Am I an Arminian?

 

Many professing Christians who consider themselves to be “bible-believing” and “evangelical” often have no idea what Arminianism is and that it is the name for the brand of salvation that most churches preach in place of the true Gospel. Arminianism is a doctrine promoted by Jacobus Arminius hundreds of years ago.  This doctrine has crept into the Christian church and has pushed out the true Gospel in most mainline Christian denominations and non-denominational churches of our day.  In order for people to accept this doctrine, its teachers ignore many verses throughout the bible that contradict the various false premises that Arminianism is based upon.

 
Some of the false premises that you probably have been taught:

 

1. God loves everyone.  

  • The bible does not teach this.  Just read Psalm 5:5, Psalm 11:5, and Romans 9 for example.

 

2. God wants to save everybody but He is a gentleman who would never force His will on anyone.

  • The bible says God does the choosing and changes the will that is in bondage to sin into a will that is a slave to righteousnes.

 

3. God votes for you, the devil votes against you and its up to you to break the tie.

  • The truth is an unsaved sinner is in total rebellion to God and will never vote for God without first receiving a changed heart from God.

 

4. Salvation is like a drowning man and a life preserver.  YOU are the drowning man, Jesus is the life preserver and it’s up to you grab the life preserver to save yourself.

  • The bible declares that people are spiritually dead and therefore incabable and uninterested in reaching out to God for salvation.  God must make the sinner willing to come to Christ which He does when He saves a sinner.

 

5. God is knocking at the door of your heart waiting for you to open it so He can save you.

  • It’s God’s world and He does as He pleases as stated throughout the Bible.  For example:
     

    “All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?” [Daniel 4:35]

     

    “… who hath resisted his will?” [Romans 9:19]





Famous Calvinists

Of The Past & Present

 

directory list famous calvinists

 

Introduction

 
In this article we have catalogued the names of many famous Calvinists – Christians who believed and taught the five points of Calvinism, abbreviated as T.U.L.I.P. and also known as “The Doctrines Of Grace”. One important point we wish to make in this article is that all these godly and scholarly Bible teachers believed that what is known today as Calvinism, was and is in fact the true Gospel, the true teachings of the Bible regarding election, predestination and the sovereignty of God in salvation. And their views on these doctrines were the accepted views of what was considered “orthodox” – as compared to “unorthodox” or heretical – teaching regarding salvation. It is only in the past 150 years or so, and most predominently in the past 50 to 100 years, that the opposing view (Arminianism, also known as the “Free-Will” gospel) has spread like wildfire in the churches to the point where Calvinism is now considered heresy by many professing Christian teachers and preachers. It was Arminianism and the free-will gospel that was once called heresy and labeled such at the Synod of Dort back in 1618. Things have greatly changed in the Church in 400 years.
 

T – U – L – I – P (The 5 Points Of Calvinism) Summarized

T stands for Total Depravity

U stands for Unconditional Election

L stands for Limited Atonement (also known as Particular Redemption)

I  stands for Irresistable Grace

P stands for Perseverance Of the Saints (also known as Preservation Of The Saints)

 
Please check out our material on Predestination & Free Will for some extremely insightful articles and Bible studies on these intriguing and controversial subjects.
 

directory list famous calvinists

 

Famous Calvinists Of The Past:

Click HERE to see our list of quotes by famous Calvinist preachers and teachers.

 

Only God's will is totally free

 

Contemporary Famous Calvinists:

popular salvation plan versus true biblical salvation plan

 

People Guilty Of Greatly Spreading The False “Free Will” Gospel:

[1] – most preachers nowadays preach free-willism
 

Of his own will begat he us James 1:18

 

VIDEO: Calvinism Is The Gospel

by Jerry Johnson

 

 

Additional notes about Calvinism:

  • What Is Neo-Calvinism?

Neo-Calvinism is a form of Calvinism initiated by the Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper.

  • What Is New-Calvinism?

New Calvinism is not so much a belief as it is a movement. New Calvinists believe in the five points of Calvinism. It is just that they are also accepting of things that many Calvinists have not historically embraced and that includes the “sign gifts”, such as speaking in tongues. For example, there is a group called “Sovereign Grace Ministries” that falls into this category. New Calvinists tend NOT to adhere as strictly to the Three Forms of Unity and other Reformed confessions of faith as do traditional Calvinists.

  • What Is Hyper-Calvinism?

While there are various opinions on what constitutes Hyper-Calvinism, most calvinists would define the term hyper-calvinism to mean the belief that there is no need to preach to anyone in order for a person to be saved by God and that salvation is entirely an act of God, even apart from a preacher. However this belief is erroneous in light of Romans 10:14 and other Bible passages. See our article about Primitive Baptists – True Hyper-Calvinists for a more in-depth discussion of hyper-calvinism and why it is most definitely unbiblical.
 

Is True Biblical Salvation Synergistic Or Monergistic?

The true Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ is monergistic. As scripture says in Jonah 2:9 “Salvation is of the Lord”. True salvation does not require the spiritually dead sinner to do anything. God regenerates without the sinner’s cooperation or acceptance or participation of any kind whatsoever. This type of salvation is “one-way” (where only one party – God – is at work) therefore it is referred to as monergistic, with God being the AUTHOR and FINISHER of our faith. This view is in stark contrast to a two-way salvation (God doing His part and man supposedly doing his part), which is a synergistic – and unbiblical though very popular – view. If a person ever truly comes to God, the God of the bible, it is because GOD has already taken out their heart of stone and given them a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26-27).

 

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