Bible Question: What is Arminian and Calvinist Children? |
Bible Answer: SisterD, I've not heard of Arminian Children or Calvinist Children. But, this is which each camp believes: Arminianism Articles of Remonstrance 1. God has decreed to save through Jesus Christ those of the fallen and sinful race who through the grace of the Holy Spirit believe in him, but leaves in sin the incorrigible and unbelieving. (In other words predestination is said to be conditioned by God's foreknowledge of who would respond to the gospel) 2. Christ died for all men (not just for the elect), but no one except the believer has remission of sin. 3. Man can neither of himself nor of his free will do anything truly good until he is born again of God, in Christ, through the Holy Spirit. (Though accused of such, Jacobus Arminius and his followers were not Pelagians.) 4. All good deeds or movements in the regenerate must be ascribed to the grace of God but his grace is not irresistible. 5. Those who are incorporated into Christ by a true faith have power given them through the assisting grace of the Holy Spirit to persevere in the faith. But it is possible for a believer to fall from grace. Calvinism (The Canon of Dort) 1. Fallen man was totally unable to save himself (Total Depravity) 2. God's electing purpose was not conditioned by anything in man (Unconditional Election) 3. Christ's atoning death was sufficient to save all men, but efficient only for the elect (Limited Atonement) 4. The gift of faith, sovereignly given by God's Holy Spirit, cannot be resisted by the elect (Irresistible Grace) 5. Those who are regenerated and justified will persevere in the faith (Perseverance of the saints) Steve |