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CALVINISM
REFUTED
Verse by Verse
(Errors of Calvinism)

F!RE"!RD
T#e Do$%rines of C#ris%iani%y even sin$e from %#e early $en%&ries
#ave been in'l%ra%e( by erroneo&s %ea$#in)s from men b&% %#ese
$an be %es%e( an( %#eir $laims $an be a&%#en%i$a%e( by %#e *&re
+ri%%en "or( of ,o(- T#e Tea$#in)s of %#e A*os%les are $onsis%en%
an( #ave no% $#an)e( ever sin$e %#ey +ere *ro$laime( an(
+ri%%en- Any vie+ %#erefore %#a% (oes no% *ass %#e s$r&%iny of %#e
+ri%%en "or( s#o&l( be o&% ri)#%ly re.e$%e( by %#e sain%s- "e
a(ore an( &*lif% %#e +ri%%en "or( of ,o( an( (es%roy all
s*e$&la%ions an( (o$%rines no% $en%ere( an( base( &*on C#ris%-
Any %ea$#in) %#a% (oes no% $onform %o %#e )os*el %r&%# s#o&l( be
avoi(e( an( no% a$$e*%e( an( moreover e/*ose( an( no% %a&)#%-
Calvinism is a %#eolo)i$al %#o&)#% $on$o$%e( by a man name(
0o#n Calvin in %#e (ays of Reforma%ion aro&n( 1122- 3is errors are
en#an$e( by #is follo+ers- T#is is $learly seen by %#eir %a4in)
+or(s from S$ri*%&re an( a((in) ne+ +or(s %#erein an( %#ere yo&
#ave a (o$%rine- T#e errors of Calvinism an( Calvinis%s are %#a%
%#ey ma4e a (o$%rine o&% of one an( a fe+ S$ri*%&res no%
$onsi(erin) %#e $on%e/% an( ne)le$%in) o%#er verses of %#e
S$ri*%&re %#a% (eal +i%# %#e same s&b.e$%- Tea$#in) *ar%ial %r&%# of
S$ri*%&re or #alf5%r&%# is no% %r&%# a% all- T#is is $lear (is%or%ion of
%#e "or( of ,o(- A((in) an( removin) %ea$#in)s from %#e 6oo4
,o( *ro#ibi%s an( $on(emns-
Calvinism7s ma.or (o$%rines are an$#ore( on TULI8 an a$ronym for
%#e 've *oin%s of Calvinism- T#is s%&(y is a *oin% by *oin% an(
verse by verse ref&%a%ion of %#eir (o$%rines-
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Basically, Calvinism is known by an acronym:
T.U.L.I.P.
Total Depravity (also known as Total Inability and Original
Sin)
Unconditional Election
Limited tonement (also known as Particular Atonement)
Irresistible !race
Perseverance o" t#e $aints (also known as Once Saved
Always Saved)
VERSE 6: VERSE REFUTATI!N
;
T%TL DEP&'IT(:
Sin has affected all parts of man The heart! emotions! will! mind! and body are all affected by
sin "e are completely sinful "e are not as sinful as we could be! but we are completely
affected by sin
The doctrine of Total #epravity is derived from scriptures that reveal human character$
%an&s heart is evil (%ark '$()*(+) and sick ,er )'$-) %an is a slave of sin (.om /$(0) 1e
does not seek for 2od (.om +$)0*)() 1e cannot understand spiritual things () 3or ($)4) 1e
is at enmity with 2od (5ph ($)6) And! is by nature a child of wrath (5ph ($+)
The 3alvinist asks the 7uestion! 8In light of the scriptures that declare man&s true nature as
being utterly lost and incapable! how is it possible for anyone to choose or desire 2od98 The
answer is! 81e cannot Therefore 2od must predestine8
3alvinism also maintains that because of our fallen nature we are born again not by our own will
but 2od&s will (,ohn )$)(*)+): 2od grants that we believe (Phil )$(-): faith is the work of 2od
(,ohn /$(;*(-): 2od appoints people to believe (Acts )+$4;): and 2od predestines (5ph )$)*)):
.om ;$(-: -$-*(+)
Sin has affected all parts of man The heart! emotions! will! mind! and body are all affected by
sin "e are completely sinful "e are not as sinful as we could be! but we are completely
affected by sin
(es, I a)ree #ere t#at man is sin"*l and all #ave sinned b*t to say man is bere"t o" all
)oodness is not script*ral.
&omans +:,+
,+
-or all #ave sinned and "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od,
Contin*in) t#e verse s#ow t#at t#e man w#o "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od and #ave
sinned can believe and be .*sti"ied t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s.
Deat# came to all men beca*se o" dam and Li"e is available to all men beca*se o" C#rist
and is received by t#e sinner t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s. T#is is w#at Pa*l is teac#in) in t#e
Book o" t#e &omans.
'erses ,01,2
,0
bein) .*sti"ied as a )i"t by 3is )race t#ro*)# t#e redemption w#ic# is in C#rist /es*s4
,5
w#om !od displayed p*blicly as a propitiation in 3is blood t#ro*)# "ait#. This was to
demonstrate 3is ri)#teo*sness, beca*se in t#e "orbearance o" !od 3e passed over t#e
sins previo*sly committed4
,2
"or t#e demonstration, I say, o" 3is ri)#teo*sness at t#e
present time, so t#at 3e wo*ld be .*st and t#e .*sti"ier o" t#e one w#o #as "ait# in /es*s.
&omans 5:6,, 67
6,
T#ere"ore, .*st as t#ro*)# one man sin entered into t#e world, and deat# t#ro*)# sin,
and so deat# spread to all men, beca*se all sinned8
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$o t#en as t#ro*)# one trans)ression t#ere res*lted condemnation to all men, even so
t#ro*)# one act o" ri)#teo*sness t#ere res*lted .*sti"ication o" li"e to all men.
<
&omans 2:,+
,+
-or t#e wa)es o" sin is deat#, b*t t#e "ree )i"t o" !od is eternal li"e in C#rist /es*s o*r
Lord.
The doctrine of Total #epravity is derived from scriptures that reveal human character$
T#e term Total Depravity is not "o*nd in $cript*res. T#is was a coined word by Calvinists
and t#en make a doctrine o*t o" it. 3*man c#aracter is not totally depraved.
%an&s heart is evil (%ark '$()*(+)
9ark ::,61,+
,6
;-or "rom wit#in, o*t o" t#e #eart o" men, proceed t#e evil t#o*)#ts,
"ornications, t#e"ts, m*rders, ad*lteries,
,,
deeds o" covetin) and wickedness, as well as
deceit, sens*ality, envy, slander, pride and "oolis#ness.
,+
;ll t#ese evil t#in)s proceed
"rom wit#in and de"ile t#e man.;
In conte<t, /es*s s#owed t#at "rom t#e #eart o" man comes all t#ese evil t#in)s. T#is
s#ows man is a sinner. B*t did /es*s mean t#at t#ere can be no )oodness in man=s
#eart> In ot#er instance /es*s s#owed t#e sinner can #ave an #onest and )ood #eart
and can receive t#e ?ord o" !od so as to be saved. T#ere"ore yes man is a sinner b*t
not *tmost evil or most evil ot totally depraved. $atan and #is demons in t#eir condition
we can say are totally depraved beca*se t#ey are beyond salvation.
L*ke 7:65
65
;B*t t#e seed in t#e )ood soil, t#ese are t#e ones w#o #ave #eard t#e word in an
#onest and )ood #eart, and #old it "ast, and bear "r*it wit# perseverance.
and sick ,er )'$-)
/eremia# 6::516@
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T#*s says t#e L%&D, ;C*rsed is t#e man w#o tr*sts in mankind nd makes "les# #is
stren)t#, nd w#ose #eart t*rns away "rom t#e L%&D.
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;-or #e will be like a b*s# in t#e
desert nd will not see w#en prosperity comes, B*t will live in stony wastes in t#e
wilderness, land o" salt wit#o*t in#abitant.
:
;Blessed is t#e man w#o tr*sts in t#e
L%&D nd w#ose tr*st is t#e L%&D.
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;-or #e will be like a tree planted by t#e water, T#at
e<tends its roots by a stream nd will not "ear w#en t#e #eat comes4 B*t its leaves will
be )reen, nd it will not be an<io*s in a year o" dro*)#t Aor cease to yield "r*it.
B
;T#e
#eart is more deceit"*l t#an all else nd is desperately sick4 ?#o can *nderstand it>
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;I,
t#e L%&D, searc# t#e #eart, I test t#e mind, Even to )ive to eac# man accordin) to #is
ways, ccordin) to t#e res*lts o" #is deeds.
In t#ese verses t#e L%&D is s#owin) t#an man can eit#er tr*st !od or not Cverses 517D.
3e said man=s #eart is desperately sick. $ick not totally depraved beca*se i" #e is sick #e
can still be c*red. nd t#at is w#y in t#e ne<t verse !od said 3e tests t#e #earts and
s#all reward eac# man accordin) to #is deeds.
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nd t#e $cript*res never teac# t#ere is no c*re "or t#e sick #eart o" man and t#e c*re "or
t#e sick #eart is to listen to t#e ?ord o" t#e Lord and repent.
Psalms 6@::,@
,@
3e sent 3is word and #ealed t#em, nd delivered them "rom t#eir destr*ctions.
EEekiel 67:+61+,
+6
;Cast away "rom yo* all yo*r trans)ressions w#ic# yo* #ave committed and make
yo*rselves a new #eart and a new spiritF -or w#y will yo* die, % #o*se o" Israel>
+,
;-or I
#ave no pleas*re in t#e deat# o" anyone w#o dies,; declares t#e Lord !%D. ;T#ere"ore,
repent and live.;
Gec#araia# 6:+12
+
;T#ere"ore say to t#em, =T#*s says t#e L%&D o" #osts, ;&et*rn to 9e,; declares t#e
L%&D o" #osts, ;t#at I may ret*rn to yo*,; says t#e L%&D o" #osts.
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;Do not be like yo*r
"at#ers, to w#om t#e "ormer prop#ets proclaimed, sayin), =T#*s says t#e L%&D o" #osts,
;&et*rn now "rom yo*r evil ways and "rom yo*r evil deeds.;= B*t t#ey did not listen or
)ive #eed to 9e,; declares t#e L%&D.
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;(o*r "at#ers, w#ere are t#ey> nd t#e prop#ets,
do t#ey live "orever>
2
;B*t did not 9y words and 9y stat*tes, w#ic# I commanded 9y
servants t#e prop#ets, overtake yo*r "at#ers> T#en t#ey repented and said, =s t#e
L%&D o" #osts p*rposed to do to *s in accordance wit# o*r ways and o*r deeds, so 3e
#as dealt wit# *s.=;=;
%an is a slave of sin (.om /$(0)
&omans 2:,@
,@
-or w#en yo* were slaves o" sin, yo* were "ree in re)ard to ri)#teo*sness.
(es t#is is correct man is a slave o" sin beca*se o" #is sin"*l nat*re #e sins. B*t #is
bein) sin"*l does not make #im totally depraved. 3is bein) slave to sin does not mean #e
cannot come to !od. /es*s is t#e one w#o will set *s "ree "rom sin. 3e brin)s li)#t to t#e
?orld. 3e enli)#tens everyman so one can come to 3im. /es*s addressed *s all to
believe in t#e Li)#t so t#at darkness may not overtake *s and so t#at we may become
sons o" t#e Li)#t.

/o#n 6:B, 6,
B
T#ere was t#e tr*e Li)#t w#ic#, comin) into t#e world, enli)#tens every man.
6,
B*t as many as received 3im, to t#em 3e )ave t#e ri)#t to become c#ildren o" !od,
even to t#ose w#o believe in 3is name,
/o#n 6,:02107
+0
T#e crowd t#en answered 3im, ;?e #ave #eard o*t o" t#e Law t#at t#e C#rist is to
remain "orever4 and #ow can (o* say, =T#e $on o" 9an m*st be li"ted *p=> ?#o is t#is
$on o" 9an>;
+5
$o /es*s said to t#em, ;-or a little w#ile lon)er t#e Li)#t is amon) yo*.
?alk w#ile yo* #ave t#e Li)#t, so t#at darkness will not overtake yo*4 #e w#o walks in
t#e darkness does not know w#ere #e )oes.
+2
;?#ile yo* #ave t#e Li)#t, believe in t#e
Li)#t, so t#at yo* may become sons o" Li)#t.; T#ese t#in)s /es*s spoke, and 3e went
away and #id 3imsel" "rom t#em.
=
02
;I #ave come as Li)#t into t#e world, so t#at everyone w#o believes in 9e will not
remain in darkness.
0:
;I" anyone #ears 9y sayin)s and does not keep t#em, I do not
.*d)e #im4 "or I did not come to .*d)e t#e world, b*t to save t#e world.
07
;3e w#o re.ects
9e and does not receive 9y sayin)s, #as one w#o .*d)es #im4 t#e word I spoke is w#at
will .*d)e #im at t#e last day.
/o#n 7:+01+2
+0
/es*s answered t#em, ;Tr*ly, tr*ly, I say to yo*, everyone w#o commits sin is t#e slave
o" sin.
+5
;T#e slave does not remain in t#e #o*se "orever4 t#e son does remain "orever.
+2
;$o i" t#e $on makes yo* "ree, yo* will be "ree indeed.
Biblical depravity.
Totally depraved means beyond salvation and irreparable. In t#e same book o" &omans
in conte<t ;depraved= is *sed only "or t#ose w#o "inally re.ect !od, t#ose w#o love
wickedness and #ave re.ected t#e tr*t#.
&omans 6:,7
,7
nd .*st as t#ey did not see "it to acknowled)e !od any lon)er, !od )ave
t#em over to a depraved mind, to do t#ose t#in)s w#ic# are not proper,
,B
bein) "illed wit# all *nri)#teo*sness, wickedness, )reed, evil4 "*ll o" envy,
m*rder, stri"e, deceit, malice4 they are )ossips,...
in t#is verse one is )iven into depravity w#en t#ey #ave "*lly re.ected !od.
Pa*l=s t#eolo)y is repeated:
, T#essalonians ,:6@16,
6@
and wit# all t#e deception o" wickedness "or t#ose w#o peris#, beca*se t#ey
did not receive t#e love o" t#e tr*t# so as to be saved.
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-or t#is reason !od
will send *pon t#em a del*din) in"l*ence so t#at t#ey will believe w#at is "alse,
6,
in order t#at t#ey all may be .*d)ed w#o did not believe t#e tr*t#, b*t took
pleas*re in wickedness.
T#ere"ore t#ose w#o we can say depraved Ct#e bible not even said totally depraved b*t
t#e term can be applied in its senseD are t#ose !od #as )iven into depravity and are
condemned beca*se t#ey #ave re.ected !od, not received t#e love o" t#e tr*t#, not
believed t#e tr*t# and took pleas*re in wickedness.
1e does not seek for 2od (.om +$)0*)()
&omans +:6@16,
6@
as it is written, ;There is none righteous, not even one4
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There is none who
understands, There is none who seeks for God4
6,
All have turned aside, together they
have become useless4 There is none who does good, There is not even one.;
Calvinists take t#is verse o*t o" conte<t. ?#at does Pa*l really teac# #ere> ?#at is t#e
reason #e says man does not seek "or !od> nd w#at can man do on t#e ot#er #and to
be welcomed and accepted by !od inspite #is bein) not ri)#teo*s> Let *s contin*e t#e
>
verse "or Pa*l did not stop at verse 6,.
T#e reason no one is ri)#teo*s and no one seeks a"ter !od beca*se we #ave "ailed
obeyin) t#e Law o" !od. ?e #ave trans)ressed a)ainst t#e Law o" !od and #ave not
"*l"illed it to t#e letter and t#e dot and t#ere"ore we all "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od and
t#ere"ore all o" *s are acco*ntable be"ore 3im. nd no one is .*sti"ied in 3is si)#t by t#e
Law.
'erses 6+1,@
6+
;Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,;
;The poison of asps is under their lips;4
60
;Whose mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness;4
65
;Their feet are swift to shed blood,
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Destruction and misery are
in their paths,
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And the path of peace they have not known.;
67
;There is no
fear of God before their eyes.;
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Aow we know t#at w#atever t#e Law says, it
speak to t#ose w#o are *nder t#e Law, so t#at every mo*t# may be closed and
all t#e world may become acco*ntable to !od4
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beca*se by t#e works o" t#e
Law no "les# will be .*sti"ied in 3is si)#t4 "or t#ro*)# t#e Law comes t#e
knowled)e o" sin.
3ow t#en can a sinner be .*sti"ied be"ore !od lmi)#ty> T#e sinner w#o is not ri)#teo*s
in &omans +:6@ can be ri)#teo*s and be .*sti"ied t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s . Pa*l is not
teac#in) #ere t#at t#e sinner cannot believe /es*s in "act #e teac#es ot#erwise since
man "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od beca*se #e "ailed t#e Law #e can only be made ri)#t
wit# and be"ore !od t#ro*)# "ait# in t#e $on o" !od w#o died "or #im. -ait# in C#rist is
!od=s ri)#teo*sness revealed.
'erses ,61,2
,6
B*t now apart "rom t#e Law the ri)#teo*sness o" !od #as been mani"ested,
bein) witnessed by t#e Law and t#e Prop#ets,
,,
even the ri)#teo*sness o"
!od t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s C#rist "or all t#ose w#o believe4 "or t#ere is no
distinction4
,+
"or all #ave sinned and "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od,
,0
ein)
.*sti"ied as a )i"t by 3is )race t#ro*)# t#e redemption w#ic# is in C#rist /es*s4
,5
w#om !od displayed p*blicly as a propitiation in 3is blood t#ro*)# "ait#.
This was to demonstrate 3is ri)#teo*sness, beca*se in t#e "orbearance o" !od
3e passed over t#e sins previo*sly committed4
,2
"or t#e demonstration, I say,
o" 3is ri)#teo*sness at t#e present time, so t#at 3e wo*ld be .*st and t#e
.*sti"ier o" t#e one w#o #as "ait# in /es*s.
!%D 3$ $3UT UP LL IA DI$%BEDIEACE $% T3T 3E 9( $3%? 9E&C( T% LL
AD T3T I$ T3&%U!3 -IT3 IA /E$U$ C3&I$T. T#is is t#e tr*e )race o" !od.
Tit*s ,:66
66
-or t#e )race o" !od #as appeared, brin)in) salvation to all men,
&omans 66:+,
+,
-or !od #as s#*t *p all in disobedience so t#at 3e may s#ow mercy to all.
?
!alatians +:,,
,,
B*t t#e $cript*re #as s#*t *p everyone *nder sin, so t#at t#e promise by "ait#
in /es*s C#rist mi)#t be )iven to t#ose w#o believe.
&omans 6@:610
6
Bret#ren, my #eart=s desire and my prayer to !od "or t#em is "or their salvation.
,
-or I
testi"y abo*t t#em t#at t#ey #ave a Eeal "or !od, b*t not in accordance wit# knowled)e.
+
-or not knowin) abo*t !od=s ri)#teo*sness and seekin) to establis# t#eir own, t#ey did
not s*b.ect t#emselves to t#e ri)#teo*sness o" !od.
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-or C#rist is t#e end o" t#e law "or
ri)#teo*sness to everyone w#o believes.
nd in t#e %T conte<t Pa*l H*oted Psalms "rom David and David was re"errin) to t#e
"ools or t#e wicked in t#at verse and also spoke o" t#e blessedness o" t#e ri)#teo*s and
t#*s t#ose w#o believed in (a#we#.
Psalms 60:615
6
T#e "ool #as said in #is #eart, ;T#ere is no !od.; T#ey are corr*pt, t#ey #ave committed
abominable deeds4 T#ere is no one w#o does )ood.
,
T#e L%&D #as looked down "rom
#eaven *pon t#e sons o" men To see i" t#ere are any w#o *nderstand, ?#o seek a"ter
!od.
+
T#ey #ave all t*rned aside, to)et#er t#ey #ave become corr*pt4 T#ere is no one
w#o does )ood, not even one.
0
Do all t#e workers o" wickedness not know, ?#o eat *p
my people as t#ey eat bread, And do not call *pon t#e Lord>
5
T#ere t#ey are in )reat
dread, -or !od is wit# t#e ri)#teo*s )eneration.
Pa*l con"irmed t#is t#at man can seek !od "or we live in 3im and move and
e<ist. !od is not "ar "rom man t#at t#ey cannot seek 3im.
cts 6::,21,7
,2
and 3e made "rom one man every nation o" mankind to live on all t#e "ace o" t#e eart#,
#avin) determined their appointed times and t#e bo*ndaries o" t#eir #abitation,
,:
t#at
t#ey wo*ld seek !od, i" per#aps t#ey mi)#t )rope "or 3im and "ind 3im, t#o*)# 3e is not
"ar "rom eac# one o" *s4
,7
"or in 3im we live and move and e<ist, as even some o" yo*r
own poets #ave said, =-or we also are 3is c#ildren.=
3e made 3imsel" evident to every man.
&omans 6:6716B
67
-or t#e wrat# o" !od is revealed "rom #eaven a)ainst all *n)odliness and
*nri)#teo*sness o" men w#o s*ppress t#e tr*t# in *nri)#teo*sness,
6B
beca*se t#at
w#ic# is known abo*t !od is evident wit#in t#em4 "or !od made it evident to t#em.
1e cannot understand spiritual things () 3or ($)4)
?#at does Pa*l really teac# #ere> Does #e teac# t#e nat*ral man cannot believe and
receive t#e )ospel or t#e conte<t say t#e nat*ral man cannot receive t#e t#in)s !od #as
prepared "or 3is c#ildren> T#e conte<t #ere is t#e t#in)s !od #as prepared "or 3is
c#ildren and is not talkin) abo*t salvation.
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6Corint#ians ,:B162
B
b*t .*st as it is written, ;Things which eye has not seen and ear has not
heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared
for those who love Him.;
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-or to *s !od revealed them t#ro*)# t#e $pirit4 "or
t#e $pirit searc#es all t#in)s, even t#e dept#s o" !od.
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-or w#o amon) men
knows t#e thoughts o" a man e<cept t#e spirit o" t#e man w#ic# is in #im>
Even so t#e thoughts o" !od no one knows e<cept t#e $pirit o" !od.
6,
Aow we
#ave received, not t#e spirit o" t#e world, b*t t#e $pirit w#o is "rom !od, so
t#at we may know t#e t#in)s "reely )iven to *s by !od,
6+
w#ic# t#in)s we also speak, not
in words ta*)#t by #*man wisdom, b*t in t#ose ta*)#t by t#e $pirit, combinin) spirit*al
thoughts wit# spirit*al words
60
B*t a nat*ral man does not accept t#e t#in)s o" t#e $pirit
o" !od, "or t#ey are "oolis#ness to #im4 and #e cannot *nderstand t#em, beca*se t#ey
are spirit*ally appraised.
65
B*t #e w#o is spirit*al appraises all t#in)s, yet #e #imsel" is
appraised by no one.
62
-or who has known the mind of the !ord, that he will instruct
Him> B*t we #ave t#e mind o" C#rist.
?#at is t#ere"ore Pa*l=s teac#in) "or t#e nat*ral man or *nsaved man so t#at #e can
receive t#e t#in)s o" !od> I" t#e believers receive t#e t#in)s o" t#e $pirit t#ro*)# t#e
$pirit t#ere"ore t#e nat*ral man m*st be saved and receive t#e $pirit o" !od "irst so as to
become 3is sons and t#is is t#ro*)# "ait# in t#e )ospel. T#e sinner is made ri)#teo*s
and .*sti"ied t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s and t#*s become 3is c#ild and t#e $pirit o" !od is
)iven and received.
!alatians +:61B, ,51,2
6
(o* "oolis# !alatians, w#o #as bewitc#ed yo*, be"ore w#ose eyes /es*s C#rist was
p*blicly portrayed as cr*ci"ied>
,
T#is is t#e only t#in) I want to "ind o*t "rom yo*: did
yo* receive t#e $pirit by t#e works o" t#e Law, or by #earin) wit# "ait#>
+
re yo* so
"oolis#> 3avin) be)*n by t#e $pirit, are yo* now bein) per"ected by t#e "les#>
0
Did yo*
s*""er so many t#in)s in vain11i" indeed it was in vain>
5
$o t#en, does 3e w#o provides
yo* wit# t#e $pirit and works miracles amon) yo*, do it by t#e works o" t#e Law, or by
#earin) wit# "ait#>
2
Even so bra#am believed God, and it was reckoned to him as
righteousness.
:
T#ere"ore, be s*re t#at it is t#ose w#o are o" "ait# w#o are sons o"
bra#am.
7
T#e $cript*re, "oreseein) t#at !od wo*ld .*sti"y t#e !entiles by "ait#,
preac#ed t#e )ospel be"ore#and to bra#am, saying, ;All the nations will be blessed in
you;
B
$o t#en t#ose w#o are o" "ait# are blessed wit# bra#am, t#e believer.
,5
B*t now t#at "ait# #as come, we are no lon)er *nder a t*tor.
,2
-or yo* are all sons o"
!od t#ro*)# "ait# in C#rist /es*s.
T#ey become sons o" !od C)iven birt#D t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s and t#e $pirit is received
and now t#ey can *nderstand t#e t#in)s o" !od by t#e $pirit in t#em.
!alatians 0:2
2
Beca*se yo* are sons, !od #as sent "ort# t#e $pirit o" 3is $on into o*r #earts, cryin),
;bbaF -at#erF;
11
1e is at enmity with 2od (5ph ($)6)
Ep#esians ,:6+162
6+ B*t now in C#rist /es*s yo* w#o "ormerly were "ar o"" #ave been bro*)#t near by t#e
blood o" C#rist. 60 -or 3e 3imsel" is o*r peace, w#o made bot# groups into one and
broke down t#e barrier o" t#e dividin) wall, 65 by abolis#in) in 3is "les# t#e enmity,
which is t#e Law o" commandments contained in ordinances, so t#at in 3imsel" 3e mi)#t
make t#e two into one new man, thus establis#in) peace, 62 and mi)#t reconcile t#em
bot# in one
body to !od t#ro*)# t#e cross, by it #avin) p*t to deat# t#e enmity
?#at is t#e enmity #ere spoken o"> It is t#e Law o" Commandments w#ic# C#rist #as
taken wit# 3im on t#e cross n*lli"yin) its e""ect on man t#*s makin) peace. Beca*se man
cannot obey t#e Law and by t#e Law #e is condemned and by C#ristIs o""erin) o" 3is
body #e made peace wit# !od and reconciled man to !od. nd t#ro*)# "ait# in 3im t#e
!entiles and Israel #ave become one body and saved.
Pa*l teac#es t#at C#rist already reconciled t#e world to !od not co*ntin) t#eir sins and
we are reconciled t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s.
,Corint#ians 5:6B1,6
6B
namely, t#at !od was in C#rist reconcilin) t#e world to 3imsel", not co*ntin) t#eir
trespasses a)ainst t#em, and 3e #as committed to *s t#e word o" reconciliation.
,@
T#ere"ore, we are ambassadors "or C#rist, as t#o*)# !od were makin) an appeal
t#ro*)# *s4 we be) yo* on be#al" o" C#rist, be reconciled to !od.
,6
3e made 3im w#o
knew no sin to be sin on o*r be#al", so t#at we mi)#t become t#e ri)#teo*sness o" !od
in 3im.
And! is by nature a child of wrath (5ph ($+)
(es be"ore we are saved we are c#ildren o" wrat# and are condemned. ll were c#ildren
o" t#e devil w#en we were not saved. I" we contin*e t#e verse we are saved and made
alive t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s.
Ep#esians ,:617
6
nd yo* were dead in yo*r trespasses and sins,
,
in w#ic# yo* "ormerly walked
accordin) to t#e co*rse o" t#is world, accordin) to t#e prince o" t#e power o" t#e air, o"
t#e spirit t#at is now workin) in t#e sons o" disobedience.
+
mon) t#em we too all "ormerly lived in t#e l*sts o" o*r "les#, ind*l)in) t#e desires o"
t#e "les# and o" t#e mind, and were by nat*re c#ildren o" wrat#, even as t#e rest.
0
B*t
!od, bein) ric# in mercy, beca*se o" 3is )reat love wit# w#ic# 3e loved *s,
5
even w#en
we were dead in o*r trans)ressions, made *s alive to)et#er wit# C#rist Cby )race yo*
#ave been savedD,
2
and raised *s *p wit# 3im, and seated *s wit# 3im in t#e #eavenly
places in C#rist /es*s,
:
so t#at in t#e a)es to come 3e mi)#t s#ow t#e s*rpassin) ric#es o" 3is )race in
kindness toward *s in C#rist /es*s.
7
-or by )race yo* #ave been saved t#ro*)# "ait#4
and t#at not o" yo*rselves, it is t#e )i"t o" !od4
1
9ade alive t#ro*)# "ait# t#e same teac#in) in
Colossians ,:6,16+
6,
#avin) been b*ried wit# 3im in baptism, in w#ic# yo* were also raised *p wit# 3im
t#ro*)# "ait# in t#e workin) o" !od, w#o raised 3im "rom t#e dead.
6+
?#en yo* were dead in yo*r trans)ressions and t#e *ncirc*mcision o" yo*r "les#, 3e
made yo* alive to)et#er wit# 3im, #avin) "or)iven *s all o*r trans)ressions,
T#ese verses s#ow *s t#at re)eneration Craisin) *p and makin) aliveD or new birt# is
t#ro*)# "ait# in t#e workin) o" !od and never be"ore "ait# and never be"ore t#e )ospel is
preac#ed. It is a"ter t#e )ospel preac#ed we p*t "ait# in /es*s to be saved and become
sons o" !od. ll were c#ildren o" wrat# in t#e be)innin) "or all #ave sinned and !od=s
way "or *s to be 3is c#ildren is t#ro*)# 3is $on1 by "ait# in 3im.
The 3alvinist asks the 7uestion! 8In light of the scriptures that declare man&s true nature as
being utterly lost and incapable! how is it possible for anyone to choose or desire 2od98 The
answer is! 81e cannot Therefore 2od must predestine8
3ere t#e Calvinists make t#eir own dilemma and make a sol*tion lo)ically and not
biblically. (es man is lost b*t t#e $cript*res did not say t#at #e is not able to come to
!od wit# t#e aid and power o" t#e ?ord and t#e $pirit. In t#e verses above we #ave taken
in conte<t we #ave "o*nd t#at:
6. 9an is a sinner and "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od.
,. C#rist reconciled man to !od not co*ntin) t#eir sins.
+. 9an is .*sti"ied and made ri)#teo*s t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s.
0. 3e is able to believe t#ro*)# t#e )ospel and in t#e workin) o" !od.
5. 3e is )iven new birt#, made alive and raised *p t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s.
2. 3e receives t#e $pirit t#ro*)# "ait# in t#e preac#in) o" C#rist cr*ci"ied.
3alvinism also maintains that because of our fallen nature we are born again not by our own will
but 2od&s will (,ohn )$)(*)+):
/o#n 6:6616+
66
3e came to 3is own, and t#ose w#o were 3is own did not receive 3im.
6,
B*t as many as received 3im, to t#em 3e )ave t#e ri)#t to become c#ildren o" !od,
even to t#ose w#o believe in 3is name,
6+
w#o were born, not o" blood nor o" t#e will o" t#e "les# nor o" t#e will o" man, b*t o"
!od.
(es we cannot born o*rselves a)ain "or it is an act o" !od and will o" !od. T#e H*estion
is w#o is )iven new birt#> It is "o*nd in t#e conte<t. 'erse 66 spoke o" 3is own w#o did
not receive 3im and "or t#ose w#o received 3im 3e )ave t#em t#e ri)#t to become
c#ildren o" !od. T#ere"ore t#ose w#o are )iven new birt# by !od are t#ose w#o received
t#e $on and believed in 3im Cverse 6,D. 'erse 6+ s#ow *s t#at t#ese w#o were born as
19
sons were !od=s will. ?#o are t#ey> T#ose w#o received and believed in t#e $on. $o in
biblical t#eolo)y everyt#in) is t#ro*)# "ait# and by "ait# and never be"ore "ait# in /es*s.
2od grants that we believe (Phil )$(-):
P#ilippians 6:,71,B
,7
in no way alarmed by your opponents11w#ic# is a si)n o" destr*ction "or t#em, b*t o"
salvation "or yo*, and t#at too, "rom !od.
,B
-or to yo* it #as been )ranted "or C#rist=s sake, not only to believe in 3im, b*t also to
s*""er "or 3is sake,
To w#om did !od )rant to believe> It is to t#ose w#o did not oppose t#e )ood news.
'erse ,7 said t#ere were t#ose w#o oppose.
faith is the work of 2od (,ohn /$(;*(-):
/o#n 2:,21,B
,2
/es*s answered t#em and said, ;Tr*ly, tr*ly, I say to yo*, yo* seek 9e, not beca*se yo*
saw si)ns, b*t beca*se yo* ate o" t#e loaves and were "illed.
,:
;Do not work "or t#e "ood w#ic# peris#es, b*t "or t#e "ood w#ic# end*res to eternal li"e,
w#ic# t#e $on o" 9an will )ive to yo*, "or on 3im t#e -at#er, !od, #as set 3is seal.;
,7
T#ere"ore t#ey said to 3im, ;?#at s#all we do, so t#at we may work t#e works o" !od>;
,B
/es*s answered and said to t#em, ;T#is is t#e work o" !od, t#at yo* believe in 3im
w#om 3e #as sent.;
Calvinists #ave taken t#is verse o*t o" conte<t. T#is is t#e common error o" Calvinism.
T#ey take one verse o*t o" conte<t and make a doctrine o*t o" it. /es*s was not teac#in)
#ere we cannot believe 3im b*t in "act 3e was teac#in) t#e men in conte<t to do t#e work
o" !od and t#at is by believin) in 3im.
2od appoints people to believe (Acts )+$4;):
ct 6+:0015@
00
T#e ne<t $abbat# nearly t#e w#ole city assembled to #ear t#e word o" t#e Lord.
05
B*t
w#en t#e /ews saw t#e crowds, t#ey were "illed wit# .ealo*sy and began contradictin)
t#e t#in)s spoken by Pa*l, and were blasp#emin).
02
Pa*l and Barnabas spoke o*t boldly
and said, ;It was necessary t#at t#e word o" !od be spoken to yo* "irst4 since yo*
rep*diate it and .*d)e yo*rselves *nwort#y o" eternal li"e, be#old, we are t*rnin) to t#e
!entiles.
0:
;-or so t#e Lord #as commanded *s, =I have placed "ou as a light for the
Gentiles, That "ou may bring salvation to the end of the earth.=;
07
?#en t#e !entiles
#eard t#is, t#ey began re.oicin) and )lori"yin) t#e word o" t#e Lord4 and as many as #ad
been appointed to eternal li"e believed.
0B
nd t#e word o" t#e Lord was bein) spread
t#ro*)# t#e w#ole re)ion.
5@
B*t t#e /ews incited t#e devo*t women o" prominence and
t#e leadin) men o" t#e city, and insti)ated a persec*tion a)ainst Pa*l and Barnabas, and
drove t#em o*t o" t#eir district.
1;
)ain anot#er error takin) o*t o" conte<t. Did t#e verse say !od appointed people to
believe> T#e verse say t#ose appointed to eternal li"e believed. T#e H*estion a)ain w#o
are t#ose appointed to eternal li"e> T#e conte<t #ere is t#at t#ere were , )ro*ps seen1
t#e /ews w#o contradicted t#e )ospel and t#e !entiles w#o )ladly received t#e )ood
news. T#ere"ore t#ose w#o were appointed to eternal li"e and #ave believed were t#ose
w#o did not rep*diate t#e words o" t#e postles. T#e $cript*re never ta*)#t t#at all men
will re.ect t#e words o" C#rist. T#ose w#o receive and believe t#e )ood news !od draws
t#em to t#e $on to be saved.
Calvinist t#en will ask ;3ow can a sinner believe w#en #e is dead in spirit>;
T#e verses above s#ow *s t#e workin) o" !od and t#e power o" t#e ?ords o" C#rist. T#e
3oly $pirit too works wit# t#e )ospel preac#ed. Pa*l said in &omans 6@:6: "ait# comes
"rom #earin) and #earin) t#e ?ords o" C#rist. /es*s said in /o#n 2:2+ t#at 3is words are
spirit and li"e. In /o#n 5:+B 3e said t#at we searc# t#e $cript*res beca*se in t#em we
t#ink we #ave eternal li"e beca*se t#ey testi"y abo*t 3im. 3ebrews 0:6, says t#at t#e
?ord o" !od is power"*l and is able to penetrate man1 so*l, body and spirit. ?#at are we
sayin) #ere> (es man is dead in sin b*t t#ro*)# t#e words o" C#rist "ait# is bro*)#t "ort#
and t#ose w#o )ladly receive t#e word t#e -at#er draws t#em to t#e $on and to t#ose
w#o oppose t#e )ood news t#ey are not drawn to t#e $on. /o#n 2:20
9an is not totally depraved b*t t#is does not mean #e can save #imsel"> Ao. 3e needs
!od "or salvation and knowled)e o" t#e tr*t#. T#at is w#y !od reac#es o*t "or man w#o
seeks and "ears 3im and sends t#e )ospel t#e power o" !od into salvation w#erein "ait#
is bro*)#t.
Calvinism is #avin) a problem wit# t#e nat*re o" man. It teac#es man is totally dead and
incapable to respond or seek !od. !od #as )iven man conscience and t#e ability to
believe and disbelieve. %*r conscience is not evil. T#is conscience moves men to do
w#at is ri)#t and "ear !od. T#is is seen in many people in t#e bible even be"ore t#ey were
saved. nd !od makes 3imsel" known to t#ose w#o "ear 3im.
&omans ,:60165
60
-or w#en !entiles w#o do not #ave t#e Law do instinctively t#e t#in)s o" t#e Law,
t#ese, not #avin) t#e Law, are a law to t#emselves,
65
in t#at t#ey s#ow t#e work o" t#e
Law written in t#eir #earts, t#eir conscience bearin) witness and t#eir t#o*)#ts
alternately acc*sin) or else de"endin) t#em,
Psalms ,5:60
60
T#e secret o" t#e L%&D is "or t#ose w#o "ear 3im, nd 3e will make t#em know 3is
covenant.
!enesis 5:,,
,,
T#en Enoc# walked wit# !od t#ree #*ndred years a"ter #e became t#e "at#er o"
9et#*sela#, and #e #ad ot#er sons and da*)#ters.
1<
!enesis 2:517
5
T#en t#e L%&D saw t#at t#e wickedness o" man was )reat on t#e eart#, and t#at every
intent o" t#e t#o*)#ts o" #is #eart was only evil contin*ally.
2
T#e L%&D was sorry t#at 3e
#ad made man on t#e eart#, and 3e was )rieved in 3is #eart.
:
T#e L%&D said, ;I will blot
o*t man w#om I #ave created "rom t#e "ace o" t#e land, "rom man to animals to creepin)
t#in)s and to birds o" t#e sky4 "or I am sorry t#at I #ave made t#em.;
7
B*t Aoa# "o*nd
"avor in t#e eyes o" t#e L%&D.
/o#n 6:0:
0:
/es*s saw Aat#anael comin) to 3im, and Jsaid o" #im, ;Be#old, an Israelite indeed, in
w#om t#ere is no deceitF;
cts 6@:610
6
Aow there was a man at Caesarea named Corneli*s, a cent*rion o" w#at was called t#e
Italian co#ort,
,
a devo*t man and one w#o "eared !od wit# all #is #o*se#old, and )ave
many alms to t#e #ewish people and prayed to !od contin*ally.
+
bo*t t#e nint# #o*r o"
t#e day #e clearly saw in a vision an an)el o" !od w#o #ad $ust come in and said to #im,
;Corneli*sF;
0
nd "i<in) #is )aEe on #im and bein) m*c# alarmed, #e said, ;?#at is it,
Lord>; nd #e said to #im, ;(o*r prayers and alms #ave ascended as a memorial be"ore
!od.
and 2od predestines (5ph )$)*)))
Ep#esians 6: 1-13
6
Pa*l, an apostle o" C#rist /es*s by t#e will o" !od, To t#e saints w#o are at Ep#es*s
and who are "ait#"*l in C#rist /es*s:
,
!race to yo* and peace "rom !od o*r -at#er and
t#e Lord /es*s C#rist.
+
Blessed be t#e !od and -at#er o" o*r Lord /es*s C#rist, w#o #as
blessed *s wit# every spirit*al blessin) in t#e #eavenly places in C#rist,
0
.*st as 3e
c#ose *s in 3im be"ore t#e "o*ndation o" t#e world, t#at we wo*ld be #oly and blameless
be"ore 3im. In love
5
3e predestined *s to adoption as sons t#ro*)# /es*s C#rist to
3imsel", accordin) to t#e kind intention o" 3is will,
2
to t#e praise o" t#e )lory o" 3is
)race, w#ic# 3e "reely bestowed on *s in t#e Beloved.
:
In 3im we #ave redemption
t#ro*)# 3is blood, t#e "or)iveness o" o*r trespasses, accordin) to t#e ric#es o" 3is
)race
7
w#ic# 3e lavis#ed on *s. In all wisdom and insi)#t
B
3e made known to *s t#e
mystery o" 3is will, accordin) to 3is kind intention w#ic# 3e p*rposed in 3im
6@
wit# a
view to an administration s*itable to t#e "*llness o" t#e times, that is, t#e s*mmin) *p o"
all t#in)s in C#rist, t#in)s in t#e #eavens and t#in)s on t#e eart#. In 3im
66
also we #ave
obtained an in#eritance, #avin) been predestined accordin) to 3is p*rpose w#o works
all t#in)s a"ter t#e co*nsel o" 3is will,
6,
to t#e end t#at we w#o were t#e "irst to #ope in
C#rist wo*ld be to t#e praise o" 3is )lory.
6+
In 3im, yo* also, a"ter listenin) to t#e
messa)e o" tr*t#, t#e )ospel o" yo*r salvation11#avin) also believed, yo* were sealed in
3im wit# t#e 3oly $pirit o" promise,
I" we "ollow t#e Doctrine o" Calvinism !od predestined ot#ers "or salvation, C#rist dyin)
"or t#em only, t#e 3oly $pirit callin) t#em only and ca*ses t#em "reely to believe /es*s.
T#ey alone are )iven t#e ability to believe and repent and t#e rest o" #*manity le"t into
damnation and c*rsed. T#is is abs*rd and not t#e teac#in)s o" t#e postles. T#is is
anot#er )ospel. )ospel o" selection or election. T#e tr*e )ospel o" salvation is, K!od
sent 3is $on to t#e world to save t#e world by )ivin) 3im as a ransom "or all and
11
w#oever believes s#all be saved and w#oever disbelieves s#all be condemned beca*se
#e does not believe in t#e name o" t#e $on o" !od w#o died "or #im.; /o#n +:621,6.
(es we believe t#at !od predestines. T#e H*estion a)ain w#o is predestined> T#e
answer is "o*nd in Ep#esians t#ey stopped in verse 66, in verses 6, to 6+ t#ose w#o
were described in C#rist in t#e precedin) verses w#o were c#osen to be #oly and
blameless, predestined as sons, redeemed and "or)iven were t#ose w#o were in C#rist
a"ter believin) t#e )ospel o" salvation and were sealed by t#e 3oly $pirit.
Ep#esians 6:6,16+
6,
to t#e end t#at we w#o were t#e "irst to #ope in C#rist wo*ld be to t#e praise o" 3is
)lory.
6+
In 3im, yo* also, a"ter listenin) to t#e messa)e o" tr*t#, t#e )ospel o" yo*r
salvation11#avin) also believed, yo* were sealed in 3im wit# t#e 3oly $pirit o" promise,
(.om ;$(-: -$-*(+)
&omans 7:,B
,B
-or t#ose w#om 3e "oreknew, 3e also predestined to become con"ormed to t#e ima)e
o" 3is $on, so t#at 3e wo*ld be t#e "irstborn amon) many bret#ren4
Lookin) at t#e verses it .*st con"irmed w#o are t#ose w#om !od predestined1 t#ose
w#om 3e "oreknew. ?#o are t#ose t#en 3e "oreknew> In Ep#esians 6:6,16+ t#ese were
t#ose In C#rist w#o believed t#ro*)# t#e )ospel. -oreknowled)e is knowin) be"ore #and.
&omans B:B1,+
B
-or t#is is t#e word o" promise: ;At this time I will come, and %arah shall have a son.;
6@
nd not only t#is, b*t t#ere was &ebeka# also, w#en s#e #ad conceived twins by one
man, o*r "at#er Isaac4
66
"or t#o*)# the twins were not yet born and #ad not done
anyt#in) )ood or bad, so t#at !od=s p*rpose accordin) to His c#oice wo*ld stand, not
beca*se o" works b*t beca*se o" 3im w#o calls,
6,
it was said to #er, ;The older will serve
the younger.;
6+
/*st as it is written, ;#acob I loved, but &sau I hated.;
60
?#at s#all we
say t#en> T#ere is no in.*stice wit# !od, is t#ere> 9ay it never beF
65
-or 3e says to
9oses, ;I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I
have compassion.;
62
$o t#en it does not depend on t#e man w#o wills or t#e man w#o
r*ns, b*t on !od w#o #as mercy.
6:
-or t#e $cript*re says to P#arao#, ;'or this very
purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate (y power in you, and that (y name might be
proclaimed throughout the whole earth.;
67
$o t#en 3e #as mercy on w#om 3e desires, and 3e #ardens w#om 3e desires.
6B
(o*
will say to me t#en, ;?#y does 3e still "ind "a*lt> -or w#o resists 3is will>;
,@
%n t#e
contrary, w#o are yo*, % man, w#o answers back to !od> T#e t#in) molded will not say
to t#e molder, ;?#y did yo* make me like t#is,; will it>
,6
%r does not t#e potter #ave a
ri)#t over t#e clay, to make "rom t#e same l*mp one vessel "or #onorable *se and
anot#er "or common *se>
,,
?#at i" !od, alt#o*)# willin) to demonstrate 3is wrat# and to make 3is power known,
end*red wit# m*c# patience vessels o" wrat# prepared "or destr*ction>
,+
nd He did so
to make known t#e ric#es o" 3is )lory *pon vessels o" mercy, w#ic# 3e prepared
be"ore#and "or )lory,
1=
Let *s see t#e conte<t:
'erse 66 says ;... so t#at !od=s p*rpose accordin) to His c#oice wo*ld stand, not
beca*se o" works b*t beca*se o" 3im w#o calls,;
T#is verse does not speak o" c#oosin) one "or #is personal salvation it speaks o" !od
*sin) an individ*al as 3is instr*ment to do w#at is 3is p*rpose. Esa* served /acob. !od
loved /acob and #ated Esa* "or 3e knew t#em be"ore t#e "o*ndation o" t#e world.
T#ro*)# /acob !od=s people were bro*)#t t#ro*)# #im. nd to 9oses 3e said 3e s#all
#ave mercy on w#om 3e s#all #ave mercy. I" we )o to t#e story o" 9oses and P#arao#
!od knew in t#e be)innin) P#arao# will not listen to 9oses to let 3is people )o *nless
by "orce.
E<od*s +:6B
;B*t I know t#at t#e kin) o" E)ypt will not permit yo* to )o, e<cept *nder comp*lsion.
nd beca*se o" t#is !od #ardened P#arao# all t#e more.
E<od*s 0:,6
T#e L%&D said to 9oses, ;?#en yo* )o back to E)ypt see t#at yo* per"orm be"ore
P#arao# all t#e wonders w#ic# I #ave p*t in yo*r power4 b*t I will #arden #is #eart so
t#at #e will not let t#e people )o.
!od is .*st and will never damn a person w#o does not re.ect 3im. 9oses obeyed so #e
#ad mercy and !od *sed #im to deliver Israel. $o t#e verses in conte<t in &omans B
spoke o" vessels o" wrat# and vessels o" mercy. It did not speak o" predestinin) a person
to salvation or damnation o" #is so*l. %n t#e ot#er #and t#eir re.ection o" (a#we#
bro*)#t t#em to condemnation and not !od c#oosin) t#em to be condemned.
Let *s "inis# t#e conte<t. In t#e "ollowin) verses now salvation is talked abo*t. 3ere we
#ave a people w#o were not 3is people b*t became 3is people and t#ose w#o were 3is
people were .*d)ed. T#e "ormer #ad mercy beca*se o" t#eir "ait# in /es*s and t#e latter
#ad not compassion beca*se o" t#eir *nbelie".
&omans B:,01++
,0
even *s, w#om 3e also called, not "rom amon) /ews only, b*t also "rom amon)
!entiles.
,5
s 3e says also in 3osea, ;I will call those who were not (y people, )(y
people,= And her who was not beloved, )beloved.=;
,2
;And it shall be that in the place
where it was said to them, )you are not (y people,= There they shall be called sons of the
living God.;
,:
Isaia# cries o*t concernin) Israel, ;Though the number of the sons of
Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved4
,7
for the !ord will
e*ecute His word on the earth, thoroughly and +uickly.;
,B
nd .*st as Isaia# "oretold,
;,nless the !ord of %abaoth had left to us a posterity, We would have become like
%odom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.;
+@
?#at s#all we say t#en> T#at !entiles,
w#o did not p*rs*e ri)#teo*sness, attained ri)#teo*sness, even t#e ri)#teo*sness
w#ic# is by "ait#4
+6
b*t Israel, p*rs*in) a law o" ri)#teo*sness, did not arrive at that law.
+,
?#y> Beca*se they did not pursue it by "ait#, b*t as t#o*)# it were by works. T#ey
st*mbled over t#e st*mblin) stone,
++
.*st as it is written, ;-ehold, I lay in .ion a stone of
stumbling and a rock of offense, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.;
1>
T#ere"ore t#ose w#o are predestined were t#e 3is people w#om 3e "oreknew w#o
believed t#ro*)# t#e )ospel and not t#ose w#o disbelieved and disobeyed. T#is is
con"irmed in t#e earlier verses o" t#e same c#apter B o" &omans t#at t#e c#ildren o" !od
are t#e c#ildren o" t#e promise and t#e c#ildren o" t#e promise were t#ose o" t#e "ait# o"
bra#am1 t#ose w#o believed t#e )ospel, t#ose w#o believed in /es*s.
&omans B:217
2
B*t it is not as t#o*)# t#e word o" !od #as "ailed. -or t#ey are not all Israel w#o are
descended "rom Israel4
:
nor are t#ey all c#ildren beca*se t#ey are bra#am=s
descendants, b*t: ;through Isaac your descendants will be named.;
7
T#at is, it is not t#e
c#ildren o" t#e "les# w#o are c#ildren o" !od, b*t t#e c#ildren o" t#e promise are
re)arded as descendants.
nd t#e c#ildren o" t#e promise are o" t#e "ait# o" bra#am t#ose w#o believed t#ro*)#
t#e )ospel preac#ed.
!alatians +:51B
5
$o t#en, does 3e w#o provides yo* wit# t#e $pirit and works miracles amon) yo*, do it
by t#e works o" t#e Law, or by #earin) wit# "ait#>
2
Even so bra#am believed God, and it
was reckoned to him as righteousness.
:
T#ere"ore, be s*re t#at it is t#ose w#o are o"
"ait# w#o are sons o" bra#am.
7
T#e $cript*re, "oreseein) t#at !od wo*ld .*sti"y t#e
!entiles by "ait#, preac#ed t#e )ospel be"ore#and to bra#am, saying, ;All the nations
will be blessed in you;
B
$o t#en t#ose w#o are o" "ait# are blessed wit# bra#am, t#e
believer.
1?
UAC%ADITI%AL ELECTI%A:
2od does not base 1is election on anything 1e sees in the individual 1e chooses the elect
according to the kind intention of 1is will (5ph )$4*;: .om -$))) without any consideration of
merit within the individual <or does 2od look into the future to see who would pick 1im Also!
as some are elected into salvation! others are not (.om -$)6! ())
2od does not base 1is election on anything 1e sees in the individual
It is correct t#at we are not elected beca*se o" o*r own merit. ?e cannot be c#osen on
o*r own "or we are all sinners and "all s#ort o" t#e )lory o" !od. T#ere is not#in) in *s
alone t#at !od sees to save *s. Calvinism "ailed to see w#at real election is. Election is in
C#rist. ?e are c#osen in C#rist. Election o*tside C#rist is not biblical election. !od #as
c#osen *s beca*se o" C#rist, 3e sees C#rist in *s and *s in C#rist. T#e term is not
election or c#osen alone it is election in C#rist it is c#osen in C#rist. !od mad a c#oice
in t#e be)innin) people w#o are in C#rist and not o*tside C#rist. T#ere"ore election is
based and conditioned *pon C#rist, by C#rist, t#ro*)# C#rist and in C#rist.
1e chooses the elect according to the kind intention of 1is will (5ph )$4*;)
Ep#esians 6:1-13
6
Pa*l, an apostle o" C#rist /es*s by t#e will o" !od, To t#e saints w#o are at Ep#es*s
and who are "ait#"*l in C#rist /es*s:
,
!race to yo* and peace "rom !od o*r -at#er and
t#e Lord /es*s C#rist.
+
Blessed be t#e !od and -at#er o" o*r Lord /es*s C#rist, w#o #as
blessed *s wit# every spirit*al blessin) in t#e #eavenly places in C#rist,
0
.*st as 3e
c#ose *s in 3im be"ore t#e "o*ndation o" t#e world, t#at we wo*ld be #oly and blameless
be"ore 3im. In love
5
3e predestined *s to adoption as sons t#ro*)# /es*s C#rist to
3imsel", accordin) to t#e kind intention o" 3is will,
2
to t#e praise o" t#e )lory o" 3is
)race, w#ic# 3e "reely bestowed on *s in t#e Beloved.
:
In 3im we #ave redemption
t#ro*)# 3is blood, t#e "or)iveness o" o*r trespasses, accordin) to t#e ric#es o" 3is
)race
7
w#ic# 3e lavis#ed on *s. In all wisdom and insi)#t
B
3e made known to *s t#e
mystery o" 3is will, accordin) to 3is kind intention w#ic# 3e p*rposed in 3im
6@
wit# a
view to an administration s*itable to t#e "*llness o" t#e times, that is, t#e s*mmin) *p o"
all t#in)s in C#rist, t#in)s in t#e #eavens and t#in)s on t#e eart#. In 3im
66
also we #ave
obtained an in#eritance, #avin) been predestined accordin) to 3is p*rpose w#o works
all t#in)s a"ter t#e co*nsel o" 3is will,
6,
to t#e end t#at we w#o were t#e "irst to #ope in
C#rist wo*ld be to t#e praise o" 3is )lory.
6+
In 3im, yo* also, a"ter listenin) to t#e
messa)e o" tr*t#, t#e )ospel o" yo*r salvation11#avin) also believed, yo* were sealed in
3im wit# t#e 3oly $pirit o" promise,
Did t#e verse say 3e c#ooses t#e elect or 3e c#ooses t#e believers in C#rist> %ne
cannot be an elect wit#o*t bein) in C#rist. T#ere"ore one #as to be a believer to be in
C#rist. %ne #as to be in C#rist to be an elect. In Ep#esians Pa*l was addressin) t#is
messa)e to t#e saints t#e believers in C#rist. In verses 6, to 6+ t#ey were in C#rist a"ter
listenin) to t#e messa)e o" tr*t#, t#e )ospel o" salvation and were sealed in 3im wit# t#e
3oly $pirit o" promise.
2
T#ere"ore 3e c#ose *s believers, predestined *s as sons and made known to *s t#e
mystery o" 3is will, accordin) to 3is kind intention and will w#ic# 3e p*rposed in 3im.
3ere we can see #ow we were c#osen by answerin) w#at is t#e mystery o" 3is will made
known and w#at is 3is kind intention w#ic# 3e p*rposed in 3im> ?#at is t#e will o" !od
revealed and t#e p*rpose o" !od in C#rist> T#is seen in conte<t 1 !od=s salvation,
"or)iveness and redemption in C#rist. 'erse 66 says 3e predestined *s accordin) to 3is
p*rpose and will and contin*in) t#e verse t#at will is addressed to t#ose w#o "irst #ope
in C#rist and were in C#rist a"ter believin) t#e )ospel and were sealed in 3im wit# t#e
3oly $pirit. T#is is t#e will o" !od. T#is is t#e kind intention o" !od. ?#en we say kind
intention o" !od it is abo*t !od=s mercy bestowed. T#is is p*rpose o" !od in C#rist.
?#en we say w#ic# 3e p*rposed in 3im t#e $cript*re talks abo*t !od=s predetermined
plan and "oreknowled)e o" C#rist=s s*""erin) and its application to t#e believers.
T#ere"ore election in C#rist is based and conditioned *pon C#rist, by C#rist and t#ro*)#
C#rist.
?#at is t#e predetermined plan and "oreknowled)e o" !od in C#rist>
C#rist to die and res*rrect "or man=s sin. T#is is t#e p*rpose o" !od in C#rist1 3is kind
intention and will.
cts ,:,+1,0
,+
t#is (an, delivered over by t#e predetermined plan and "oreknowled)e o" !od, yo*
nailed to a cross by t#e #ands o" )odless men and p*t Him to deat#.
,0
;B*t !od raised
3im *p a)ain, p*ttin) an end to t#e a)ony o" deat#, since it was impossible "or 3im to be
#eld in its power.
Aow C#rist was )iven w#at is !od=s will #ow man can be .*sti"ied>
T#e $cript*res #as "oreseen t#at !od wo*ld .*sti"y t#e !entiles by "ait#.
-ait# in C#rist is !od=s eternal decree "or man=s .*sti"ication "or 3e )ave 3is $on to t#e
world.
!alatians +:51B
5
$o t#en, does 3e w#o provides yo* wit# t#e $pirit and works miracles amon) yo*, do it
by t#e works o" t#e Law, or by #earin) wit# "ait#>
2
Even so bra#am believed God, and it
was reckoned to him as righteousness.
:
T#ere"ore, be s*re t#at it is t#ose w#o are o"
"ait# w#o are sons o" bra#am.
7
T#e $cript*re, "oreseein) t#at !od wo*ld .*sti"y t#e
!entiles by "ait#, preac#ed t#e )ospel be"ore#and to bra#am, saying, ;All the nations
will be blessed in you;
B
$o t#en t#ose w#o are o" "ait# are blessed wit# bra#am, t#e
believer.
T#at is w#y t#ose w#o are called c#osen are t#ose in C#rist t#ro*)# "ait# in 3im. T#is is
t#e will o" !od. T#is is t#e p*rpose and predetermined plan o" !od in C#rist. T#ere"ore
election is in C#rist and never o*tside C#rist. ?e are c#osen beca*se o" C#rist in *s and
*s in C#rist. Election is never done o*tside C#rist and not t#ro*)# C#rist. Election
wit#o*t C#rist=s ransom in t#e pict*re is tantamo*nt to C#ristless t#eolo)y. T#at will
res*lt into a )ospel o" selection not a )ospel o" salvation t#ro*)# C#rist and by "ait# in
3im and t#ro*)# 3im. T#at is w#y in Ep#esians c#apter 6 Pa*l mentioned many times ;In
C#rist; verses + and 6, , ;In 3im; verses 0, :, B, 6@ and 6+ ;T#ro*)# C#rist; verse 5, ;In
t#e Beloved; verse 2. nd w#o are t#ese w#o are in C#rist> T#ose w#o #ave "ait# in
/es*s verses 6, 6,, 6+ and 65.
1
(.om -$))) without any consideration of merit within the individual
&omans B:B1,+
B
-or t#is is t#e word o" promise: ;At this time I will come, and %arah shall have a son.;
6@
nd not only t#is, b*t t#ere was &ebeka# also, w#en s#e #ad conceived twins by one
man, o*r "at#er Isaac4
66
"or t#o*)# the twins were not yet born and #ad not done
anyt#in) )ood or bad, so t#at !od=s p*rpose accordin) to His c#oice wo*ld stand, not
beca*se o" works b*t beca*se o" 3im w#o calls,
6,
it was said to #er, ;The older will serve
the younger.;
6+
/*st as it is written, ;#acob I loved, but &sau I hated.;
'erse 66 says
;... so t#at !od=s p*rpose accordin) to His c#oice wo*ld stand, not beca*se o" works b*t
beca*se o" 3im w#o calls,;
T#is verse does not speak o" c#oosin) one "or #is personal salvation it speaks o" !od
*sin) an individ*al as 3is instr*ment to do w#at is 3is p*rpose. Esa* served /acob. !od
loved /acob and #ated Esa* "or 3e knew t#em be"ore t#e "o*ndation o" t#e world. -rom
/acob came t#e people o" !od and not "rom Esa*. T#ese two were sons o" Isaac w#o
was t#e son o" bra#am to w#om t#e promise was made t#at t#ro*)# #im all nations
s#all be blessed in #im. !od was speakin) abo*t C#rist1 t#e blessin) o" bra#am. nd
t#is blessin) is in "act received t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s like bra#am w#o believed !od.
nd !od be"ore#and preac#ed t#e )ood news to bra#am and bra#am believed. nd
t#ose w#o are o" "ait# are c#ildren o" bra#am and c#ildren o" t#e promise. T#is is t#e
conte<t o" &omans B in verses 2 to 7 be"ore verse B.
2
B*t it is not as t#o*)# t#e word o" !od #as "ailed. -or t#ey are not all Israel w#o are
descended "rom Israel4
:
nor are t#ey all c#ildren beca*se t#ey are bra#am=s
descendants, b*t: ;through Isaac your descendants will be named.;
7
T#at is, it is not t#e
c#ildren o" t#e "les# w#o are c#ildren o" !od, b*t t#e c#ildren o" t#e promise are
re)arded as descendants.
!od=s plan t#ere"ore "ait# in C#rist is always incorporated "or man to be .*sti"ied and
made ri)#teo*s all in C#rist.
<or does 2od look into the future to see who would pick 1im
-ait# in C#rist is t#e will and decree o" !od. It is !od=s ri)#teo*sness and t#ro*)# it man
is .*sti"ied. To take away t#is plan and will o" !od is contrary to $cript*res. ?e #ave
noted in Ep#esians 6 t#ose w#o believed were p*t in C#rist, in !alatians + t#e $cript*res
#ave "oreseen man=s .*sti"ication t#ro*)# "ait# in C#rist and in &omans B t#e c#ildren o"
t#e promise were t#ose o" t#e "ait# o" bra#am.
?e are c#osen accordin) to t#e "oreknowled)e o" !od. Peter made it clear #ow t#e plan
o" !od was e<ec*ted and "*l"illed. /es*s died and res*rrected. ?e were born a)ain
t#ro*)# t#e )ospel preac#ed t#ro*)# "ait# in /es*s.
6 Peter 6:61+, :16,, ,@1,5
6
Peter, an apostle o" /es*s C#rist, To t#ose w#o reside as aliens, scattered t#ro*)#o*t
Pont*s, !alatia, Cappadocia, sia, and Bit#ynia, w#o are c#osen
,
accordin) to t#e "oreknowled)e o" !od t#e -at#er, by t#e sancti"yin) work o" t#e $pirit,
to obey /es*s C#rist and be sprinkled wit# 3is blood: 9ay )race and peace be yo*rs in

t#e "*llest meas*re.

+
Blessed be t#e !od and -at#er o" o*r Lord /es*s C#rist, w#o
accordin) to 3is )reat mercy #as ca*sed *s to be born a)ain to a livin) #ope t#ro*)# t#e
res*rrection o" /es*s C#rist "rom t#e dead,
:
so t#at t#e proo" o" yo*r "ait#, being more precio*s t#an )old w#ic# is peris#able, even
t#o*)# tested by "ire, may be "o*nd to res*lt in praise and )lory and #onor at t#e
revelation o" /es*s C#rist4
7
and t#o*)# yo* #ave not seen 3im, yo* love 3im, and
t#o*)# yo* do not see 3im now, b*t believe in 3im, yo* )reatly re.oice wit# .oy
ine<pressible and "*ll o" )lory,
B
obtainin) as t#e o*tcome o" yo*r "ait# t#e salvation o"
yo*r so*ls.
6@
s to t#is salvation, t#e prop#ets w#o prop#esied o" t#e )race t#at would
come to yo* made care"*l searc#es and inH*iries,
66
seekin) to know w#at person or time
t#e $pirit o" C#rist wit#in t#em was indicatin) as 3e predicted t#e s*""erin)s o" C#rist
and t#e )lories to "ollow.
6,
It was revealed to t#em t#at t#ey were not servin) t#emselves,
b*t yo*, in t#ese t#in)s w#ic# now #ave been anno*nced to yo* t#ro*)# t#ose w#o
preac#ed t#e )ospel to yo* by t#e 3oly $pirit sent "rom #eaven11t#in)s into w#ic# an)els
lon) to look.
,@
-or 3e was "oreknown be"ore t#e "o*ndation o" t#e world, b*t #as appeared in t#ese
last times "or t#e sake o" yo*
,6
w#o t#ro*)# 3im are believers in !od, w#o raised 3im
"rom t#e dead and )ave 3im )lory, so t#at yo*r "ait# and #ope are in !od.
,,
$ince yo*
#ave in obedience to t#e tr*t# p*ri"ied yo*r so*ls "or a sincere love o" t#e bret#ren,
"ervently love one anot#er "rom t#e #eart,
,+
"or yo* #ave been born a)ain not o" seed
w#ic# is peris#able b*t imperis#able, that is, t#ro*)# t#e livin) and end*rin) word o"
!od.
,0
-or, ;All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass
withers, And the flower falls off,
,5
-ut the word of the !ord endures forever.; nd t#is is
t#e word w#ic# was preac#ed to yo*.
Also! as some are elected into salvation! others are not (.om -$)6! ())
&omans B:65, ,6
65
-or 3e says to 9oses, ;I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion.;
,6
%r does not t#e potter #ave a ri)#t over t#e clay, to make "rom t#e same l*mp one
vessel "or #onorable *se and anot#er "or common *se>
$ee #ow a Calvinist makes a doctrine o*t o" a "ew verses wit#o*t takin) t#e conte<t. T#is
is t#e common error o" Calvinism. ?#at does Pa*l teac# in &omans B:65 and B:,6>
&omans B:651,+
65
-or 3e says to 9oses, ;I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion.;
62
$o t#en it does not depend on t#e man w#o
wills or t#e man w#o r*ns, b*t on !od w#o #as mercy.
6:
-or t#e $cript*re says to
P#arao#, ;'or this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate (y power in you, and
that (y name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.;
67
$o t#en 3e #as mercy
on w#om 3e desires, and 3e #ardens w#om 3e desires.
6B
(o* will say to me t#en, ;?#y
does 3e still "ind "a*lt> -or w#o resists 3is will>;
,@
%n t#e contrary, w#o are yo*, % man,
w#o answers back to !od> T#e t#in) molded will not say to t#e molder, ;?#y did yo*
make me like t#is,; will it>
,6
%r does not t#e potter #ave a ri)#t over t#e clay, to make "rom t#e same l*mp one
vessel "or #onorable *se and anot#er "or common *se>
,,
?#at i" !od, alt#o*)# willin) to
9
demonstrate 3is wrat# and to make 3is power known, end*red wit# m*c# patience
vessels o" wrat# prepared "or destr*ction>
,+
nd He did so to make known t#e ric#es o"
3is )lory *pon vessels o" mercy, w#ic# 3e prepared be"ore#and "or )lory,
Pa*l was not talkin) o" personal salvation #ere #e was talkin) o" one bein) *sed as an
intr*ment o" !od to accomplis# 3is p*rpose eit#er as vessels o" wrat# or vessels o"
#onor. nd P#arao# was #ardened beca*se !od knew #e will not let 3is people )o
wit#o*t comp*lsion. nd to 9oses 3e said 3e s#all #ave mercy on w#om 3e s#all #ave
mercy. I" we )o to t#e story o" 9oses and P#arao# !od knew in t#e be)innin) P#arao#
will not listen to 9oses to let 3is people )o *nless by "orce.
E<od*s +:6B
;B*t I know t#at t#e kin) o" E)ypt will not permit yo* to )o, e<cept *nder comp*lsion.
nd beca*se o" t#is !od #ardened P#arao# all t#e more.
E<od*s 0:,6
T#e L%&D said to 9oses, ;?#en yo* )o back to E)ypt see t#at yo* per"orm be"ore
P#arao# all t#e wonders w#ic# I #ave p*t in yo*r power4 b*t I will #arden #is #eart so
t#at #e will not let t#e people )o.
!od is .*st and will never damn a person w#o does not re.ect 3im. 9oses obeyed so #e
#ad mercy. $o t#e verses in conte<t in &omans B spoke o" vessels o" wrat# and vessels
o" mercy. It did not speak o" predestinin) a person to salvation or damnation o" #is so*l.
Let *s "inis# t#e conte<t. In t#e "ollowin) verses now salvation is talked abo*t. 3ere we
#ave a people w#o were not 3is people b*t became 3is people and t#ose w#o were 3is
people were .*d)ed. T#e "ormer #ad mercy beca*se o" t#eir "ait# in /es*s and t#e latter
#ad not compassion beca*se o" t#eir *nbelie".
&omans B:,01++
,0
even *s, w#om 3e also called, not "rom amon) /ews only, b*t also "rom amon)
!entiles.
,5
s 3e says also in 3osea, ;I will call those who were not (y people, )(y
people,= And her who was not beloved, )beloved.=;
,2
;And it shall be that in the place
where it was said to them, )you are not (y people,= There they shall be called sons of the
living God.;
,:
Isaia# cries o*t concernin) Israel, ;Though the number of the sons of
Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved4
,7
for the !ord will
e*ecute His word on the earth, thoroughly and +uickly.;
,B
nd .*st as Isaia# "oretold,
;,nless the !ord of %abaoth had left to us a posterity, We would have become like
%odom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.;
+@
?#at s#all we say t#en> T#at !entiles,
w#o did not p*rs*e ri)#teo*sness, attained ri)#teo*sness, even t#e ri)#teo*sness
w#ic# is by "ait#4
+6
b*t Israel, p*rs*in) a law o" ri)#teo*sness, did not arrive at that law.
+,
?#y> Beca*se they did not pursue it by "ait#, b*t as t#o*)# it were by works. T#ey
st*mbled over t#e st*mblin) stone,
++
.*st as it is written, ;-ehold, I lay in .ion a stone of
stumbling and a rock of offense, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.;
T#ere"ore t#ose w#o are predestined were t#e 3is people w#om 3e "oreknew w#o
believed t#ro*)# t#e )ospel and not t#ose w#o disbelieved and disobey. T#is is
con"irmed in t#e earlier verses o" c#apter B o" &omans t#at t#e c#ildren o" !od are t#e
c#ildren o" t#e promise and t#e c#ildren o" t#e promise were t#ose o" t#e "ait# o"
bra#am1 t#ose w#o believed t#e )ospel.
;
LI9ITED T%AE9EAT:
,esus died only for the elect Though ,esus& sacrifice was sufficient for all! it was not efficacious
for all ,esus only bore the sins of the elect Support for this position is drawn from such
scriptures as %att (/$(; where ,esus died for =many>: ,ohn )0$))! )6 which say that ,esus died
for the sheep (not the goats! per %att (6$+(*++): ,ohn )'$- where ,esus in prayer interceded
for the ones given 1im! not those of the entire world: Acts (0$(; and 5ph 6$(6*(' which state
that the 3hurch was purchased by 3hrist! not all people: and Isaiah 6+$)( which is a prophecy
of ,esus& crucifi?ion where he would bore the sins of many (not all)
,esus died only for the elect
?#ere is t#is statement "rom script*re 3e died ;only; "or t#e elect> T#is teac#in) is anti1
)ospel. T#e $cript*res tell *s /es*s died "or all men, "or t#e world, "or *s and t#e w#ole
world. 3e is )iven as a ransom "or all so t#at #e w#o believes s#all #ave eternal li"e. T#is
is t#e )ospel t#is is t#e )ood news. %*tside t#is is anot#er )ospel. C#rist #as made
peace and reconciled all #*manity to !od. T#is is t#e res*lt o" 3is deat# and
res*rrection.
/o#n 6:,B
,B
T#e ne<t day #e Jsaw /es*s comin) to #im and Jsaid, ;Be#old, t#e Lamb o" !od w#o
takes away t#e sin o" t#e worldF
/o#n +:6216:
62
;-or !od so loved t#e world, t#at 3e )ave 3is only be)otten $on, t#at w#oever believes
in 3im s#all not peris#, b*t #ave eternal li"e.
6:
;-or !od did not send t#e $on into t#e
world to .*d)e t#e world, b*t t#at t#e world mi)#t be saved t#ro*)# 3im.
/o#n 6,:0:
0:
;I" anyone #ears 9y sayin)s and does not keep t#em, I do not .*d)e #im4 "or I did not
come to .*d)e t#e world, b*t to save t#e world.
, Corint#ians 5:6B
6B
namely, t#at !od was in C#rist reconcilin) t#e world to 3imsel", not co*ntin) t#eir
trespasses a)ainst t#em, and 3e #as committed to *s t#e word o" reconciliation.

,@
T#ere"ore, we are ambassadors "or C#rist, as t#o*)# !od were makin) an appeal
t#ro*)# *s4 we be) yo* on be#al" o" C#rist, be reconciled to !od.
&omans 5:2166
2
-or w#ile we were still #elpless, at t#e ri)#t time C#rist died "or t#e *n)odly.
:
-or one
will #ardly die "or a ri)#teo*s man4 t#o*)# per#aps "or t#e )ood man someone wo*ld
dare even to die.
7
B*t !od demonstrates 3is own love toward *s, in t#at w#ile we were
yet sinners, C#rist died "or *s.
B
9*c# more t#en, #avin) now been .*sti"ied by 3is blood,
we s#all be saved "rom t#e wrat# of God t#ro*)# 3im.
6@
-or i" w#ile we were enemies we
were reconciled to !od t#ro*)# t#e deat# o" 3is $on, m*c# more, #avin) been
reconciled, we s#all be saved by 3is li"e.
66
nd not only t#is, b*t we also e<*lt in !od
t#ro*)# o*r Lord /es*s C#rist, t#ro*)# w#om we #ave now received t#e reconciliation.
<
Colossians 6:6B1,,
6B
-or it was t#e 'ather)s )ood pleas*re "or all t#e "*llness to dwell in 3im,
,@
and t#ro*)#
3im to reconcile all t#in)s to 3imsel", #avin) made peace t#ro*)# t#e blood o" 3is cross4
t#ro*)# 3im, I say, w#et#er t#in)s on eart# or t#in)s in #eaven.
,6
nd alt#o*)# yo* were
"ormerly alienated and #ostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,
,,
yet 3e #as now
reconciled yo* in 3is "les#ly body t#ro*)# deat#, in order to present yo* be"ore 3im #oly
and blameless and beyond reproac#11
3ebrews ,:B
B
B*t we do see 3im w#o was made "or a little w#ile lower t#an t#e an)els, namely, /es*s,
beca*se o" t#e s*""erin) o" deat# crowned wit# )lory and #onor, so t#at by t#e )race o"
!od 3e mi)#t taste deat# "or everyone.
6/o#n ,:,
,
and 3e 3imsel" is t#e propitiation "or o*r sins4 and not "or o*rs only, b*t also "or those
of t#e w#ole world.
6/o#n 0:6@, 60
6@
In t#is is love, not t#at we loved !od, b*t t#at 3e loved *s and sent 3is $on to be t#e
propitiation "or o*r sins.
60
?e #ave seen and testi"y t#at t#e -at#er #as sent t#e $on to be t#e $avior o" t#e world.
Though ,esus& sacrifice was sufficient for all! it was not efficacious for all ,esus only bore the
sins of the elect
It is s*""icient "or all beca*se 3e paid already t#e sins o" all men. T#is is spoken o" t#e
sin o" t#e world as stated in t#e above verses. To say 3e bore ;onlyL a)ain ;only; t#e
sins o" t#e elect is not in t#e $cript*re. B*t rat#er it is correct to say only t#ose w#o
believed salvation is applied. &ansom o" man=s sin does not eH*ate immediate salvation.
$alvation is received t#ro*)# "ait# in t#e $on o" !od. T#is is biblical t#eolo)y.
Support for this position is drawn from such scriptures as %att (/$(; where ,esus died for
=many>
9att#ew ,2:,7
,7
"or t#is is 9y blood o" t#e covenant, w#ic# is po*red o*t "or many "or "or)iveness o"
sins.
It is correct /es*s died "or many. ll are many. 9any does not necessarily mean not all.
Take t#is verse in &omans. Pa*l *sed many b*t re"erred to all men.
&omans 5:65, 6716B
65
B*t t#e "ree )i"t is not like t#e trans)ression. -or i" by t#e trans)ression o" t#e one t#e
many died, m*c# more did t#e )race o" !od and t#e )i"t by t#e )race o" t#e one 9an,
/es*s C#rist, abo*nd to t#e many.
67
$o t#en as t#ro*)# one trans)ression t#ere res*lted condemnation to all men, even so
t#ro*)# one act o" ri)#teo*sness t#ere res*lted .*sti"ication o" li"e to all men.
6B
-or as t#ro*)# t#e one man=s disobedience t#e many were made sinners, even so
t#ro*)# t#e obedience o" t#e %ne t#e many will be made ri)#teo*s.
1
,ohn )0$))! )6 which say that ,esus died for the sheep
/o#n 6@:66, 65
66
;I am t#e )ood s#ep#erd4 t#e )ood s#ep#erd lays down 3is li"e "or t#e s#eep.
65
even as t#e -at#er knows 9e and I know t#e -at#er4 and I lay down 9y li"e "or t#e
s#eep.
T#ere is no problem wit# t#e verse /es*s died "or 3is s#eep and t#at is tr*e. T#e
problem is w#en we insert only w#ic# cannot be "o*nd in conte<t and contrary to
$cript*res. Calvinism err many times in conte<t and add words and make a doctrine o*t
o" it.
(not the goats! per %att (6$+(*++):
9att#ew ,5:+,1++
+,
;ll t#e nations will be )at#ered be"ore 3im4 and 3e will separate t#em "rom
one anot#er, as t#e s#ep#erd separates t#e s#eep "rom t#e )oats4
++
and 3e
will p*t t#e s#eep on 3is ri)#t, and t#e )oats on t#e le"t.
T#is is /*d)ment Day and now#ere did /es*s mention #ere 3e died only "or t#e s#eep. In
"act postle /o#n teac#es t#at t#ose w#o are condemned were t#ose w#o did not believe
in t#e name o" t#e $on o" !od a"ter !od )ave 3im to die "or t#e world. T#ey were
condemned beca*se t#ey re.ected !od=s love and mercy in C#rist w#o paid "or t#e
ransom.
/o#n +:6:16B
6:
;-or !od did not send t#e $on into t#e world to .*d)e t#e world, b*t t#at t#e world
mi)#t be saved t#ro*)# 3im.
67
;3e w#o believes in 3im is not .*d)ed4 #e w#o does not
believe #as been .*d)ed already, beca*se #e #as not believed in t#e name o" t#e only
be)otten $on o" !od.
6B
;T#is is t#e .*d)ment, t#at t#e Li)#t #as come into t#e world, and
men loved t#e darkness rat#er t#an t#e Li)#t, "or t#eir deeds were evil.
,ohn )'$- where ,esus in prayer interceded for the ones given 1im! not those of the entire
world:
/o#n 6::B, ,@1,6
B
;I ask on t#eir be#al"4 I do not ask on be#al" o" t#e world, b*t o" t#ose w#om (o* #ave
)iven 9e4 "or t#ey are (o*rs4
,@
;I do not ask on be#al" o" t#ese alone, b*t "or t#ose also w#o believe in 9e t#ro*)#
t#eir word4
,6
t#at t#ey may all be one4 even as (o*, -at#er, are in 9e and I in (o*, t#at t#ey also may
be in Us, so t#at t#e world may believe t#at (o* sent 9e.
/es*s #ere in conte<t was )at#ered to)et#er wit# 3is disciples and 3e prayed "or t#em
speci"ically and t#ose w#o s#all believe t#ro*)# t#eir word. /es*s was prayin) "or all
Believers as a w#ole and not "or Unbelievers.
=
Acts (0$(; which state that the 3hurch was purchased by 3hrist! not all people:
ct ,@:,7
,7
;Be on )*ard "or yo*rselves and "or all t#e "lock, amon) w#ic# t#e 3oly $pirit #as
made yo* overseers, to s#ep#erd t#e c#*rc# o" !od w#ic# 3e p*rc#ased wit# 3is own
blood.
and 5ph 6$(6*('
Ep#. 5:,51,:
,5
3*sbands, love yo*r wives, .*st as C#rist also loved t#e c#*rc# and )ave 3imsel" *p
"or #er,
,2
so t#at 3e mi)#t sancti"y #er, #avin) cleansed #er by t#e was#in) o" water wit#
t#e word,
,:
t#at 3e mi)#t present to 3imsel" t#e c#*rc# in all #er )lory, #avin) no spot or
wrinkle or any s*c# t#in)4 b*t t#at s#e wo*ld be #oly and blameless.
3ere Pa*l was speci"ically mentionin) t#e c#*rc# as t#e p*rc#ased one. T#at is correct.
T#e c#*rc# alone or t#e Believers are t#e recipient o" salvation even t#o*)# C#rist died
"or all.
and Isaiah 6+$)( which is a prophecy of ,esus& crucifi?ion where he would bore the sins of many
(not all)
Isaia# 5+:6,, 2
6,
T#ere"ore, I will allot 3im a portion wit# t#e )reat, nd 3e will divide t#e booty wit# t#e
stron)4 Beca*se 3e po*red o*t 3imsel" to deat#, nd was n*mbered wit# t#e
trans)ressors4 (et 3e 3imsel" bore t#e sin o" many, nd interceded "or t#e
trans)ressors.
2
ll o" *s like s#eep #ave )one astray, Eac# o" *s #as t*rned to #is own way4
B*t t#e L%&D #as ca*sed t#e iniH*ity o" *s all To "all on 3im.
?e #ave s#owed "rom $cript*re t#at many may mean ;all; in &omans 5:65, 6716B. nd
t#at is w#y in verse 2 Isaia# also said, ;ll o" *s like s#eep #ave )one astray...; ll men
#ave )one astray "or all men #ave sinned. 3e interceded "or t#e trans)ressor1 all men are
trans)ressors.
&omans 5:65, 6716B
65
B*t t#e "ree )i"t is not like t#e trans)ression. -or i" by t#e trans)ression o" t#e one t#e
many died, m*c# more did t#e )race o" !od and t#e )i"t by t#e )race o" t#e one 9an,
/es*s C#rist, abo*nd to t#e many.
67
$o t#en as t#ro*)# one trans)ression t#ere res*lted condemnation to all men, even so
t#ro*)# one act o" ri)#teo*sness t#ere res*lted .*sti"ication o" li"e to all men.
6B
-or as t#ro*)# t#e one man=s disobedience t#e many were made sinners, even so
t#ro*)# t#e obedience o" t#e %ne t#e many will be made ri)#teo*s.
>
I&&E$I$TIBLE !&CE:
"hen 2od calls his elect into salvation! they cannot resist 2od offers to all people the gospel
message This is called the e?ternal call @ut to the elect! 2od e?tends an internal call and it
cannot be resisted This call is by the 1oly Spirit who works in the hearts and minds of the elect
to bring them to repentance and regeneration whereby they willingly and freely come to 2od
Some of the verses used in support of this teaching are .omans -$)/ where it says that 8it is
not of him who wills nor of him who runs! but of 2od who has mercy8: Philippians ($)(*)+ where
2od is said to be the one working salvation in the individual: ,ohn /$(;*(- where faith is
declared to be the work of 2od: Acts )+$4; where 2od appoints people to believe: and ,ohn
)$)(*)+ where being born again is not by man&s will! but by 2od&s
AAll that the Bather gives %e shall come to %e! and the one who comes to %e I will certainly not
cast out!8 (,ohn /$+')
"hen 2od calls his elect into salvation! they cannot resist
ct*ally t#is statement is not "o*nd in $cript*res. I" we talk o" resistance "rom !od=s
mercy and kindness we can "ind verses men resist !od and believers "all "rom )race and
re"*se to repent.
9en resistin) !od and 3is $pirit
Proverbs 6:,+1,5
,+
;T*rn to my reproo", Be#old, I will po*r o*t my spirit on yo*4 I will make my words
known to yo*.
,0
;Beca*se I called and yo* re"*sed, I stretc#ed o*t my #and and no one
paid attention4
,5
nd yo* ne)lected all my co*nsel nd did not want my reproo"4
cts ::56
56
;(o* men w#o are sti""1necked and *ncirc*mcised in #eart and ears are always
resistin) t#e 3oly $pirit4 yo* are doin) .*st as yo*r "at#ers did.
ct 67:012
0
nd #e was reasonin) in t#e syna)o)*e every $abbat# and tryin) to pers*ade /ews and
!reeks.
5
B*t w#en $ilas and Timot#y came down "rom 9acedonia, Pa*l began devotin)
#imsel" completely to t#e word, solemnly testi"yin) to t#e /ews t#at /es*s was t#e
C#rist.
2
B*t w#en t#ey resisted and blasp#emed, #e s#ook o*t #is )arments and said to
t#em, ;(o*r blood be on yo*r own #eadsF I am clean. -rom now on I will )o to t#e
!entiles.;
&omans ,:015
0
%r do yo* t#ink li)#tly o" t#e ric#es o" 3is kindness and tolerance and patience, not
knowin) t#at t#e kindness o" !od leads yo* to repentance>
5
B*t beca*se o" yo*r st*bbornness and *nrepentant #eart yo* are storin) *p wrat# "or
yo*rsel" in t#e day o" wrat# and revelation o" t#e ri)#teo*s .*d)ment o" !od,
/o#n 5:+B10@
+B
;(o* searc# t#e $cript*res beca*se yo* t#ink t#at in t#em yo* #ave eternal li"e4 it is
t#ese t#at testi"y abo*t 9e4
0@
and yo* are *nwillin) to come to 9e so t#at yo* may #ave
li"e.
?
9att#ew ,+:+:
+:
;/er*salem, /er*salem, w#o kills t#e prop#ets and stones t#ose w#o are sent to #erF
3ow o"ten I wanted to )at#er yo*r c#ildren to)et#er, t#e way a #en )at#ers #er c#icks
*nder #er win)s, and yo* were *nwillin).
Believers "allin) away
!alatians 5:015
0
(o* #ave been severed "rom C#rist, yo* w#o are seekin) to be .*sti"ied by law4 yo*
#ave "allen "rom )race.
5
-or we t#ro*)# t#e $pirit, by "ait#, are waitin) "or t#e #ope o"
ri)#teo*sness.
2
-or in C#rist /es*s neit#er circ*mcision nor *ncirc*mcision means
anyt#in), b*t "ait# workin) t#ro*)# love.
:
(o* were r*nnin) well4 w#o #indered yo* "rom
obeyin) t#e tr*t#>
,Timot#y ,:6@16,
6@
-or t#is reason I end*re all t#in)s "or t#e sake o" t#ose w#o are c#osen, so t#at t#ey
also may obtain t#e salvation w#ic# is in C#rist /es*s and wit# it eternal )lory.
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It is a
tr*stwort#y statement: -or i" we died wit# 3im, we will also live wit# 3im4
6,
I" we end*re,
we will also rei)n wit# 3im4 I" we deny 3im, 3e also will deny *s4
3ebrews 2:012
0
or in t#e case o" t#ose w#o #ave once been enli)#tened and #ave tasted o" t#e #eavenly
)i"t and #ave been made partakers o" t#e 3oly $pirit,
5
and #ave tasted t#e )ood word o"
!od and t#e powers o" t#e a)e to come,
2
and then #ave "allen away, it is impossible to
renew t#em a)ain to repentance, since t#ey a)ain cr*ci"y to t#emselves t#e $on o" !od
and p*t 3im to open s#ame.
3ebrews 6@:,21+6
,2
-or i" we )o on sinnin) will"*lly a"ter receivin) t#e knowled)e o" t#e tr*t#, t#ere no
lon)er remains a sacri"ice "or sins,
,:
b*t a terri"yin) e<pectation o" .*d)ment and the fury
of a fire which will consume the adversaries.
,7
nyone w#o #as set aside t#e Law o"
9oses dies wit#o*t mercy on the testimony of two or t#ree witnesses.
,B
3ow m*c#
severer p*nis#ment do yo* t#ink #e will deserve w#o #as trampled *nder "oot t#e $on o"
!od, and #as re)arded as *nclean t#e blood o" t#e covenant by w#ic# #e was sancti"ied,
and #as ins*lted t#e $pirit o" )race>
+@
-or we know 3im w#o said, ;/engeance is (ine, I
will repay.; nd a)ain, ;The !ord will $udge His people.;
+6
It is a terri"yin) t#in) to "all
into t#e #ands o" t#e livin) !od.
+7
-ut (y righteous one shall live by faith4 And if he shrinks back, (y soul has no
pleasure in him.
+B
B*t we are not o" t#ose w#o s#rink back to destr*ction, b*t o" t#ose
w#o #ave "ait# to t#e preservin) o" t#e so*l.
&evelation ,:,@1,,
,@
=B*t I #ave this a)ainst yo*, t#at yo* tolerate t#e woman /eEebel, w#o calls #ersel" a
prop#etess, and s#e teac#es and leads 9y bond1servants astray so t#at t#ey commit
acts of immorality and eat t#in)s sacri"iced to idols.
,6
=I )ave #er time to repent, and s#e
does not want to repent o" #er immorality.
,,
=Be#old, I will t#row #er on a bed of
sickness, and t#ose w#o commit ad*ltery wit# #er into )reat trib*lation, *nless t#ey
repent o" #er deeds.
92
2od offers to all people the gospel message This is called the e?ternal call @ut to the elect!
2od e?tends an internal call and it cannot be resisted
T#is view is not seen in t#e $cript*res t#at t#ere are e<ternal call "or some and only
internal call "or t#e elect. ?#at we can read is t#at !od calls all men to t#e )race o" !od.
T#e )ospel is preac#ed to all men so t#at t#ey may be saved. ?#y will t#ere be an
e<ternal call into salvation to t#ose w#o are not elected i" t#ey will nor be saved anyway>
?#at is !od=s p*rpose i" t#is is correct> T#is is inconsistency. ?#y will !od o""er
salvation t#ro*)# t#e )ospel and command all men to repent i" 3is callin) is "alse. T#e
3oly $pirit convicts men o" t#eir sins w#et#er t#ey believe or not. T#e ?ord o" !od
penetrates t#eir so*l, body and spirit w#et#er t#ey believe or not. &e.ection o" men is
done internally in t#eir spirit w#en !od calls.
T#e )ood news is "or all men. !od calls all men "or salvation.
Tit*s ,:66
66
-or t#e )race o" !od #as appeared, brin)in) salvation to all men,
6,
instr*ctin) *s to
deny *n)odliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, ri)#teo*sly and )odly in t#e
present a)e,
ct 6::+@1+6
+@
;T#ere"ore #avin) overlooked t#e times o" i)norance, !od is now declarin) to men t#at
all people everyw#ere s#o*ld repent,
+6
beca*se 3e #as "i<ed a day in w#ic# 3e will .*d)e
t#e world in ri)#teo*sness t#ro*)# a 9an w#om 3e #as appointed, #avin) "*rnis#ed
proo" to all men by raisin) 3im "rom t#e dead.;
9ark 6:60165
60
Aow a"ter /o#n #ad been taken into c*stody, /es*s came into !alilee, preac#in) t#e
)ospel o" !od,
65
and sayin), ;T#e time is "*l"illed, and t#e kin)dom o" !od is at #and4
repent and believe in t#e )ospel.;
9ark 62:6216:
65
nd 3e said to t#em, ;!o into all t#e world and preac# t#e )ospel to all creation.
62
;3e
w#o #as believed and #as been baptiEed s#all be saved4 b*t #e w#o #as disbelieved
s#all be condemned.
9att#ew ,7:6B1,@
6B
;!o t#ere"ore and make disciples o" all t#e nations, baptiEin) t#em in t#e name o" t#e
-at#er and t#e $on and t#e 3oly $pirit,
,@
teac#in) t#em to observe all t#at I commanded
yo*4 and lo, I am wit# yo* always, even to t#e end o" t#e a)e.;
91
/es*s invites all to come "reely "or salvation
9att#ew 66:,7
,7
;Come to 9e, all w#o are weary and #eavy1laden, and I will )ive yo* rest.
,B
;Take 9y
yoke *pon yo* and learn "rom 9e, "or I am )entle and #*mble in #eart, and you will find
rest for your souls.
9ark 7:+0
+0
nd 3e s*mmoned t#e crowd wit# 3is disciples, and said to t#em, ;I" anyone wis#es to
come a"ter 9e, #e m*st deny #imsel", and take *p #is cross and "ollow 9e.
L*ke 2:0210B
02
;?#y do yo* call 9e, =Lord, Lord,= and do not do w#at I say>
0:
;Everyone w#o comes to
9e and #ears 9y words and acts on t#em, I will s#ow yo* w#om #e is like:
07
#e is like a
man b*ildin) a #o*se, w#o d*) deep and laid a "o*ndation on t#e rock4 and w#en a "lood
occ*rred, t#e torrent b*rst a)ainst t#at #o*se and co*ld not s#ake it, beca*se it #ad
been well b*ilt.
0B
;B*t t#e one w#o #as #eard and #as not acted accordingly, is like a
man w#o b*ilt a #o*se on t#e )ro*nd wit#o*t any "o*ndation4 and t#e torrent b*rst
a)ainst it and immediately it collapsed, and t#e r*in o" t#at #o*se was )reat.;
/o#n ::+:1+7
+:
Aow on t#e last day, t#e )reat day o" t#e "east, /es*s stood and cried o*t, sayin), ;I"
anyone is t#irsty, let #im come to 9e and drink.
+7
;3e w#o believes in 9e, as t#e
$cript*re said, =-rom #is innermost bein) will "low rivers o" livin) water.=;
+B
B*t t#is 3e
spoke o" t#e $pirit, w#om t#ose w#o believed in 3im were to receive4 "or t#e $pirit was
not yet given, beca*se /es*s was not yet )lori"ied.
&evelation ,,:6:
6:
T#e $pirit and t#e bride say, ;Come.; nd let t#e one w#o #ears say, ;Come.; nd let
t#e one w#o is t#irsty come4 let t#e one w#o wis#es take t#e water o" li"e wit#o*t cost.
&e.ection is w#en t#ey did not mi< t#e word preac#ed wit# "ait#.
3ebrews 0:61,, 6,16+
6
T#ere"ore, let *s "ear i", w#ile a promise remains o" enterin) 3is rest, any one o"
yo* may seem to #ave come s#ort o" it.
,
-or indeed we #ave #ad )ood news
preac#ed to *s, .*st as t#ey also4 b*t t#e word t#ey #eard did not pro"it t#em,
beca*se it was not *nited by "ait# in t#ose w#o #eard.
6,
-or t#e word o" !od is livin) and active and s#arper t#an any two1ed)ed sword,
and piercin) as "ar as t#e division o" so*l and spirit, o" bot# .oints and marrow,
and able to .*d)e t#e t#o*)#ts and intentions o" t#e #eart.
6+
nd t#ere is no
creat*re #idden "rom 3is si)#t, b*t all t#in)s are open and laid bare to t#e eyes o"
3im wit# w#om we #ave to do.
9
/es*s said t#ose w#o will not resist b*t come to t#e Li)#t are t#ose w#o #ave an #onest
and )ood #eart and do w#at is ri)#t.
L*ke 7:6616,, 65
66
;Aow t#e parable is t#is: t#e seed is t#e word o" !od.
6,
;T#ose beside t#e road are
t#ose w#o #ave #eard4 t#en t#e devil comes and takes away t#e word "rom t#eir #eart, so
t#at t#ey will not believe and be saved.
65
;B*t t#e seed in t#e )ood soil, t#ese are t#e
ones w#o #ave #eard t#e word in an #onest and )ood #eart, and #old it "ast, and bear
"r*it wit# perseverance.
/o#n +:6B1,6
6B
;T#is is t#e .*d)ment, t#at t#e Li)#t #as come into t#e world, and men loved t#e
darkness rat#er t#an t#e Li)#t, "or t#eir deeds were evil.
,@
;-or everyone w#o does evil
#ates t#e Li)#t, and does not come to t#e Li)#t "or "ear t#at #is deeds will be e<posed.
,6
;B*t #e w#o practices t#e tr*t# comes to t#e Li)#t, so t#at #is deeds may be mani"ested
as #avin) been wro*)#t in !od.;
This call is by the 1oly Spirit who works in the hearts and minds of the elect to bring them to
repentance and regeneration whereby they willingly and freely come to 2od
T#e 3oly $pirit do work and 3e works in t#e #earts o" t#ose w#o do not re.ect t#e )ospel
preac#ed and convicts all men re)ardin) sin and ri)#teo*sness. T#e 3oly $pirit always
works wit# t#e )ospel. !od knows t#e #earts o" t#ose w#o wo*ld believe t#e )ospel and
clean t#eir #earts by "ait# and )ive t#em t#e 3oly $pirit.
ct 65::1B
:
"ter t#ere #ad been m*c# debate, Peter stood *p and said to t#em, ;Bret#ren, yo*
know t#at in t#e early days !od made a c#oice amon) yo*, t#at by my mo*t# t#e
!entiles wo*ld #ear t#e word o" t#e )ospel and believe.
7
;nd !od, w#o knows t#e
#eart, testi"ied to t#em )ivin) t#em t#e 3oly $pirit, .*st as 3e also did to *s4
B
and 3e
made no distinction between *s and t#em, cleansin) t#eir #earts by "ait#.
ll are )iven t#e opport*nity to come and believe and t#*s be saved.
9att#ew 7:6@16+
6@
Aow w#en /es*s #eard this, 3e marveled and said to t#ose w#o were "ollowin), ;Tr*ly I
say to yo*, I #ave not "o*nd s*c# )reat "ait# wit# anyone in Israel.
66
;I say to yo* t#at
many will come "rom east and west, and recline at the table wit# bra#am, Isaac and
/acob in t#e kin)dom o" #eaven4
6,
b*t t#e sons o" t#e kin)dom will be cast o*t into t#e
o*ter darkness4 in t#at place t#ere will be weepin) and )nas#in) o" teet#.;
6+
nd /es*s
said to t#e cent*rion, ;!o4 it s#all be done "or yo* as yo* #ave believed.; nd t#e
servant was #ealed t#at very moment.
L*ke ::5@
5@
nd 3e said to t#e woman, ;(o*r "ait# #as saved yo*4 )o in peace.;
L*ke 67:,,1,+
67
r*ler H*estioned 3im, sayin), ;!ood Teac#er, w#at s#all I do to in#erit eternal li"e>;
6B
nd /es*s said to #im, ;?#y do yo* call 9e )ood> Ao one is )ood e<cept !od alone.
99
,@
;(o* know t#e commandments, =Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal,
Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.=;
,6
nd #e said, ;ll t#ese
t#in)s I #ave kept "rom my yo*t#.;
,,
?#en /es*s #eard this, 3e said to #im, ;%ne t#in)
yo* still lack4 sell all t#at yo* possess and distrib*te it to t#e poor, and yo* s#all #ave
treas*re in #eaven4 and come, "ollow 9e.;
,+
B*t w#en #e #ad #eard t#ese t#in)s, #e
became very sad, "or #e was e<tremely ric#.
L*ke 6B:716@
7
Gacc#e*s stopped and said to t#e Lord, ;Be#old, Lord, #al" o" my possessions I will
)ive to t#e poor, and i" I #ave de"ra*ded anyone o" anyt#in), I will )ive back "o*r times as
m*c#.;
B
nd /es*s said to #im, ;Today salvation #as come to t#is #o*se, beca*se #e,
too, is a son o" bra#am.
6@
;-or t#e $on o" 9an #as come to seek and to save t#at w#ic#
was lost.;
T#ose w#o resist t#e 3oly $pirit s#all be condemned.
cts ::56
56
;(o* men w#o are sti""1necked and *ncirc*mcised in #eart and ears are always
resistin) t#e 3oly $pirit4 yo* are doin) .*st as yo*r "at#ers did.
nd t#ose w#o believed are called c#osen and t#ose w#o disbelieved are condemned.
6Peter ,::16@
:
T#is precio*s val*e, t#en, is "or yo* w#o believe4 b*t "or t#ose w#o disbelieve, ;The
stone which the builders re$ected, This became the very corner stone,0
1
and, 0A stone of
stumbling and a rock of offense;4 "or t#ey st*mble beca*se t#ey are disobedient to t#e
word, and to t#is doom t#ey were also appointed.
B
B*t yo* are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God)s own possession, so t#at yo* may proclaim
t#e e<cellencies o" 3im w#o #as called yo* o*t o" darkness into 3is marvelo*s li)#t4
6@
"or yo* once were not a people, b*t now yo* are the people of God4 yo* #ad not
received mercy, b*t now yo* #ave received mercy.
$ome o" t#e verses *sed in s*pport o" t#is teac#in) are &omans B:62 w#ere it says t#at
;it is not o" #im w#o wills nor o" #im w#o r*ns, b*t o" !od w#o #as mercy;4
&omans B:62
65
-or 3e says to 9oses, ;I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion.;
62
$o t#en it does not depend on t#e man w#o
wills or t#e man w#o r*ns, b*t on !od w#o #as mercy.
To w#om !od #as mercy> To t#ose w#o believed in t#e Lord /es*s in t#e same c#apter
&omans B:+@1++
+@
?#at s#all we say t#en> T#at !entiles, w#o did not p*rs*e ri)#teo*sness, attained
ri)#teo*sness, even t#e ri)#teo*sness w#ic# is by "ait#4
+6
b*t Israel, p*rs*in) a law o"
ri)#teo*sness, did not arrive at that law.
+,
?#y> Beca*se they did not pursue it by "ait#,
b*t as t#o*)# it were by works. T#ey st*mbled over t#e st*mblin) stone,
++
.*st as it is
9;
written, ;-ehold, I lay in .ion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, And he who
believes in Him will not be disappointed.;
&omans 66:,61,+, ,B1+,
,6
"or i" !od did not spare t#e nat*ral branc#es, 3e will not spare yo*, eit#er.
,,
Be#old
t#en t#e kindness and severity o" !od4 to t#ose w#o "ell, severity, b*t to yo*, !od=s
kindness, i" yo* contin*e in 3is kindness4 ot#erwise yo* also will be c*t o"".
,+
nd t#ey
also, i" t#ey do not contin*e in t#eir *nbelie", will be )ra"ted in, "or !od is able to )ra"t
t#em in a)ain.
,B
"or t#e )i"ts and t#e callin) o" !od are irrevocable.
+@
-or .*st as yo* once were
disobedient to !od, b*t now #ave been s#own mercy beca*se o" t#eir disobedience,
+6
so t#ese also now #ave been disobedient, t#at beca*se o" t#e mercy s#own to yo*
t#ey also may now be s#own mercy.
+,
-or !od #as s#*t *p all in disobedience so t#at 3e
may s#ow mercy to all.
!alatians +:,,
,,
B*t t#e $cript*re #as s#*t *p everyone *nder sin, so t#at t#e promise by "ait# in /es*s
C#rist mi)#t be )iven to t#ose w#o believe.
Philippians ($)(*)+ where 2od is said to be the one working salvation in the individual:
P#ilippians ,:6,162
6,
$o t#en, my beloved, .*st as yo* #ave always obeyed, not as in my presence only, b*t
now m*c# more in my absence, work o*t yo*r salvation wit# "ear and tremblin)4
6+
"or it is !od w#o is at work in yo*, bot# to will and to work "or His )ood pleas*re.
60
Do
all t#in)s wit#o*t )r*mblin) or disp*tin)4
65
so t#at yo* will prove yo*rselves to be
blameless and innocent, c#ildren o" !od above reproac# in t#e midst o" a crooked and
perverse )eneration, amon) w#om yo* appear as li)#ts in t#e world,
62
#oldin) "ast t#e
word o" li"e, so t#at in t#e day o" C#rist I will #ave reason to )lory beca*se I did not r*n in
vain nor toil in vain.
It is spoken to t#ose obey and w#o #old "ast t#e word o" li"e. T#ese are t#ose w#o #ave
"ait# and not w#o t*rn t#eir back "rom t#eir "ait#.
P#ilippians 6:512
5
in view o" yo*r participation in t#e )ospel "rom t#e "irst day *ntil now.
2
'or I am
con"ident o" t#is very t#in), t#at 3e w#o be)an a )ood work in yo* will per"ect it *ntil t#e
day o" C#rist /es*s.
,ohn /$(;*(- where faith is declared to be the work of 2od:
/o#n 2:,21,B
,2
/es*s answered t#em and said, ;Tr*ly, tr*ly, I say to yo*, yo* seek 9e, not beca*se yo*
saw si)ns, b*t beca*se yo* ate o" t#e loaves and were "illed.
,:
;Do not work "or t#e "ood w#ic# peris#es, b*t "or t#e "ood w#ic# end*res to eternal li"e,
w#ic# t#e $on o" 9an will )ive to yo*, "or on 3im t#e -at#er, !od, #as set 3is seal.;
,7
9<
T#ere"ore t#ey said to 3im, ;?#at s#all we do, so t#at we may work t#e works o" !od>;
,B
/es*s answered and said to t#em, ;T#is is t#e work o" !od, t#at yo* believe in 3im
w#om 3e #as sent.;
Calvinist #as taken t#is verse o*t o" conte<t. T#is is t#e common error o" Calvinism.
T#ey take one verse o*t o" conte<t and make a doctrine o*t o" it. /es*s was not teac#in)
#ere we cannot believe 3im b*t in "act 3e was teac#in) t#e men in conte<t to do t#e work
o" !od and t#at is by believin) in 3im.
Acts )+$4; where 2od appoints people to believe:
ct 6+:0015@
00
T#e ne<t $abbat# nearly t#e w#ole city assembled to #ear t#e word o" t#e Lord.
05
B*t
w#en t#e /ews saw t#e crowds, t#ey were "illed wit# .ealo*sy and began contradictin)
t#e t#in)s spoken by Pa*l, and were blasp#emin).
02
Pa*l and Barnabas spoke o*t boldly
and said, ;It was necessary t#at t#e word o" !od be spoken to yo* "irst4 since yo*
rep*diate it and .*d)e yo*rselves *nwort#y o" eternal li"e, be#old, we are t*rnin) to t#e
!entiles.
0:
;-or so t#e Lord #as commanded *s, =I have placed "ou as a light for the
Gentiles, That "ou may bring salvation to the end of the earth.=;
07
?#en t#e !entiles
#eard t#is, t#ey began re.oicin) and )lori"yin) t#e word o" t#e Lord4 and as many as #ad
been appointed to eternal li"e believed.
0B
nd t#e word o" t#e Lord was bein) spread
t#ro*)# t#e w#ole re)ion.
5@
B*t t#e /ews incited t#e devo*t women o" prominence and
t#e leadin) men o" t#e city, and insti)ated a persec*tion a)ainst Pa*l and Barnabas, and
drove t#em o*t o" t#eir district.
)ain anot#er error takin) o*t o" conte<t. Did t#e verse say !od appointed people to
believe> T#e verse say t#ose appointed to eternal li"e believed. T#e H*estion a)ain w#o
are t#ose appointed to eternal li"e> T#e conte<t #ere is t#at t#ere were , )ro*ps seen1
t#e /ews w#o contradicted t#e )ospel and t#e !entiles w#o )ladly received t#e )ood
news. T#ere"ore t#ose w#o were appointed to eternal li"e and #ave believed were t#ose
w#o did not rep*diate t#e words o" t#e postles. T#e $cript*re never ta*)#t t#at men will
.*st re.ect t#e words o" C#rist. T#ose w#o receive and believe t#e )ood news !od draws
t#em to t#e $on to be saved.
and ,ohn )$)(*)+ where being born again is not by man&s will! but by 2od&s
/o#n 6:6616+
66
3e came to 3is own, and t#ose w#o were 3is own did not receive 3im.
6,
B*t as many as received 3im, to t#em 3e )ave t#e ri)#t to become c#ildren o" !od,
even to t#ose w#o believe in 3is name,
6+
w#o were born, not o" blood nor o" t#e will o" t#e "les# nor o" t#e will o" man, b*t o"
!od.
(es we cannot born o*rselves a)ain "or it is an act o" !od and will o" !od. T#e H*estion
is w#o is )iven new birt#> It is "o*nd in t#e conte<t. 'erse 66 spoke o" 3is own w#o did
not receive 3im and "or t#ose w#o received 3im 3e )ave t#em t#e ri)#t to become
c#ildren or sons o" !od. T#ere"ore t#ose w#o are )iven new birt# by !od are t#ose w#o
91
received t#e $on and believed in 3im Cverse 6,D. 'erse 6+ s#ow *s t#at t#ese w#o were
born as sons were !od=s will. ?#o are t#ey> T#ose w#o received and believed in t#e
$on. $o in biblical t#eolo)y everyt#in) is t#ro*)# "ait# and by "ait# and never be"ore
"ait# in /es*s.
AAll that the Bather gives %e shall come to %e! and the one who comes to %e I will certainly not
cast out!8 (,ohn /$+')
/o#n 2:+:10@
+:
;ll t#at t#e -at#er )ives 9e will come to 9e, and t#e one w#o comes to 9e I will
certainly not cast o*t.
+7
;-or I #ave come down "rom #eaven, not to do 9y own will, b*t
t#e will o" 3im w#o sent 9e.
+B
;T#is is t#e will o" 3im w#o sent 9e, t#at o" all t#at 3e #as
)iven 9e I lose not#in), b*t raise it *p on t#e last day.
0@
;-or t#is is t#e will o" 9y -at#er,
t#at everyone w#o be#olds t#e $on and believes in 3im will #ave eternal li"e, and I 9ysel"
will raise #im *p on t#e last day.;
T#ese are spoken to t#ose w#o be#olds t#e $on and believes in 3im and not to t#ose
w#o t*rn t#eir backs.
8<o one can come to %e unless the Bather who sent %e draws him: and I will raise him up on
the last dayC (,ohn /$44)
/o#n 2:06105
06
T#ere"ore t#e /ews were )r*mblin) abo*t 3im, beca*se 3e said, ;I am t#e bread t#at
came down o*t o" #eaven.;
0,
T#ey were sayin), ;Is not t#is /es*s, t#e son o" /osep#,
w#ose "at#er and mot#er we know> 3ow does 3e now say, =I #ave come down o*t o"
#eaven=>;
0+
/es*s answered and said to t#em, ;Do not )r*mble amon) yo*rselves.
00
;Ao
one can come to 9e *nless t#e -at#er w#o sent 9e draws #im4 and I will raise #im *p on
t#e last day.
05
;It is written in t#e prop#ets, =And they shall all be taught of God.=
Everyone w#o #as #eard and learned "rom t#e -at#er, comes to 9e.
Prior to t#is incident o" t#e /ews disbelievin) and )r*mblin) a)ainst t#e words o" /es*s
were verses ,210@ w#erein /es*s spoke to a crowd w#o not all #ave resisted 3im. nd 3e
even said t#at t#ey do t#e work o" !od by believin) w#om !od #as sent M /es*s. /es*s
never ta*)#t man cannot believe 3is words or 3im in "act 3e commanded all to believe
3is words and w#om !od #as sent to be t#e $avior o" t#e world. nd t#ere"ore w#at
/es*s meant t#e -at#er draws to 3im all w#o listen to 3is words and also to t#e voice o"
t#e -at#er. Everyone w#o #as #eard and learned "rom t#e -at#er comes to 3im. T#e /ews
w#o )r*mbled t#ere"ore t#ey were not drawn to 3im.
9=
3e knew in t#e be)innin) w#o wo*ld believe. $ome o" 3is disciples also disbelieved.
/es*s stressed 3e w#o believes. T#ere"ore only t#ose w#o believe 3is words are )ranted
by t#e -at#er to come to C#rist. 'erses 0:, 20125, 2712B
/o#n 2:021:6
02
;Aot t#at anyone #as seen t#e -at#er, e<cept t#e %ne w#o is "rom !od4 3e #as seen
t#e -at#er.
0:
;Tr*ly, tr*ly, I say to yo*, #e w#o believes #as eternal li"e.
07
;I am t#e bread o" li"e.
0B
;(o*r "at#ers ate t#e manna in t#e wilderness, and t#ey died.
5@
;T#is is t#e bread w#ic# comes down o*t o" #eaven, so t#at one may eat o" it and not
die.
56
;I am t#e livin) bread t#at came down o*t o" #eaven4 i" anyone eats o" t#is bread,
#e will live "orever4 and t#e bread also w#ic# I will )ive "or t#e li"e o" t#e world is 9y
"les#.;
5,
T#en t#e /ews began to ar)*e wit# one anot#er, sayin), ;3ow can t#is man )ive
*s His "les# to eat>;
5+
$o /es*s said to t#em, ;Tr*ly, tr*ly, I say to yo*, *nless yo* eat
t#e "les# o" t#e $on o" 9an and drink 3is blood, yo* #ave no li"e in yo*rselves.
50
;3e
w#o eats 9y "les# and drinks 9y blood #as eternal li"e, and I will raise #im *p on t#e last
day.
55
;-or 9y "les# is tr*e "ood, and 9y blood is tr*e drink.
52
;3e w#o eats 9y "les# and
drinks 9y blood abides in 9e, and I in #im.
5:
;s t#e livin) -at#er sent 9e, and I live
beca*se o" t#e -at#er, so #e w#o eats 9e, #e also will live beca*se o" 9e.
57
;T#is is t#e
bread w#ic# came down o*t o" #eaven4 not as t#e "at#ers ate and died4 #e w#o eats t#is
bread will live "orever.;
5B
T#ese t#in)s 3e said in t#e syna)o)*e as 3e ta*)#t in
Caperna*m.
2@
T#ere"ore many o" 3is disciples, w#en t#ey #eard this said, ;T#is is
di""ic*lt statement4 w#o can listen to it>;
26
B*t /es*s, conscio*s t#at 3is disciples
)r*mbled at t#is, said to t#em, ;Does t#is ca*se yo* to st*mble>
2,
;What t#en i" yo* see
t#e $on o" 9an ascendin) to w#ere 3e was be"ore>
2+
;It is t#e $pirit w#o )ives li"e4 t#e
"les# pro"its not#in)4 t#e words t#at I #ave spoken to yo* are spirit and are li"e.
20
;B*t t#ere are some o" yo* w#o do not believe.; -or /es*s knew "rom t#e be)innin)
w#o t#ey were w#o did not believe, and w#o it was t#at wo*ld betray 3im.
25
nd 3e was sayin), ;-or t#is reason I #ave said to yo*, t#at no one can come to 9e
*nless it #as been )ranted #im "rom t#e -at#er.;
22
s a res*lt o" t#is many o" 3is disciples wit#drew and were not walkin) wit# 3im
anymore.
2:
$o /es*s said to t#e twelve, ;(o* do not want to )o away also, do yo*>;
27
$imon Peter answered 3im, ;Lord, to w#om s#all we )o> (o* #ave words o" eternal
li"e.
2B
;?e #ave believed and #ave come to know t#at (o* are t#e 3oly %ne o" !od.;
:@
/es*s answered t#em, ;Did I 9ysel" not c#oose yo*, t#e twelve, and yet one o" yo* is a
devil>;
:6
Aow 3e meant /*das the son o" $imon Iscariot, "or #e, one o" t#e twelve, was
)oin) to betray 3im.
9>
,esus draws all men to 1imself and enlightens everyman but those who resist and not believe
1is testimony are not granted by the Bather to come to 3hrist for salvation and forgiveness
/o#n 6:B
B
T#ere was t#e tr*e Li)#t w#ic#, comin) into t#e world, enli)#tens every man.
/o#n 6,:+,1+2
+,
;nd I, i" I am li"ted *p "rom t#e eart#, will draw all men to 9ysel".
++
B*t 3e was sayin)
t#is to indicate t#e kind o" deat# by w#ic# 3e was to die.
+0
T#e crowd t#en answered 3im,
;?e #ave #eard o*t o" t#e Law t#at t#e C#rist is to remain "orever4 and #ow can (o* say,
=T#e $on o" 9an m*st be li"ted *p=> ?#o is t#is $on o" 9an>;
+5
$o /es*s said to t#em,
;-or a little w#ile lon)er t#e Li)#t is amon) yo*. ?alk w#ile yo* #ave t#e Li)#t, so t#at
darkness will not overtake yo*4 #e w#o walks in t#e darkness does not know w#ere #e
)oes.
+2
;?#ile yo* #ave t#e Li)#t, believe in t#e Li)#t, so t#at yo* may become sons o"
Li)#t.; T#ese t#in)s /es*s spoke, and 3e went away and #id 3imsel" "rom t#em.
9?
PE&$E'E&ACE %- T3E $IAT$$
Dou cannot lose your salvation @ecause the Bather has elected! the Son has redeemed! and
the 1oly Spirit has applied salvation! those thus saved are eternally secure They are eternally
secure in 3hrist Some of the verses for this position are ,ohn )0$('*(; where ,esus said 1is
sheep will never perish: ,ohn /$4' where salvation is described as everlasting life: .omans ;$)
where it is said we have passed out of Eudgment: ) 3orinthians )0$)+ where 2od promises to
never let us be tempted beyond what we can handle: and Phil )$/ where 2od is the one being
faithful to perfect us until the day of ,esus& return
Dou cannot lose your salvation
T#is not correct in t#e standpoint o" t#e $cript*re beca*se t#ere are believers and
disciples w#o "all and #ave "allen away.
Believers "allin) away
9att#ew ::,61,+
,6
;Aot everyone w#o says to 9e, =Lord, Lord,= will enter t#e kin)dom o" #eaven, b*t #e
w#o does t#e will o" 9y -at#er w#o is in #eaven will enter
,,
;9any will say to 9e on t#at day, =Lord, Lord, did we not prop#esy in (o*r name, and in
(o*r name cast o*t demons, and in (o*r name per"orm many miracles>=
,+
;nd t#en I
will declare to t#em, =I never knew yo*2 depart from (e, you who practice lawlessness.=
9att#ew ,0:0,15,
0,
;T#ere"ore be on t#e alert, "or yo* do not know w#ic# day yo*r Lord is comin).
0+
;B*t
be s*re o" t#is, t#at i" t#e #ead o" t#e #o*se #ad known at w#at time o" t#e ni)#t t#e t#ie"
was comin), #e wo*ld #ave been on t#e alert and wo*ld not #ave allowed #is #o*se to
be broken into.
00
;-or t#is reason yo* also m*st be ready4 "or t#e $on o" 9an is comin)
at an #o*r w#en yo* do not t#ink He will
05
;?#o t#en is t#e "ait#"*l and sensible slave
w#om #is master p*t in c#ar)e o" #is #o*se#old to )ive t#em t#eir "ood at t#e proper
time>
02
;Blessed is t#at slave w#om #is master "inds so doin) w#en #e comes.
0:
;Tr*ly I
say to yo* t#at #e will p*t #im in c#ar)e o" all #is possessions.
07
;B*t i" t#at evil slave
says in #is #eart, =9y master is not comin) "or a lon) time,=
0B
and be)ins to beat #is "ellow slaves and eat and drink wit# dr*nkards4
5@
t#e master o"
t#at slave will come on a day w#en #e does not e<pect him and at an #o*r w#ic# #e does
not know,
56
and will c*t #im in pieces and assi)n #im a place wit# t#e #ypocrites4 in t#at
place t#ere will be weepin) and )nas#in) o" teet#.
L*ke 6,:0@102
0@
;(o* too, be ready4 "or t#e $on o" 9an is comin) at an #o*r t#at yo* do not e<pect.;
06
Peter said, ;Lord, are (o* addressin) t#is parable to *s, or to everyone else as well>;
0,
nd t#e Lord said, ;?#o t#en is t#e "ait#"*l and sensible steward, w#om #is master will
p*t in c#ar)e o" #is servants, to )ive t#em t#eir rations at t#e proper time>
0+
;Blessed is
t#at slave w#om #is master "inds so doin) w#en #e comes.
00
;Tr*ly I say to yo* t#at #e
will p*t #im in c#ar)e o" all #is possessions.
05
;B*t i" t#at slave says in #is #eart, =9y
master will be a lon) time in comin),= and be)ins to beat t#e slaves, both men and
women, and to eat and drink and )et dr*nk4
02
t#e master o" t#at slave will come on a day
;2
w#en #e does not e<pect him and at an #o*r #e does not know, and will c*t #im in
pieces, and assi)n #im a place wit# t#e *nbelievers.
/o#n 2:2212B
22
s a res*lt o" t#is many o" 3is disciples wit#drew and were not walkin) wit# 3im
anymore.
2:
$o /es*s said to t#e twelve, ;(o* do not want to )o away also, do yo*>;
27
$imon Peter answered 3im, ;Lord, to w#om s#all we )o> (o* #ave words o" eternal li"e.
2B
;?e #ave believed and #ave come to know t#at (o* are t#e 3oly %ne o" !od.
@ecause the Bather has elected! the Son has redeemed! and the 1oly Spirit has applied
salvation! those thus saved are eternally secure They are eternally secure in 3hrist
%nly t#ose w#o believe and repent are eternally sec*re in C#rist.
3ebrews +:6,160
6,
Take care, bret#ren, t#at t#ere not be in any one o" yo* an evil, *nbelievin) #eart t#at
"alls away "rom t#e livin) !od.
6+
B*t enco*ra)e one anot#er day a"ter day, as lon) as it is
still called ;Today,; so t#at none o" yo* will be #ardened by t#e deceit"*lness o" sin.
60
-or we #ave become partakers o" C#rist, i" we #old "ast t#e be)innin) o" o*r ass*rance
"irm *ntil t#e end,
6 Corint#ians 65:61,
6
Aow I make known to yo*, bret#ren, t#e )ospel w#ic# I preac#ed to yo*, w#ic# also yo*
received, in w#ic# also yo* stand,
,
by w#ic# also yo* are saved, i" yo* #old "ast t#e
word w#ic# I preac#ed to yo*, *nless yo* believed in vain.
&evalation ,:51:
5
=T#ere"ore remember "rom w#ere yo* #ave "allen, and repent and do t#e deeds yo* did
at "irst4 or else I am comin) to yo* and will remove yo*r lampstand o*t o" its place11
*nless yo* repent.
2
=(et t#is yo* do #ave, t#at yo* #ate t#e deeds o" t#e Aicolaitans,
w#ic# I also #ate.
:
=3e w#o #as an ear, let #im #ear w#at t#e $pirit says to t#e c#*rc#es.
To #im w#o overcomes, I will )rant to eat o" t#e tree o" li"e w#ic# is in t#e Paradise o"
!od.=
&evelation ,:66
66
=3e w#o #as an ear, let #im #ear w#at t#e $pirit says to t#e c#*rc#es. 3e w#o
overcomes will not be #*rt by t#e second deat#.=
&evelation +:+15
+
=$o remember w#at yo* #ave received and #eard4 and keep it, and repent. T#ere"ore i"
yo* do not wake *p, I will come like a t#ie", and yo* will not know at w#at #o*r I will
come to yo*.
0
=B*t yo* #ave a "ew people in $ardis w#o #ave not soiled t#eir )arments4
and t#ey will walk wit# 9e in w#ite, "or t#ey are wort#y.
5
=3e w#o overcomes will t#*s be
clot#ed in w#ite )arments4 and I will not erase #is name "rom t#e book o" li"e, and I will
con"ess #is name be"ore 9y -at#er and be"ore 3is an)els.
;1
Some of the verses for this position are ,ohn )0$('*(; where ,esus said 1is sheep will never
perish:
/o#n 6@:,:1,7
,:
;9y s#eep #ear 9y voice, and I know t#em, and t#ey "ollow 9e4
,7
and I )ive eternal li"e
to t#em, and t#ey will never peris#4 and no one will snatc# t#em o*t o" 9y #and.
,B
;9y
-at#er, w#o #as )iven them to 9e, is )reater t#an all4 and no one is able to snatc# them
o*t o" t#e -at#er=s #and.
T#e verses are clear only t#e s#eep w#o #ear 3is voice and "ollow 3im. nd t#ose w#o
t*rned t#eir backs t#e same #ands t#at keep t#em will destroy t#em s#o*ld t#ey p*t t#e
$on o" !od into contempt and open s#ame, ins*lt t#e 3oly $pirit and treat t#e blood
w#ic# sancti"ied t#em *n#oly.
3ebrews 6@:,21+6
,2
-or i" we )o on sinnin) will"*lly a"ter receivin) t#e knowled)e o" t#e tr*t#, t#ere no
lon)er remains a sacri"ice "or sins,
,:
b*t a terri"yin) e<pectation o" .*d)ment and the fury
of a fire which will consume the adversaries.
,7
nyone w#o #as set aside t#e Law o"
9oses dies wit#o*t mercy on the testimony of two or t#ree witnesses.
,B
3ow m*c#
severer p*nis#ment do yo* t#ink #e will deserve w#o #as trampled *nder"oot t#e $on o"
!od, and #as re)arded as *nclean t#e blood o" t#e covenant by w#ic# #e was sancti"ied,
and #as ins*lted t#e $pirit o" )race>
+@
-or we know 3im w#o said, ;/engeance is (ine, I
will repay.; nd a)ain, ;The !ord will $udge His people.;
+6
It is a terri"yin) t#in) to "all
into t#e #ands o" t#e livin) !od.
,ohn /$4' where salvation is described as everlasting life:
/o#n 2:0:
0:
;Tr*ly, tr*ly, I say to yo*, #e w#o believes #as eternal li"e.
To #im w#o believes not to #im w#o t*rns away in *nbelie" and sin.
.omans ;$) where it is said we have passed out of Eudgment:
&omans 7:61,
6
T#ere"ore t#ere is now no condemnation "or t#ose w#o are in C#rist /es*s.
,
-or t#e law o" t#e $pirit o" li"e in C#rist /es*s #as set yo* "ree "rom t#e law o" sin and o"
deat#.
6,
$o t#en, bret#ren, we are *nder obli)ation, not to t#e "les#, to live accordin) to t#e
"les#11
6+
"or i" yo* are livin) accordin) to t#e "les#, yo* m*st die4 b*t i" by t#e $pirit yo*
are p*ttin) to deat# t#e deeds o" t#e body, yo* will live.
T#ere is no condemnation to t#em w#o are in C#rist w#o walk not a"ter t#e "les# b*t a"ter
t#e $pirit. T#e same teac#in) Pa*l #ad to t#e !alatians.
;
!alatians 2::17
:
Do not be deceived, !od is not mocked4 "or w#atever a man sows, t#is #e will also reap.
7
-or t#e one w#o sows to #is own "les# will "rom t#e "les# reap corr*ption, b*t t#e one
w#o sows to t#e $pirit will "rom t#e $pirit reap eternal li"e.
) 3orinthians )0$)+ where 2od promises to never let us be tempted beyond what we can
handle:
6Corint#ians 6@:6+
6+
Ao temptation #as overtaken yo* b*t s*c# as is common to man4 and !od is "ait#"*l,
w#o will not allow yo* to be tempted beyond w#at yo* are able, b*t wit# t#e temptation
will provide t#e way o" escape also, so t#at yo* will be able to end*re it.
2
Aow t#ese t#in)s #appened as e<amples "or *s, so t#at we wo*ld not crave evil t#in)s
as t#ey also craved.
:
Do not be idolaters, as some o" t#em were4 as it is written, ;The
people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.;
7
Aor let *s act immorally, as
some o" t#em did, and twenty1t#ree t#o*sand "ell in one day.
B
Aor let *s try t#e Lord, as
some o" t#em did, and were destroyed by t#e serpents.
6@
Aor )r*mble, as some o" t#em
did, and were destroyed by t#e destroyer.
66
Aow t#ese t#in)s #appened to t#em as an
e<ample, and t#ey were written "or o*r instr*ction, *pon w#om t#e ends o" t#e a)es #ave
come.
6,
T#ere"ore let #im w#o t#inks #e stands take #eed t#at #e does not "all.
(es and s#o*ld we repent we are "or)iven and be not like Israel w#o stood *p and play
and were destroyed and condemned.
!od will "irst discipline *s b*t s#o*ld no repentance "o*nd in *s we come s#ort o" t#e
)race o" !od.
3ebrews 6,::167
:
It is "or discipline t#at yo* end*re4 !od deals wit# yo* as wit# sons4 "or w#at son is
t#ere w#om his "at#er does not discipline>
7
B*t i" yo* are wit#o*t discipline, o" w#ic# all
#ave become partakers, t#en yo* are ille)itimate c#ildren and not sons.
B
-*rt#ermore,
we #ad eart#ly "at#ers to discipline *s, and we respected t#em4 s#all we not m*c# rat#er
be s*b.ect to t#e -at#er o" spirits, and live>
6@
-or t#ey disciplined *s "or a s#ort time as
seemed best to t#em, b*t 3e disciplines us "or our )ood, so t#at we may s#are 3is
#oliness.
66
ll discipline "or t#e moment seems not to be .oy"*l, b*t sorrow"*l4 yet to t#ose w#o
#ave been trained by it, a"terwards it yields t#e peace"*l "r*it o" ri)#teo*sness.
6,
T#ere"ore, stren)t#en t#e #ands t#at are weak and t#e knees t#at are "eeble,
6+
and make
strai)#t pat#s "or yo*r "eet, so t#at the limb w#ic# is lame may not be p*t o*t o" .oint, b*t
rat#er be #ealed.
60
P*rs*e peace wit# all men, and t#e sancti"ication wit#o*t w#ic# no
one will see t#e Lord.
65
$ee to it t#at no one comes s#ort o" t#e )race o" !od4 t#at no
root o" bitterness sprin)in) *p ca*ses tro*ble, and by it many be de"iled4
62
t#at there be
no immoral or )odless person like Esa*, w#o sold #is own birt#ri)#t "or a single meal.
6:
-or yo* know t#at even a"terwards, w#en #e desired to in#erit t#e blessin), #e was
re.ected, "or #e "o*nd no place "or repentance, t#o*)# #e so*)#t "or it wit# tears.
;9
and Phil )$/ where 2od is the one being faithful to perfect us until the day of ,esus& return
P#ilippians 6:51:
5
in view o" yo*r participation in t#e )ospel "rom t#e "irst day *ntil now.
2
'or I am
con"ident o" t#is very t#in), t#at 3e w#o be)an a )ood work in yo* will per"ect it *ntil t#e
day o" C#rist /es*s.
:
-or it is only ri)#t "or me to "eel t#is way abo*t yo* all, beca*se I
#ave yo* in my #eart, since bot# in my imprisonment and in t#e de"ense and
con"irmation o" t#e )ospel, yo* all are partakers o" )race wit# me.
T#is promise is spoken to t#ose w#o #ave participated in t#e )ospel and were partakers
o" t#e )race o" !od and not spoken to t#ose w#o #ave "allen away, "all and come s#ort o"
t#e )race o" !od. T#ose w#o #ave "allen away s#all be .*d)ed.
T#at is w#y only t#ose like t#e postle #imsel" ta*)#t in 3ebrews 6@ t#at t#ey are not
t#ose w#o s#rink back into destr*ction b*t o" w#o #ave "ait# to t#e preservin) o" t#e
so*l. Pa*l consistently wrote in #is epistles t#e condition Ki"L we contin*e in "ait#.
In t#is manner saints persevere and are preserved.
3ebrews 6@:+B
+B
B*t we are not o" t#ose w#o s#rink back to destr*ction, b*t o" t#ose w#o #ave "ait# to
t#e preservin) o" t#e so*l.
3ebrews +:6,160
6,
Take care, bret#ren, t#at t#ere not be in any one o" yo* an evil, *nbelievin) #eart t#at
"alls away "rom t#e livin) !od.
6+
B*t enco*ra)e one anot#er day a"ter day, as lon) as it is
still called ;Today,; so t#at none o" yo* will be #ardened by t#e deceit"*lness o" sin.
60
-or we #ave become partakers o" C#rist, i" we #old "ast t#e be)innin) o" o*r ass*rance
"irm *ntil t#e end,
Colossians 6:,+
,,
yet 3e #as now reconciled yo* in 3is "les#ly body t#ro*)# deat#, in order to present
yo* be"ore 3im #oly and blameless and beyond reproac#11
,+
i" indeed yo* contin*e in t#e
"ait# "irmly establis#ed and stead"ast, and not moved away "rom t#e #ope o" t#e )ospel
t#at yo* #ave #eard, w#ic# was proclaimed in all creation *nder #eaven, and o" w#ic# I,
Pa*l, was made a minister.
6 Corint#ians 65:61,
6
Aow I make known to yo*, bret#ren, t#e )ospel w#ic# I preac#ed to yo*, w#ic# also yo*
received, in w#ic# also yo* stand,
,
by w#ic# also yo* are saved, i" yo* #old "ast t#e
word w#ic# I preac#ed to yo*, *nless yo* believed in vain.
6Peter 6:015
0
to obtain an in#eritance which is imperis#able and *nde"iled and will not "ade away,
reserved in #eaven "or yo*,
5
w#o are protected by t#e power o" !od t#ro*)# "ait# "or a
salvation ready to be revealed in t#e last time.
;;
,Peter 6:5166
5
Aow "or t#is very reason also, applyin) all dili)ence, in yo*r "ait# s*pply moral
e<cellence, and in your moral e<cellence, knowled)e,
2
and in your knowled)e, sel"1
control, and in your sel"1control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, )odliness,
:
and in your )odliness, brot#erly kindness, and in your brot#erly kindness, love.
7
-or i"
t#ese +ualities are yo*rs and are increasin), t#ey render yo* neit#er *seless nor
*n"r*it"*l in t#e tr*e knowled)e o" o*r Lord /es*s C#rist.
B
-or #e w#o lacks t#ese
+ualities is blind or s#ort1si)#ted, #avin) "or)otten his p*ri"ication "rom #is "ormer sins.
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T#ere"ore, bret#ren, be all t#e more dili)ent to make certain abo*t 3is callin) and
c#oosin) yo*4 "or as lon) as yo* practice t#ese t#in)s, yo* will never st*mble4
66
"or in
t#is way t#e entrance into t#e eternal kin)dom o" o*r Lord and $avior /es*s C#rist will
be ab*ndantly s*pplied to yo*.
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CALVINISM REFUTED FROM OTHER CHRISTIAN
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T3E CL'IAI$T T. U. L. I. P.
&E-UTED B( $C&IPTU&E
Compiled by /o#n 3enry
IAT&%DUCTI%A:
3alvinism is a manmade philosophy depending on fallible human logic which total
ignores many clear Scriptures! perverts many! and misuses others Fong before ,ohn
3alvin>s time the teaching was presented by the .oman 3atholic heretic Augustine
1ere are some Scriptures soundly refute the errors of the 3alvinist TGFIP$
T N T%TL IABILIT( (3alled in 3alvinism! Total #epravity! but actually taught as the
Total Inability of man to choose Truth The 3alvinist plays many such word games The
"ord of 2od teaches that 2od created man with the ability to reason! choose! and
receive Truth)$
5phesians ($;$ 8Bor by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves$ it
is the gift of 2od8
.omans )0$)'$ 8So then faith cometh by hearing! and hearing by the "ord of 2od8
,ames )$()$ 8"herefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness! and
.535IH5 with meekness the engrafted "ord! which is able to save your souls8
Isaiah)$);$ 83ome now! and let us .5ASO< together! saith the FO.#$ though your
sins be as scarlet! they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson! they
shall be as wool8
#euteronomy +0$)-$ 8I call heaven and earth to record this day against you! that I have
set before you life and death! blessing and cursing$ therefore 31OOS5 FIB5! that both
thou and thy seed may live8
,oshua (4$)6$ 8And if it seem evil unto you to serve the FO.#! 31OOS5 you this day
whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other
side of the flood! or the gods of the Amorites! in whose land ye dwell$ but as for me and
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my house! we will serve the FO.#8
Psalm ))-$+0! )))! )'+$ 8I have 31OS5< The "ay of Truth$ Thy ,udgments have I laid
before meThy Testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever$ for They are the
reEoicing of my heartFet Thine hand help me: for I have chosen Thy Precepts8
,ohn )$)($ 8@ut as many as .535IH5# him! to them gave he power to become the
sons of 2od! even to them that believe on his name8
( Timothy )$)($ 8I know whom I have believed! and am persuaded that he is able to
keep that which I have 3O%%ITT5# unto him against that day8
U N UAC%ADITI%AL ELECTI%A (3alvinism teaches that 2od selects those who are
to be saved without any condition! but the @ible teaches that there is one condition to
salvation$ faith)$
) Peter )$($ 85lect according to the foreknowledge of 2od the Bather! through
sanctification of the Spirit! unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of ,esus 3hrist8
( Thessalonians ($)+$ 82od hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the Truth8
Fuke '$60$ 8 Thy faith hath saved thee 8
5phesians ($;$ 8Bor by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves$ it
is the gift of 2od8
L N LI9ITED T%AE9EAT (3alvinism teaches that 3hrist died only for the elect! but
the @ible teaches that 1e died for all mankind The reason not all are saved is because
they failed to repent and receive the Saviour! not because 1e didn>t provide for their
salvation)$
Isaiah 6+$/$ 8All we like sheep have gone astray: we have turned every one to his own
way: and the FO.# hath laid on him the ini7uity of us AFF8
) Timothy 4$)0$ 8Bor therefore we both labour and suffer reproach! because we trust in
the living 2od! who is the Saviour of AFF %5<! specially of those that believe8
) ,ohn ($($ 8And he is the propitiation for our sins$ and not for ours only! but also for the
sins of T15 "1OF5 "O.F#8
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1ebrews ($-$ 8@ut we see ,esus! who was made a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death! crowned with glory and honour: that 1e by the grace of 2od should
taste death for 5H5.D %A<8
) Timothy ($4$ 8"ho will have AFF %5< to be saved! and to come unto the knowledge
of the Truth8
I N I&&E$I$TIBLE !&CE (3alvinism teaches that 2od>s grace for salvation cannot be
resisted! but the "ord of 2od says it can be resisted)$
Famentations +$+6*+/$ 8To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most
1igh! To subvert a man in his cause! the Ford approveth not8
%atthew (+$+'$ 8O ,erusalem! ,erusalem! thou that killest the prophets! and stonest
them which are sent unto thee! how often would I have gathered thy children together!
even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings! and D5 "OGF# <OTI8
,ohn 6$+-*40$ 8Search the scriptures: for in them ye think ye have eternal life$ and they
are they which testify of me And D5 "IFF <OT come to me! that ye might have life8
Acts '$6)$ 8De stiff*necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always .5SIST
the 1oly 2host$ as your fathers did! so do ye8
Proverbs )$(4*(/$ 8@ecause I have called! and D5 .5BGS5#: I have stretched out my
hand! and no man regarded: @ut ye have set at nought all my counsel! and would none
of my reproof$ I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh8
Proverbs (-$)$ 81e! that being often reproved 1A.#5<5T1 1IS <53J! shall suddenly
be destroyed! and that without remedy8
P N PE&$E'E&ACE (The @ible teaches preservation of the saints: not perseverance
of the saints)$
,ude )$ 8 to them that are sanctified by 2od the Bather! and P.5S5.H5# in ,esus
3hrist8
) Thessalonians 6$(+*(4$ 8And the very 2od of peace sanctify you wholly$ and I pray
2od your whole spirit and soul! and body be P.5S5.H5# blameless unto the coming
of our Ford ,esus 3hrist Baithful is he that calleth you! who also will do it 8
,ohn )0$('*(-$ 8%y sheep hear my voice! and I know them and they follow me$ And I
;>
give unto them eternal life$ and they shall never perish! neither shall any man pluck
them out of my hand %y Bather! which gave them me! is greater than all! and no man is
able to pluck them out of my Bathers hand8
3olossians +$+*4$ 8Bor ye are dead! and your life is hid with 3hrist in 2od "hen
3hrist! who is our life! shall appear! then shall ye also appear with him in glory8
1ebrews '$(6$ 8"herefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto
2od by him! seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them8
C%ACLU$I%A:
3alvinism clearly errs from the teaching of the "ord of 2od on all 6 points of it>s TGFIP
The logical conclusion of 3alvinism is that 2od is an unfair respecter of persons who
chooses people to salvation! not according to any standard that 1e established! but
arbitrarily This strikes at the love and Eustice of 2od! contradicts the fact that 3hrist
gave his life for AFF! and reEects man>s responsibility to choose and love his 3reator
Proverbs (4$(+$ 8 It is not good to have respect of persons in Eudgment8
Acts )0$+4*+6$ 8 Of a truth I perceive that 2od is no respecter of persons$ @ut in every
nation he that feareth 1im! and worketh righteousness! is accepted with 1im8
,ohn /$(;*(-$ 8 "hat shall we do! that we might work the works of 2od9 This is the
work of 2od! that ye believe on 1im whom 1e hath sent
5phesians ($;$ 8Bor by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves$ it
is the gift of 2od8
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T.U.L.I.P. T#e -ive Points o" Calvinism M &e"*ted
Total Depravity
&e"*ted by &omans 6:671+,, EEekiel 67
Total depravity is the name given to the belief that no human being has any perfect aspects to
their character and person. Everything is spoiled. Humans are born already dead in sin, because
they inherit the guilt of Adams sin. When Adam and Eve fell from their original righteousness
and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, they were wholly defiled in all the
faculties and parts of soul and body. They being the root of all man!ind, the guilt of this sin was
imputed and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity
descending from them by ordinary generation. This total depravity is said to result in a total
inability to contribute anything to ones salvation.
Unconditional Election
&e"*ted by 9att#ew ::6+160, ,Peter 6:,16,
"nconditional election is a term given to the belief that God chose some for salvation, but
nothing about those persons influenced Gods choice, and salvation is not on the basis that if you
do what God tells you #a condition$, then he will save you. Those of man!ind who are
predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His
eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen
in %hrist unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love, without any
other thing in the creature as a condition or cause moving him thereunto.
Limited tonement
&e"*ted by /o#n +:62, 6/o#n ,:61,
&imited atonement is a term given to the belief that 'esus did not lay down his life for all
man!ind, but only for some, and that the rest of man!ind have no (aviour. According to this
belief, 'esus did not shed his blood for everyone in general, but only for certain persons in
particular. The benefit of the cross and of the message of the cross is available only to these
fortunate persons. The atonement is irrevocably and utterly limited to that number, and the cross
has no potential to ma!e atonement for even one single person more. &imited atonement simply
means that 'esus did not die for the whole world. This belief arises logically and necessarily out
of the other points of %alvinism. )t is wrong because they are wrong.
Irresistible !race
&e"*ted by L*ke ::+@, 9att#ew ,+:+:
)rresistible grace is the term given to the belief that the grace of God is free which is to say it is
not tied or obligated to anyones choice, but operates apart from human will. )n other words, if
you have not received the grace of God, you cannot apply to God for it and choose to receive it.
Those who receive Gods grace e*ercise no will of their own, nor are they able to resist. )t comes
to them perforce. This view of grace cannot allow of God laying down two alternatives, pointing
out the eternal and unchangeable conse+uences of each, and giving a person the choice,
especially when Gods will favours one alternative and abhors the other.
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Perseverance o" t#e $aints
&e"*ted by 3ebrews 6@:6@, 6B1,B, 6Peter ,:,@1,,
,erseverance of the saints is a term given to belief in the impossibility of apostasy, meaning that
a person who is saved cannot possibly become unsaved. Gods grace is infallible. -ne cannot fall
from grace. Apostasy is impossible. This security of the believer is not about being completely
protected by God so long as one continues to see! refuge in God. )t is about being imprisoned by
God in his security, and +uite unable to brea! out of it. -nce saved, always saved. Any apparent
apostasy by a person is either .ust that, apparent but not real, or else it was the persons salvation
that was only apparent but not real.
For a further explanation of this Calvinist Doctrine go to our Sermon
Page and select Calvinism - The Five Points of Error
A ! minute eas" to understand explanation given at a Conservative
#ennonite $i%le School in &ul" ''!(
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60
;s 9oses li"ted *p t#e serpent in t#e wilderness,
even so m*st t#e $on o" 9an be li"ted *p4
65
so t#at w#oever believes will in 3im #ave eternal li"e.
62
;-or !od so loved t#e world, t#at 3e )ave 3is only be)otten $on,
t#at w#oever believes in 3im s#all not peris#,
b*t #ave eternal li"e.
6:
;-or !od did not send t#e $on into t#e world to .*d)e t#e world,
b*t t#at t#e world mi)#t be saved t#ro*)# 3im.
67
;3e w#o believes in 3im is not .*d)ed4
#e w#o does not believe #as been .*d)ed already,
beca*se #e #as not believed in t#e name
o" t#e only be)otten $on o" !od.
/o#n 6:6:
6:
-or t#e Law was )iven t#ro*)# 9oses4
)race and tr*t# were realiEed t#ro*)# /es*s C#rist
Tit*s ,:66
66
-or t#e )race o" !od #as appeared, brin)in) salvation to all men!
&omans 66:+,
+,
-or !od #as s#*t *p all in disobedience so t#at
3e may s#ow mercy to all
!alatians +:,,
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B*t t#e $cript*re #as s#*t *p everyone *nder sin,
so t#at t#e promise by "ait#
in /es*s C#rist mi)#t be )iven to t#ose w#o believe
6 /o#n ,:,
6
9y little c#ildren,
I am writin) t#ese t#in)s to yo* so t#at yo* may not sin.
nd i" anyone sins, we #ave an dvocate wit# t#e -at#er,
/es*s C#rist t#e ri)#teo*s4
,
and 3e 3imsel" is t#e propitiation "or o*r sins4
and not "or o*rs only, b*t also "or those of t#e w#ole world
3ebrews ,:B
B
B*t we do see 3im
w#o was made "or a little w#ile lower t#an t#e an)els,
namely, /es*s,
beca*se o" t#e s*""erin) o" deat# crowned wit# )lory and #onor,
so t#at by t#e )race o" !od 3e mi)#t taste deat# "or everyone
,PETE& +:B
T#e Lord is not slow abo*t 3is promise,
as some co*nt slowness, b*t is patient toward yo*,
not wis#in) "or any to peris# b*t "or all to come to repentance
6TI9%T3( ,:+1:
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T#is is )ood and acceptable in t#e si)#t o" !od o*r $avior,
4
w#o desires all men to be saved
and to come to t#e knowled)e o" t#e tr*t#.
5
-or t#ere is one !od, and one mediator also between !od and men,
the man C#rist /es*s,
2
w#o )ave 3imsel" as a ransom "or all!
t#e testimony given at t#e proper time.
:
-or t#is I was appointed a preac#er and an apostle
(I am tellin) t#e tr*t#, I am not lyin))
as a teac#er o" t#e !entiles in "ait# and tr*t#.
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/o#n 6:B16+
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T#ere was t#e tr*e Li)#t w#ic#, comin) into t#e world!
enli)#tens every man
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3e was in t#e world, and t#e world was made t#ro*)# 3im,
and t#e world did not know 3im.
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3e came to 3is own, and t#ose w#o were 3is own did not receive 3im.
)(
B*t as many as received 3im, to t#em 3e )ave t#e ri)#t to become c#ildren o"
!od, even to t#ose w#o believe in 3is name!
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w#o were born, not o" blood nor o" t#e will o" t#e "les#
nor o" t#e will o" man, b*t o" !od.
/o#n 7:6,
6,
T#en /es*s a)ain spoke to t#em, sayin),
8I am t#e Li)#t o" t#e world4 #e w#o "ollows 9e will not walk in t#e darkness!
b*t will #ave t#e Li)#t o" li"e
/o#n 6,:02107
4/
8I #ave come as LI!3T T% T3E ?%&LD!
so t#at E'E&(%AE ?3% BELIE'E$ in 9e will not remain in darkness
0:
;I" anyone #ears 9y sayin)s and does not keep t#em,
I do not .*d)e #im4 "or I did not come to .*d)e t#e world,
BUT T% $'E T3E ?%&LD
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;3e w#o re.ects 9e and does not receive 9y sayin)s,
#as one w#o .*d)es #im4
t#e word I spoke is w#at will .*d)e #im at t#e last day.
/es*s Invites ll to Come -reely "or $alvation
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9att#ew 66:,7
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;Come to 9e, all w#o are weary and #eavy1laden, and I will )ive yo* rest.
,B
;Take 9y yoke *pon yo* and learn "rom 9e, "or I am )entle and #*mble in #eart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
9ark 7:+0
+0
nd 3e s*mmoned t#e crowd wit# 3is disciples, and said to t#em,
I" anyone wis#es to come a"ter 9e,
#e m*st deny #imsel", and take *p #is cross and "ollow 9e.
L*ke 2:0210B
02
;?#y do yo* call 9e, =Lord, Lord,= and do not do w#at I say>
0:
;Everyone w#o comes to 9e and #ears 9y words and acts on t#em,
I will s#ow yo* w#om #e is like:
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#e is like a man b*ildin) a #o*se, w#o d*)
deep and laid a "o*ndation on t#e rock4 and w#en a "lood occ*rred, t#e torrent
b*rst a)ainst t#at #o*se and co*ld not s#ake it, beca*se it #ad been well b*ilt.
0B
;B*t t#e one w#o #as #eard and #as not acted accordingly,
s like a man w#o b*ilt a #o*se on t#e )ro*nd wit#o*t any "o*ndation4 and t#e
torrent b*rst a)ainst it and immediately it collapsed,
and t#e r*in o" t#at #o*se was )reat.;
/o#n ::+:1+7
+:
Aow on t#e last day, t#e )reat day o" t#e "east, /es*s stood and cried o*t,
sayin), ;I" anyone is t#irsty, let #im come to 9e and drink.
+7
;3e w#o believes in 9e,
as t#e $cript*re said, =-rom #is innermost bein) will "low rivers o" livin) water.=;
+B
B*t t#is 3e spoke o" t#e $pirit, w#om t#ose w#o believed in 3im were to receive4
"or t#e $pirit was not yet given, beca*se /es*s was not yet )lori"ied.
&evelation ,,:6:
6:
T#e $pirit and t#e bride say, ;Come.; nd let t#e one w#o #ears say,
;Come.; nd let t#e one w#o is t#irsty come4
let t#e one w#o wis#es take t#e water o" li"e wit#o*t cost.
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