Calvinism is a system of belief that has influenced most religious bodies.

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• John Calvin (1509-1564) was a key figure in the
  Reformation.

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• John Calvin (1509-1564) was a key figure in the
  Reformation.
• His followers developed into what we now know as
  the Presbyterian church.

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• John Calvin (1509-1564) was a key figure in the
  Reformation.
• His followers developed into what we now know as
  the Presbyterian church.
• Calvin's teachings can be summarized into five
  tenants (often called "Calvin's TULIP")

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• John Calvin (1509-1564) was a key figure in the
  Reformation.
• His followers developed into what we now know as
  the Presbyterian church.
• Calvin's teachings can be summarized into five
  tenants (often called "Calvin's TULIP")
• (1) Total Depravity

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• John Calvin (1509-1564) was a key figure in the
  Reformation.
• His followers developed into what we now know as
  the Presbyterian church.
• Calvin's teachings can be summarized into five
  tenants (often called "Calvin's TULIP")
• (1) Total Depravity
• (2) Unconditional Election

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• (3) Limited Atonement

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• (3) Limited Atonement
• (4) Irresistible Grace

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• (3) Limited Atonement
• (4) Irresistible Grace
• (5) Perseverance of the Saints.

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• (3) Limited Atonement
• (4) Irresistible Grace
• (5) Perseverance of the Saints.
• As with all systems of men, there is a wrong
  approach towards the scriptures.

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• Bible study is minimized by the false view of the
  Holy Spirit. Men often will attribute their false
  views of scripture to the Holy Spirit. He has it
  and you do not! So he does not have to prove
  anything.

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• Systems of men will follow the approach of
  wresting difficult passages first and then
  wresting the easy to understand passages. (2 Pt
  315-17)

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• (2 Peter 315-17 NKJV) and consider that the
  longsuffering of our Lord is salvation as also
  our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom
  given to him, has written to you,

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in
  them of these things, in which are some things
  hard to understand, which untaught and unstable
  people twist to their own destruction, as they do
  also the rest of the Scriptures. 17 You
  therefore, beloved, since you know this
  beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your
  own steadfastness, being led away with the error
  of the wicked

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• The contradictions of this system are many. Still
  many out of loyalty to men continue in these
  beliefs. (Gal 110)

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Calvinism is a system of belief that has
influenced most religious bodies.

• (Galatians 110 NKJV) For do I now persuade
  men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I
  still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant
  of Christ.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• There are several false views that they base on
  the sovereignty of God.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• There are several false views that they base on
  the sovereignty of God.
• To say God is sovereign is to say that He
  "exercises supreme, permanent authority." The
  scriptures bear this out. (Rom 95 Mt 2818)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (Matthew 2818 NKJV) And Jesus came and spoke
  to them, saying, All authority has been given to
  Me in heaven and on earth.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (Romans 95 NKJV) of whom are the fathers and
  from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came,
  who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• God is all knowing. (Rom 1133)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (Romans 1133 NKJV) Oh, the depth of the riches
  both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How
  unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past
  finding out!

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The Calvinistic View of God

• With these two correct Bible points in view the
  Calvinist claims that God has predestined
  everything.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• With these two correct Bible points in view the
  Calvinist claims that God has predestined
  everything.
• Foreknowledge does not mean predestination. (Rom
  417)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (Romans 417 NKJV) (as it is written, I have
  made you a father of many nations) in the
  presence of Him whom he believed God, who gives
  life to the dead and calls those things which do
  not exist as though they did

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The Calvinistic View of God

• While God has a knowledge of things before they
  happen, this does not mean he approves of them.
  (Heb 18 Jas 113-17)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (Hebrews 18 NKJV) But to the Son He says
  Your throne, O God, is forever and ever A
  scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your
  Kingdom.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (James 113-17 NKJV) 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. 14 But each one is tempted when he is
  drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15
  Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth
  to sin and sin, when it is full-grown, brings
  forth death.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
  17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is
  from above, and comes down from the Father of
  lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow
  of turning.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• God may choose not to know some things. (Jer
  3235)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (Jeremiah 3235 NKJV) And they built the high
  places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son
  of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their
  daughters to pass through the fire to Molech,
  which I did not command them, nor did it come
  into My mind that they should do this
  abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• The Calvinistic view of God changes His Character

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The Calvinistic View of God

• The Calvinistic view of God changes His Character
• Can a God who never gave a man a chance send him
  to hell? Can God send a baby to hell? The God of
  the Calvinists can. Not the God of the Bible.
  (Deut 324)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• Deuteronomy 324 (NKJV) - He is the Rock, His
  work is perfect For all His ways are justice, A
  God of truth and without injustice Righteous and
  upright is He.

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The Calvinistic View of God

• It is possible to preach another Jesus. (2 Cor
  113-4)

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The Calvinistic View of God

• (2 Corinthians 113-4 NKJV) - But I fear, lest
  somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his
  craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from
  the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he
  who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not
  preached, or if you receive a different spirit
  which you have not received, or a different
  gospel which you have not accepted you may well
  put up with it!

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The five points of Calvinism

• Total depravity.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Total depravity.
• Calvin taught that we all have inherited sin from
  Adam and are therefore sinful in nature from
  birth so that we are completely inclined to do
  evil.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Total depravity.
• Calvin taught that we all have inherited sin from
  Adam and are therefore sinful in nature from
  birth so that we are completely inclined to do
  evil.
• One cannot do good even if he wants to because of
  his depraved nature which he inherited from Adam.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Consider some common proof texts. (Rom 512 Psa
  515)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Psalms 515 NKJV) Behold, I was brought forth
  in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Romans 512 NKJV) Therefore, just as through
  one man sin entered the world, and death through
  sin, and thus death spread to all men, because
  all sinned

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The five points of Calvinism

• How did sin spread? Was it inherited or did they
  commit sin?

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The five points of Calvinism

• (1 John 34 NKJV) Whoever commits sin also
  commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Was David born a sinner or into a sinful world?

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The five points of Calvinism

• Was David born a sinner or into a sinful world?
• How does a baby sin?

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The five points of Calvinism

• Was David born a sinner or into a sinful world?
• How does a baby sin?
• How does this harmonize with other passages? (Ezk
  1819-20)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Ezekiel 1819-20 NKJV) Yet you say, Why
  should the son not bear the guilt of the father?
  Because the son has done what is lawful and
  right, and has kept all My statutes and observed
  them, he shall surely live.

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The five points of Calvinism

• 20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall
  not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father
  bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of
  the righteous shall be upon himself, and the
  wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Consider these questions

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The five points of Calvinism

• Consider these questions
• (1) If man is totally depraved, how is it
  possible for him to get worse? (2 Tim. 313)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (2 Timothy 313 NKJV) But evil men and
  impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving
  and being deceived.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (2) How is it possible for an infant to be saved?
  Christ, however, taught that little children were
  the kind of people in the kingdom ("totally
  depraved?"). (Luke 1815-16)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Luke 1815-16 NKJV) Then they also brought
  infants to Him that He might touch them but when
  the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But
  Jesus called them to Him and said, Let the
  little children come to Me, and do not forbid
  them for of such is the kingdom of God.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (3) Can sin really be transmitted from parent to
  child? We all suffer the consequences of Adam's
  sin, but not the guilt. (Rom. 512).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (3) Can sin really be transmitted from parent to
  child? We all suffer the consequences of Adam's
  sin, but not the guilt. (Rom. 512).
• I came from God sinless, but have departed from
  Him when I sinned. (Eccl. 729 Ezek. 2815).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Ecclesiastes 729 NKJV) Truly, this only I
  have found That God made man upright, But they
  have sought out many schemes.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Ezekiel 2815 NKJV) You were perfect in your
  ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity
  was found in you.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Romans 512 NKJV) Therefore, just as through
  one man sin entered the world, and death through
  sin, and thus death spread to all men, because
  all sinned

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The five points of Calvinism

• (4) Does man have any choice in the matter? The
  Scriptures teach that we can choose whether we
  want to follow the "carnal mind" ruled by Satan,
  or the "spiritual mind" ruled by God. (Rom.
  85-14 Rom. 612-13)

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The five points of Calvinism

• Unconditional Election

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The five points of Calvinism

• Unconditional Election
• Since man is totally depraved and can't do good
  if he wants to, then God must step in and save
  him.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Unconditional Election
• Since man is totally depraved and can't do good
  if he wants to, then God must step in and save
  him.
• So God has determined who is going to be saved
  and who is not and there is nothing anyone can do
  about it.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Unconditional Election
• Since man is totally depraved and can't do good
  if he wants to, then God must step in and save
  him.
• So God has determined who is going to be saved
  and who is not and there is nothing anyone can do
  about it.
• Man therefore is saved without any action being
  expected on his part whatsoever.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Consider several objections to this doctrine

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The five points of Calvinism

• Consider several objections to this doctrine
• (1) This makes God a respecter of persons, unless
  He saves everyone. But the Bible tells us that
  this is not so. (Acts 1034-35).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Acts 1034-35 NKJV) Then Peter opened his
  mouth and said In truth I perceive that God
  shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation
  whoever fears Him and works righteousness is
  accepted by Him.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (2) This takes away the free will response of man
  to the will of God. (Phil. 212 Acts 240)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (2) This takes away the free will response of man
  to the will of God. (Phil. 212 Acts 240)
• We are told that there are conditions that
  one must meet. (Acts 238 John 316 Mark 1616
  etc.)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (John 316 NKJV) For God so loved the world
  that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
  believes in Him should not perish but have
  everlasting life.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (3) If God has already determined who will be
  saved and who will be lost, why preach the
  gospel?

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The five points of Calvinism

• (3) If God has already determined who will be
  saved and who will be lost, why preach the
  gospel?
• (4) This would also make the Judgment Day
  unnecessary. (Acts 1730-31 2 Cor. 510 Rev.
  2012-13)

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Acts 1730-31 NKJV) Truly, these times of
  ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all
  men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has
  appointed a day on which He will judge the world
  in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained.
  He has given assurance of this to all by raising
  Him from the dead.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (2 Corinthians 510-11 NKJV) For we must all
  appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that
  each one may receive the things done in the body,
  according to what he has done, whether good or
  bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the
  Lord, we persuade men but we are well known to
  God, and I also trust are well known in your
  consciences.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Limited Atonement

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The five points of Calvinism

• Limited Atonement
• Since God determines beforehand who will be saved
  and who will be lost, then it follows that the
  atonement of Jesus Christ is only for the elect
  -- those that God has predetermined to be saved.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Limited Atonement
• Since God determines beforehand who will be saved
  and who will be lost, then it follows that the
  atonement of Jesus Christ is only for the elect
  -- those that God has predetermined to be saved.
• Christ did not die just for the elect. (Heb. 29
  John 316-21 1 John 22 Rom. 518-19 1 Tim.
  25-6).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Romans 518-19 NKJV) Therefore, as through one
  mans offense judgment came to all men, resulting
  in condemnation, even so through one Mans
  righteous act the free gift came to all men,
  resulting in justification of life. 19 For as
  by one mans disobedience many were made sinners,
  so also by one Mans obedience many will be made
  righteous.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (1 Timothy 25-6 NKJV) For there is one God and
  one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ
  Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to
  be testified in due time,

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Hebrews 29 NKJV) But we see Jesus, who was
  made a little lower than the angels, for the
  suffering of death crowned with glory and honor,
  that He, by the grace of God, might taste death
  for everyone.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (1 John 22 NKJV) And He Himself is the
  propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only
  but also for the whole world.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Christ died for all, but all do not accept His
  atonement.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Irresistible Grace

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The five points of Calvinism

• Irresistible Grace
• It follows that since one is so depraved that one
  cannot do anything good, the only way that God
  can save one is to change that person. This is
  done by the direct operation of the Holy Spirit.

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The five points of Calvinism

• And since God has predetermined who is to be
  saved and who is not, then those determined to be
  saved cannot resist God's grace. They will be
  saved whether they want to be or not.

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The five points of Calvinism

• And since God has predetermined who is to be
  saved and who is not, then those determined to be
  saved cannot resist God's grace. They will be
  saved whether they want to be or not.
• We are told that we can resist God's grace. (cf.
  Acts 751 Heb. 1028,29).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Acts 751 NKJV) You stiffnecked and
  uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always
  resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did, so
  do you.

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Hebrews 1028-29 NKJV) Anyone who has rejected
  Moses law dies without mercy on the testimony of
  two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse
  punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought
  worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot,
  counted the blood of the covenant by which he was
  sanctified a common thing, and insulted the
  Spirit of grace?

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The five points of Calvinism

• Perseverance Of The Saints

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The five points of Calvinism

• Perseverance Of The Saints
• Finally it follows that if God has determined
  beforehand who will be saved or not, the saved
  certainly will be preserved to the end. If God
  has determined to save them, they won't be lost
  no matter what.

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The five points of Calvinism

• Perseverance Of The Saints
• Finally it follows that if God has determined
  beforehand who will be saved or not, the saved
  certainly will be preserved to the end. If God
  has determined to save them, they won't be lost
  no matter what.
• We are told that we can fall away. (Heb. 64-6).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Hebrews 64-6 NKJV) For it is impossible for
  those who were once enlightened, and have tasted
  the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of
  the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good
  word of God and the powers of the age to come,
  6 if they fall away, to renew them again to
  repentance, since they crucify again for
  themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open
  shame.

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The five points of Calvinism

• We can sin after receiving salvation and face the
  consequence of judgment. (Heb. 1026-29).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (Hebrews 1026-29 NKJV) For if we sin willfully
  after we have received the knowledge of the
  truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for
  sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of
  judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour
  the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected
  Moses law dies without mercy on the testimony of
  two or three witnesses.

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The five points of Calvinism

• 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you
  suppose, will he be thought worthy who has
  trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the
  blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified
  a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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The five points of Calvinism

• It is possible for us to return to our former
  state.(2 Pet. 220-22).

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The five points of Calvinism

• (2 Peter 220-22 NKJV) For if, after they have
  escaped the pollutions of the world through the
  knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
  they are again entangled in them and overcome,
  the latter end is worse for them than the
  beginning.

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The five points of Calvinism

• 21 For it would have been better for them not
  to have known the way of righteousness, than
  having known it, to turn from the holy
  commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has
  happened to them according to the true proverb
  A dog returns to his own vomit, and, a sow,
  having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

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Helping to free others from Satan's snare

• We need great patience to help other caught in
  this system. (2 Tim 224-26)

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Helping to free others from Satan's snare

• (2 Timothy 224-26 NKJV) And a servant of the
  Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able
  to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting
  those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will
  grant them repentance, so that they may know the
  truth, 26 and that they may come to their
  senses and escape the snare of the devil, having
  been taken captive by him to do his will.

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Helping to free others from Satan's snare

• Try to patiently study with your friends. Start
  with respect for the word of God. (2 Tim 316-17)

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Helping to free others from Satan's snare

• Try to patiently study with your friends. Start
  with respect for the word of God. (2 Tim
  316-17)
• In time they may come to see the love of God and
  be freed from this enslaving system.

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Helping to free others from Satan's snare

• Try to patiently study with your friends. Start
  with respect for the word of God. (2 Tim
  316-17)
• In time they may come to see the love of God and
  be freed from this enslaving system.
• If we do not help those in error, who will?