The five points of Calvinism are outlined according to the acrostic TULIP. The Arminian tenets are set out on the left and the erroneous conclusions of Calvinism on the right. Author unknown. Modified. Bob J.
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Arminianism |
Calvinism
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Hyper-Calvinism
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| Man
has free will and this determines who will and who will not be saved |
Man
is fallen in all his faculties including his will. He is a sinner by nature |
Man
is dead in sin and therefore is not responsible for repentance and saving
faith |
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| God
chose those who He knew would chose Him, that is, those who would exercise
faith in Christ |
Salvation
is according to God’s sovereign choice – not conditioned on works or faith
foreseen |
Because
God has chosen some it is inconsistent to offer salvation to all |
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| Christ
died equally for all, that is, all individuals WITHOUT exception |
Christ
died for all peoples WITHOUT distinction
– the world – and the atonement effectually secured the salvation of His
elect |
God
deals lovingly with the elect and only wrathfully with the non-elect for whom
there are no benefits from the atonement and no common grace |
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gives everyone an equal opportunity.
The new birth takes place after man’s decision |
Though
all are called, the elect only are effectually called, the Holy Spirit
employing the means of grace, principally preaching |
The
Holy Spirit regenerates the elect without prior preparation |
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| Believers
can fall away and be lost |
By
the power of God, through faith, the elect persevere in holiness till heaven |
The
moral law is not the rule of life for believers |
(Scriptures below)
1.
Rom 5:12 Therefore, just as
through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death
spread to all men, because all sinned
2.
Eph 2:1 And you were dead
in your trespasses and sins
3.
Gen 6:5 the Lord saw that the
wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually
4.
John 3:19 …men loved the
darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil
5.
John 8:44a You are of
your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father
6.
2 Tim 2:26 the snare of the
devil, having been held captive by him to do his will
7.
Rom 6:20 For when you were slaves
of sin
8.
John 6:65 …that no one can come to Me, unless it has been
granted him from the Father
1.
Mat 11:27 … nor does anyone know
the Father, except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal
Him
2.
Mat 22:14 For many are called,
but few are chosen
3.
Acts 13:48 and as many as had
been appointed to eternal life believed
4.
Rom 8:28 … to those who are
called according to His purpose
5.
Rom 8:33 Who will bring a charge
against God's elect?
6.
Rom 9:11 For the children being not
yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God
according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls
7.
Rom 9:18 He has mercy on whom He
desires, and He hardens whom He desires
8.
Eph 1:4 just as He chose
us in Him before the foundation of the world
1.
Mat 1:21 …it is He who will save
His people from their sins
2.
John 10:11 … the good shepherd
lays down His life for the sheep
3.
Gal 3:13 Christ redeemed us
from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us
4.
Eph 5:25 …as Christ also loved
the church and gave Himself up for her
5.
2 Tim 1:10 …Christ Jesus, who abolished
death
6.
Heb 9:12 … having obtained
eternal redemption
7.
Heb 9:26 … he appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
8.
1 Pet 2:24 and He Himself bore
our sins in His body on the cross
9.
Rev 5:9 … for You were slain,
and did purchase for God with Your blood men
1.
Rom 8:30 …whom He called,
these He also justified
2.
Rom 9:16 So then it does not
depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy
3.
Acts 16:14 … the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things
spoken by Paul
4.
Gal 1:15,16 But when He who had
set me apart, even from my mother's womb, and called me through His
grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me
5.
Eph 2:5 even when we were dead
in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you
have been saved)
1.
Jer 32:40 And I will make an everlasting
covenant with them that I will not turn
away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their
hearts so that they will not turn away from Me
2.
Mat 7:17 Even so, every
good tree bears good fruit
3.
John 3:36 He who believes in the
Son has eternal life
4.
Rom 8:30 … whom He justified, these
He also glorified
5.
Phil 1:6 …He who began a good
work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus