Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

SOTERIOLOGY : M. M. NINAN
4. Similarly a man may be very near to God and may be unrighteous. He will eventually fall
away from Christ.
I I. CALVINISTIC MODEL
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This is the opposite case. Here is
a man close to God, but his ego
pulls him away from God. There
are many great Christians, who
are led away by their vanities and
worldly attractions to fall away.
According to Hebrews they cannot
be reclaimed.
Most Anthropological models are simply two dimensional scalar models. Here everything is
black or white, towards or away from God. There is no freedom beyond that. The Calvinistic
model is a one dimensional model. Before the fall Adam had freedom of will and he could
freely choose. The Calvinistic model of Adam before fall was therefore in two dimesional
representation as follows:
Adam and Eve Before Fall
After the fall he lost his freedom of will as it became enslaved to sin and every man is fixed in
sin and move away from God. Human will therefore is in the same direction as the evil.
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