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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: THE CROSS |
Bible Note: Greetings Graceful! If I can, I will summarize very briefly what Calvinism teaches about salvation. I am not a Calvinist, so I might get some complaints! ;-) But, I will try to be fair. Calvinism teaches that natural man cannot respond to God because natural man is spiritually dead. Therefore, God must draw a person, call a person, grant repentance to a person, and grant faith to a person before that person can respond to the Gospel. This is all done by God and was preordained before man was even created. Consequently, Christ only died for the 'elect', those whom He chose before the creation of the world. The rest of the world gets what they deserve, punishment for sin. Arminianism teaches that Christ died for all men, that He draws all men, and that because of His drawing all men have an opportunity to respond to the Gospel. Arminianism teaches that the 'elect' refers to the Spiritual Israel of Rom. 9-11, and is made up of all those who have or will believe in Christ. That is the difference between the two in a nut shell. I'm sure I left something out though! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |