Creation of JCF Statement of FaithQuestions for you to answerBTW I got 6 C's and 4 A's
1) T ~ C
2) T ~ A
3) T ~ C
4) F? ~ C
5) T ~ C
6) T ~ A
7) T ~ C
8) T ~ A
9) T? ~ C
10) T ~ A
C is Calvinism ~ TULIP
A is Arminianism ~ PEARS
Calvinism wrote:T
Total Depravity (Total Inability)
Adam comitted sin in the Garden of Eden in disobeying God’s command. The effect of the fall upon man is that sin has extended to every part of his personality -- his thinking, his emotions, and his will. This depravity was transmitted to all his progeny by inheritance. Hence the unregenerate (unsaved) man is dead in his trespasses and sins (Romans 5:12). Without the power of the Holy Spirit, the natural man is totally incapable of responding to the gospel (Mark 4:11f). Total Depravity therefore implies Total Inability. The natural man will never come to understand the things of the Spirit without God making him alive through Christ (Ephesians 2:1-5).
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Unconditional Election
Since all have sinned and since the wages of sin is death. All are given the sentence of death justly. However God in his mercy was pleased to bring to a knowledge of himself some out of these. This election is not based upon any merit of the one elected nor of any foreknowledge whether he or she will accept the gospel but it is based only on his sovereign will. God has elected, based solely upon the counsel of his own will, some for glory and others for damnation (Romans 9:15,21). He has done this act before the foundations of the world (Ephesians 1:4-8). Thus the election is predestined even before the creation.
The elect are saved unto good works (Ephesians 2:10). So good works are the result of God's saving grace and therefore an indication of the election
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Limited Atonement (Particular Redemption)
Since only a few are elected and that predestined before the creation, Jesus’ atonement on the cross was only for the elect and not for the whole mankind. The Bible teaches that Christ died for those whom God gave him to save (John 17:9). Christ died, indeed, for many people, but not for all (Matthew 26:28)
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Irresistible Grace
Those who are preordained to salvation will respond to the call of God. This call cannot be resisted by the elect. There is no free will for man with respect to the response to salvation. Only those who have the Spirit will respond to Christ, and all whom God has elected will come to a knowledge of him (John 6:37). Men come to Christ in salvation when the Father calls them (John 6:44), and the very Spirit of God leads God's beloved to repentance (Romans 8:14).
P
Perseverance of the Saints
Saints (those whom God has saved) who are justified will remain in God's grace until they are sanctified and glorified and brought to abide with him in heaven. (Romans 8:28-39) . The work of sanctification which God has started in his elect will continue until it reaches its fulfillment in eternal life (Phil. 1:6). Christ assures the elect that he will not lose them and that they will be glorified at the "last day" (John 6:39).
Arminianism wrote:P
Prevenient Grace in Depravity
In Adam all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. Because of that fall the fallen nature has been inherited by all mankind. Man being created in the image of God and Mankind though depraved, depraved in body, mind and spirit as his children God has extended His common grace – prevenient grace - to all men so that every man or woman can search and find God.
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Election on Condition
Before the foundation of the world God elected all men to salvation but most refuse His offer. Every person has the free will which God respects which has the privilege of refusing or accepting the offer of salvation. This freewill is a gift and grace of God which is irrevocable. Therefore it is predestined that those who respond to the offer of Salvation through Jesus will be saved. It is the will of God that all should come to the knowledge of salvation. God is not a dictator nor man a victim. God did not predestined anyone arbitrarity unto salvation and others unto destruction.
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Atonement for All
The atonement of Christ is open to all men everywhere and is limited only by our refusal to be saved. Once Jesus was lifted up, He has drawn all men unto himself. The sacrifice on the cross of Calvary is sufficient for all mankind through out the ages. Jesus came for all mankind and died for all sinners. But this salvation is efficacious only on accepting the sacrifice as theirs.
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Resistible Grace
The prevenient grace of God is given to all men everywhere. The saving grace can be refused by a stubborn heart. foolsThis is not because of ignorance – unless he did not hear the gospel For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools. (Rom. 1:20-22) ; Jn 1:10
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Salvation through Perseverence
Once saved a person remains saved unless he or she willingly decides to disobey and continue to sin. People can fall from grace by their own willful purposeful decision However it is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.(Heb 6:4-6)
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