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Irresistible Grace Which of these are in worse shape Irresistible Grace Defined by Calvinists Since it is the will of God that those whom He gave His dear Son in eternity past should be saved He will surely act in sovereign grace in such a way that the elect will find Christ irresistible God does not force the elect to trust His Son but rather gives them life The . 3. CALVINISM . . . which believes that some men are predestined, by God, to be saved while other men are predestined, by God, to be damned . . . which means that they cannot be saved Theology . &. Cultural Implications. The Five Points. of Calvinism. . Think of the TULIP. Total. . depravity. Unconditional. election. Limited. atonement. Irresistible. grace. Perseverance. of the . Total Depravity. Brief Historical Review. I. Augustine vs. Pelagius (early 400s AD): Dispute over original sin and free will. Augustine's prayer: "Grant what you command, and command what you do desire." . Calmly . Considered. “One . reason many young people (and perhaps others) embrace the new Calvinism…is because they are convinced it is the only biblically and intellectually serious theology available. It is all too true, as some Calvinists have argued, that many American evangelical churches are almost totally devoid of theology. …curious young people who are convinced there must be something more to their faith than the folk religion they have been given encounter Calvinism for the first time (usually under the name Reformed theology), they are often impressed and sometimes swept away with it. In my experience this is partly under the influence of extremely passionate . vs.. Arminianism. Arminianism. (The Remonstrance, 1610). Partial Depravity. Conditional Election. Unlimited Atonement. Free Will. Conditional Preservation. Calvinism. (Synod of Dort, 1618-19). Total Depravity. CALVINISM Those who choose to receive Christ are chosen by Christ that very same moment and rightly become the elect of God at that point! ) and be evangelistic. Seldom areCalvinists blatantly charged with this failure. The attack is usually couched in implications and insinuations while John Calvinis praised for his brilliance and godli History Overview. History: Why 5 points?. I. Augustine vs. Pelagius (early 400s AD): Dispute over original sin/fallenness, and freedom of mans will. Augustine's prayer: "Grant what you command, and command what you do desire." . Irresistible Grace. Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 9. 1. . God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good, or evil. Limited Atonement. Brief recap. 1. Atonement. : . B. lot . out offense, . restore relationship. . . 2. . . The need for . atonement: God holiness/justice; our sin. 3. Theories of atonement: . Penal Substitution: Christ, the God-Man, satisfies the offense to God's infinite justice as our substitute by His perfect obedience and death on the cross where He takes the place of sinners, has their sin is imputed to Him, and He pays the penalty for their sin.. Irresistible . (Effectual) Grace. Brief Recap of Total Depravity. I. Man’s . whole. nature is corrupted by sin so that He . cannot. do any . spiritual. good. . . WCF 9.3 . Man. , by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation: so as, a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. . That which is done is what will be done,. And there is nothing new under the sun.”. Ecclesiastes 1:9. The Deity of Christ. Was He God?. Was He Man?. Did He really come in the flesh?. Did He give up His deity?. Arminianism. (The Remonstrance, 1610). Partial Depravity. Conditional Election. Unlimited Atonement. Free Will. Conditional Preservation. Calvinism. (Synod of Dort, 1618-19). Total Depravity. Unconditional Election. Saints. . T. otal . Hereditary . Depravity. . . . (“I can’t help myself! I was born that way.”). . U. nconditional Election . “It’s God’s fault! . He chose some & rejected others. Nothing can be done .