Five Points of Calvinism Five Articles of Arminian Remonstrance

T Total Depravity Radical Corruption Human Ability / Free Will W Will of Man is Free D Dead in Sin; Alive to Choose Christ?
Mankind is spiritually dead and under the dominion of sin. Mankind is under the dominion of sin, but all men have free will and the ability to co-operate with the
No one can of his own will come to Christ for salvation. wooing, prevenient grace that God offers to all mankind. Since God desires for all men to be saved,
No one has faith unless God graciously bestows it. it must be possible for all men to be saved. Anyone can choose to come to Christ for salvation.
Gen 6:5; Dt 30:6; Job 14:4; Ps 51:5;58:3; Jer 13:23;17:9; Eze Dt 30:15-19; Josh 24:15; Eze 18:23;33:11; Matt 11:28; Luke 13:24; John 4:14;5:24;6:35,37,40,44-45,47;7:17;10:9;12:32;
36:26-27; Matt 7:16-18;19:25-26;23:37; Luke 24:45; John Acts 2:38;14:2;16:31;17:26-28,30; Rom 3:21-22;10:9,14-15; Eph 1:13; 1Tim 2:3-6;4:10; Jam 1:18 cf 1Pet 1:22-23; 2Pet 3:9; Rev 22:17
5:21;6:37,44,63-65;8:34,43,47;15:16; Acts 13:48;16:14;18:27; Monergism - God alone working the re-birth / regeneration of mankind OR
Rom 6:20;8:5-11;9:16;14:23; 1Cor 2:14;4:7; 2Cor 4:4-6; Eph 2:1-10; Synergism - God acting first with grace and man responding to / cooperating
Phil 1:29; Col 2:13; Titus 1:15; Heb 11:6;12:2 with that grace to be reborn / regenerated? Which comes first: faith or rebirth / regeneration?
U Unconditional Election Sovereign Election Conditional Election E Election is Conditional A Abolition of True Grace
God the Father graciously chose and predestined some Election to salvation involves both the sinner choosing God and God choosing the sinner. God's
sinners to salvation. His choice was in no way conditioned choice was conditioned upon man's choice, as God chose before creation those whom He
upon foreseen good or merit or belief or faith of the chosen ones. foresaw in time believing in Jesus Christ for salvation. Both sides agree with election and predestination!
Dt 7:6-9; Jer 1:4-5; Matt 11:25-27;13:11;20:15; John 5:21; Acts 13:48; Psalm 33:13-15; Acts 15:7-9; Romans 8:28-30; 1 Peter 1:1-2
Rom 8:28-30;9:10-13;11:2-7; Gal 1:15-16; Eph 1:4-12; 1 Thes 5:9; What ultimately causes salvation:
2Thes 2:13-14; 2Tim1:8-11; Titus 3:3-7; 1Pet 1:1-2;2:7-9; Rev 13:8 God's choice of certain sinners OR certain sinners' choice for Christ?
L Limited Atonement Definite Atonement Unlimited Atonement E Every Man is Redeemed I Impotent Savior
Jesus Christ died as the substitute of God's elect, forever redeeming Jesus Christ died for all people, paying the price of redemption for them all. But this does not
them. He did not atone for the sins of any who will die as unbelievers. guarantee their forgiveness; many of His redeemed will eventually be damned because of unbelief.
Isa 43:1-3,12;55:11; Luke 1:68; John 3:36;6:35-39;10:3-5,11, Isa 53:6;John1:29;Rom 5:6-8,17-18;1Cor15:22; 2Cor5:14-15;1Tim2:3-6;4:10;Heb2:9,17;2Pet2:1;1John2:2
14-16,26-29;13:1,18;17:1-20,24-26; Acts 20:28; Rom 8:1-4, Did Christ actually save or merely offer salvation? Does God in perfect justice punish sin once or twice?
28-30; Titus 2:14; Heb 7:25;9:12,15,28; Rev 5:9 Did Christ fail in His efforts to save all men or succeed in saving all those He desired to save?
I Irresistible Grace Effectual Grace Effectual Resistance D Denial Confounds Grace S Sovereignty of the Sinner
God will not be thwarted in His purpose of saving the elect. The sovereignty of God does not extend to salvation; man's will can permanently thwart God's pupose.
Every one of His chosen people was redeemed by Christ and God is trying to save every sinner, but He is helpless to save any sinner who will not let Him.
will certainly be efficaciously called to faith by the Holy Spirit. Prov 1:24-26; Luke 7:30; John 3:34;12:32; Acts 7:51;14:2; Rom 1:21-22; Titus 2:11; Hebrews 10:29
Isa 55:11; Jer 31:18; Eze 36:26-27; John 6:35-39,45;10:3-4, If God wants to save me, and I do not let Him, am I more powerful than Him?
14-16,27-29; Acts 13:48; Rom 8:28-30; 1 Cor 15:10 Does a person decide to be physically born? Does a person decide to be spiritually born?
P Perseverance of the Saints Preservation of the Saints Fall from Grace S Some Will Lose Salvation Y Yielding Eternal Uncertainty
God preserves all true believers in Christ; none of the elect will fall God cannot preserve in salvation those who of their own free will refuse to be preserved; once-believers
away permanently. He enables final perseverance; none will be lost. who do not remain faithful to the end will lose their salvation, fall from grace, and spend eternity in hell.
Isa 55:11; Matt 24:24; John 6:37-39,44,47;10:3-6,14-16,26-29 Matt 5:13;24:13; John 6:66;8:31;15:1-7; Rom 11:22; Gal 1:6-7;5:4; 1Tim 6:21; 2Tim 2:12,17-18;
Rom 8:28-39; 1Cor 1:8-9;15:1-2; Eph 1:13-14; Phil 1:6; 1Thes Heb 6:4-6;10:29; 2 Pet 1:5-12;2:20-22;3:17; 1John 2:24; Rev 2:5;3:5
5:23-24; Heb 7:25; 1Pet 1:3-5; 2Pet 1:5-12; 1John 2:19; Jude1,24-25 Once saved, always saved? What about Charles Templeton?
©Chip Crush 2003 (Revised August 2004)