The Calvinism Debate - Way of Life Literature

1 Corinthians 1:26-29--“For ye see your calling,brethren, how that not many wise men aer the flesh, notmany mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hathchosen the foolish things of the world to confound thewise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world toconfound the things which are mighty; And base things ofthe world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen,yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought thingsthat are: at no flesh should glory in his presence.”is passage does not say that God saves only a pre-selectedgroup of people. e calling discussed in this passage pertainsto HOW God calls not WHO He calls. is is clear in theprevious verses:“For aer that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdomknew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preachingto save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and theGreeks seek aer wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified,unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeksfoolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews andGreeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1Cor. 1:21-24).God determined to call or save men through the gospelrather than through intellectualism or philosophy or miraclesor some other means. God calls men through the gospel.“Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining ofthe glory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 ess. 2:14). And sincethe gospel is to be preached to “every creature” it is clear thatGod offers salvation to every sinner. But only those whocome through this one appointed means are saved, and whenwe look at Bible believing churches through the age we seethat those who come are usually of the lower rungs of society.at is God’s plan. ose of the “humbler class” are the oneswho more readily acknowledge that they need salvation. Bythis means, God has confounded the proud.Romans 8:29-33--“For whom he did foreknow, he alsodid predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,96