Calvinism and Arminianism
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SOVEREIGNTY, FREEWILL AND SALVATION<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
warned repents of its evil, then I will relent <strong>and</strong> not inflict on it the disaster I<br />
had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is<br />
to be built up <strong>and</strong> planted, 10 <strong>and</strong> if it does evil in my sight <strong>and</strong> does not<br />
obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it. –<br />
Jeremiah 18:1-10<br />
Universality of Call/Atonement<br />
Ok, time for a bit of prooftexting:<br />
• Isaiah 53:6 – The iniquity of us all was put on Christ.<br />
• Matthew 11:28-30 – Any who come to Christ are welcome.<br />
• Matthew 18:14 – The Father does not wish that any should perish (anti<br />
predestined-reprobation).<br />
• John 1:7 – Jesus intended for all, wants all to believe.<br />
• John 1:29<br />
• John 3:16-17<br />
• John 4:42<br />
• John 6:33, 51<br />
• John 12:32, 47<br />
• Romans 3:23-24 – All have sinned <strong>and</strong> all have access to justification in Christ Jesus.<br />
• Romans 5:6 – Christ died for the ungodly. Since all are ungodly, Christ died for all.<br />
• Romans 5:15 – Since sin spread to all, Christ’s atonement is meant for all.<br />
• Romans 10:13 – Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.<br />
• II Corinthians 5:14-15 – All died, yet Christ died for all.<br />
• I Timothy 2:3-6 – God desires all men to be saved, <strong>and</strong> gave Himself for all<br />
• I Timothy 4:10<br />
• Titus 2:11 – God’s necessary grace that leads to repentance appears to all.<br />
• Hebrews 2:9 – Jesus tasted death for everyone.<br />
• Hebrews 10:10 – Christ offered once for all.<br />
• II Peter 3:9<br />
• I John 4:14<br />
• I John 2:2 – Jesus is the propitiation, not just for believers, but for the whole world.<br />
• Revelation 22:17<br />
Conditionality of Reward/Punishment (assumed responsibility to the law)<br />
This idea of “the plain sense of Scripture” is known as perspicuity. So let us consider the<br />
perspicuous reading of the following verses:<br />
• Deut 11:26-28: See, I am setting before you today a blessing <strong>and</strong> a curse: the<br />
blessing, if you obey the comm<strong>and</strong>ments of the LORD your God, which I comm<strong>and</strong><br />
you today, <strong>and</strong> the curse, if you do not obey the comm<strong>and</strong>ments of the LORD your<br />
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