Calvinism Vs Arminianism

Calvinism vs Arminianism Calvinism and Arminianism is a topic that has been discussed in the church since the 1600 's when the Arminian Clergy published their "Great Remonstrance" that dealt with the 5 points of Arminianism. A popular theologian, John Calvin said “God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.” The thought by Calvin can be fully agreed upon, fully disagreed upon, or anywhere in between. Although it 's impossible to fully understand God and all that he is, the bible gives clear insight to who God 's people are. Unfortunately, the

Arminian believed that because of free will, people choose God not vice versa. That means that opposed to Calvinists view of unconditional election, the Arminianists hold the view of conditional election. With that being said, they think that God chose his people based on his ‘foreknowledge’ which is Him looking into the future and seeing who responds to the gospel (Colie, 2006). The teaching of Arminianism is basically a direct opposite of Calvinism. To explain, the Arminianists believe that the grace of God can be resisted due to free will and it’s not God’s decision to save us. This also means that humans can lose his salvation by falling from

When the Bible clearly shows in numerous passages in the New Testament, with word for word examples, that God 's people were predestined, it 's no longer an argument. Human free-will is a topic of discussion that is taken slightly out of context. Free will means people are automatically choosing sin because it 's nature right from birth. Psalm 51:5 says “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.” All were born in sin and because of the fall it 's what people are most drawn towards. By the grace of God he captures the hearts of his people, by his choice. To pursue the last point made, another verse is Proverbs 14:12 which says, "“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” The point is, we live in an incredibly wicked world. The heart of man is wicked and all desires are evil or in vain without God grabbing the heart of