Message of the Latter Rain - Kelvin M. Duncan

sinful race who through the grace of the Holy Spirit believe in him, but
leaves in sin the incorrigible and unbelieving.
Christ died for all men (not just for the elect), but no one except the
believer has remission of sin.[5]
As we consider these "official" statements of Arminianism, the question
is: Does the Spirit of Prophecy present a view of the gospel which transcends
Arminianism, as it is summarized in the statements cited above? We shall
focus especially on articles number one and two.
1) "God decreed to save ... those ... who ... believe."
2) "No one except the believer has remission of sin."
The Spirit of Prophecy Transcends Arminianism
As was noted in chapter 3, there are three major schools of thought on
the atonement: the Calvinist, the Arminian, and the Universalist. Neither the
Calvinist nor the Universalist schools of thought result in the "double
jeopardy" dilemma. However, their solutions to the problem are clearly
unacceptable. While Arminianism avoids some of the weakness of the other
two perspectives, it is the one perspective which embraces "double jeopardy"
and ultimately presents a view of the gospel which fails to produce assurance
of salvation for the believer. Perhaps more significantly, Arminianism also
fails to vindicate the justice of God. If God's plan of salvation ultimately
concludes in "double jeopardy," God's justice will be compromised. Such a
plan cannot result in a successful denouement of the great controversy.
Our conviction is that the gospel of the Bible is neither Calvinist nor
Arminian. In Romans, Paul presents a view of the gospel which embraces the
truths of both systems, while rejecting the errors. "Therefore, as by the
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