shedding light on calvinism and arminianism part six, "finishing the race" "they whom...

Shedding Light on Calvinism and Arminianism

Part Six,"Finishing the

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"They whom God hath accepted in the Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally fail nor finally fall away from the state of grace: but shall persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved."

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 19, sec. 1



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"Those who are incorporated into Christ by a true faith have power given them through the assisting grace of the Holy Spirit, sufficient to enable them to persevere in the faith. But it is possible for a believer to fall from grace."

The Fifth Article of the Remonstrance (abridged)



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"Biblical assurance of salvation is by faith in God's word. Eternal life is offered as a free gift to all who believe on the basis of Christ having fully paid the penalty for sin demanded by God's infinite justice. One's security for eternity lies not in performance but in God's faithfulness. Only believe."

Dave Hunt, Debating Calvinism (with James

White)



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"We have no sympathy whatever with the bald and unqualified declaration 'Once saved always saved.'"

Arthur Pink, Eternal Security



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"Our final salvation is made contingent upon the subsequent obedience which comes from faith"

John Piper, What We Believe about the Five

Points of Calvinism



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"To challenge Perseverance of the Saints in the Calvinistic sense is not to deny Eternal Security, but to affirm Perseverance of the Saints in the Calvinistic sense is to deny the believer Assurance."

George Bryson, The Five Points of Calvinism



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"Calvinism denies the believer assurance whereas Arminianism denies the believer security."

George Bryson, The Five Points of Calvinism



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Col. 1 ~ 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God…

Commands to persevere

Heb. 12 ~ 1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…

Col. 2 ~ 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him…Rev. 3 ~ 10 "Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."

2 Pet. 1 ~ 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.



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John 10 ~ 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

Eternal Security verses

Eph. 2 ~ 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

1 Pet. 1 ~ 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Rom. 8 ~ 34b It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.Eph. 2 ~ 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus…

Rom. 8 ~ 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



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Luke 9 ~ 62 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

"Lose Your Salvation" verses

Col. 1 ~ 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— 23a if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard…

1 Tim. 2 ~ 12 If we endure,We shall also reign with Him.If we deny Him,He also will deny us.

2 Pet. 2 ~ 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Heb. 3 ~ 12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God…

1 Tim. 4 ~ 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons…



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"That those who are incorporated into Christ by true faith, and have thereby become partakers of his life-giving Spirit, have thereby full power to strive against Satan, sin, the world, and their own flesh, and to win the victory; it being well understood that it is ever through the assisting grace of the Holy Ghost; and that Jesus Christ assists them through his Spirit in all temptations, extends to them his hand, and if only they are ready for the conflict, and desire

The Fifth Article of the Remonstrance (unabridged)

his help, and are not inactive, keeps them from falling, so that they, by no craft or power of Satan, can be misled nor plucked out of Christ’s hands, according to the Word of Christ, John 10:28: 'Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.' But whether they are capable, through negligence, of forsaking again the first beginning of their life in Christ, of again returning to this present evil world, of turning away from the holy doctrine which was

delivered them, of losing a good conscience, of becoming devoid of grace, that must be more particularly determined out of the Holy Scripture, before we ourselves can teach it with the full persuasion of our mind."



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IF… man is so totally reprobate that he needs to be regenerated before he can trust in Christ

THEN… God chooses those whom He wants to save and rejects those whom He doesn't

THEN… Christ's sacrifice could not have been for those He did not elect

THEN… those whom He did elect will irresistibly be drawn by His saving grace

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But IF NOT…

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THEN… that election will be manifested (in some degree) by the perseverance of the saint



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Rev. 22:17

IF… man's reprobation does not supplant his God-given freedom to choose salvation

THEN… man is elected to salvation based upon that choice

THEN… Christ's sacrifice would be efficacious to all who will come to Him

THEN… His grace, while not subject to man's will, could be resisted by it

THEN… I need to thank God everyday for His Sovereign Grace which allows the choice to follow Him

Eph. 1:171 John 2:2Acts 7:51Heb. 10:26

And the Spirit and the bride

say, "Come!" And let him who hears say,

"Come!" And let him who

thirsts come. Whoever

desires, let him take the water of life

freely.

that the God of our Lord

Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may

give to you the spirit of

wisdom and revelation in

the knowledge of Him…

And He Himself is the

propitiation for our sins, and not for ours

only but also for the whole

world.

"You stiff-necked and

uncircumcised in heart and

ears! You always resist

the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so

do you."

For if we sin willfully after

we have received the knowledge of

the truth, there no longer remains a

sacrifice for sins…



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CalvinismYou are riding in the back of a pickup truck. You hit a bump,

but the tailgate is up and it protects you.



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ArminianismYou are riding in the back of a pickup truck. You hit a bump,

but the tailgate is down and you are thrown out.



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CalvaryismYou are riding along in a pickup truck. You hit a bump, but you just stay in the cab so you don't

have to worry about it.



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Calvinism's "House of Cards"

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