably foreordained
EVEN EVERY SIN! The first cause of EVIL is God
Himself!
1 John 15 God is light and in Him is no
darkness at all.
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What Shall We Do?

• Calvinist answer There is nothing you can do.
  The saved are unconditionally elected.
• Peters Inspired Answer Repent, and be baptized
  in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of
  sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy
  Spirit Acts 237-38

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