The 5 Points Of Arminianism Explained

Pastor Steve Waldron, New Life of Albany - Albany, Ga

[ompaloompa]

Being born again IS choosing Christ- wholeheartedly repentance after you are CALLED.

[robertmcvicar]

Once I was blind but now I see. I'm one of the sheep Jesus died for. I love him because he first loved me. Which is why I'm dilligent to make my calling and election sure. Ex Arminian Calvinist.

[canadiankewldude]

What a Brilliant response to this question.

*_God Bless_*

[aabb]

Good summary. We all could stand to keep in mind that TULIP is a reaction to Arminianism. Also I love your greeting. "I hope you're having a great day in Jesus." I've got to use that.

[TheReader]

I’ve just decided to hold all the views. 😂 I hold a doctorate in this stuff and I figure if He’s a lion and a lamb, I’m just gonna hold all the views and trust in Jesus and do my best. 😂😂😂

[pokemonbluepikachu]

Hello brother, though I disagree with you; I appreciate you putting the other view across .
God bless

[derrickschiano]

John 6:44 No one can come to the Son unless the father draws him to me and I will raise him up on the last day. We are chosen before the foundation of World.

[apostolicclips]

I’d love to see you do a video describing your perspective on Van Til and Presuppositional Apologetics. I may be on an island alone, but I believe there’s a way to reconcile Calvinism with Apostolic Pentecostalism, and merge Theologies.

[rupertmedford]

What denomination are you?
Where did you do your theological education?
Do you have a creed or confession of doctrinal beliefs I can look at?

[Scotts.Christianity.Teaching]

I'll help you out.
I'm against suicide. I was depressed also to suicidal. I almost did suicide as a 5-Point Calvinist. And these scriptures got me more hope.
I became more Arminian now from these scriptures I posted on here. I believe people can fail salvation.

Loving God is wanting to be useful for him much. What if a person could do that much of his time? And I enjoy working from this. People who enjoy working. When it's more likely to be boring to non-Christians.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Mark 9:33 (V)They came to Capernaum; and when He was in (W)the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
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Mark 9:34 But they kept silent, for on the way (X)they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.
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Mark 9:35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "(Y)If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
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Christian world domination. Why to raise kids Christians. God Son Jesus said similarly to whoever is useful the most is the best merited of the apostles. Useful merit for eternal rewards and competition with other Christians. With God Son Lord Jesus Christ faith teaching, people will want to be useful for the kingdom of Heaven, which usefulness happens on Earth and if any other place. We need to help this world as much as we can!
This text could motivate, supposed to be Christian people, to do all types of usefulness. Chores, volunteering, grade school, high school, college, and work. Good people, this world needs them.

[thinktankindi]

Thank you. Nor much academic discussion in Christianity anymore.

[CoffeeCoffeeCoffee]

Extent and Application.
The offer truly is for whosoever, however salvation is only applied to those who come to Jesus.

[rogermetzger]

It is probable that most people believe whatever they were first taught about this subject. It seems also probable that Calvinists are diligent to teach their children from a Calvinist perspective. Most Arminians, however, aren’t even aware that there’s a name for that perspective and most Arminians fail to be intentional about encouraging their children to consider the evidence for that view.

While I lean more toward the Arminian view, I think it is unfortunate that many Arminians speak disparagingly about John Calvin. The context in which Calvin developed his theology was a time when almost everybody in Europe had been taught that their destiny depended on remaining on the good side of the local priest. Imagine the sense of relief when Calvin taught them God had made that decision before they were even born!

Even more recently, Calvin’s doctrines have the advantage of absolutely precluding any sort of salvation by works.

For me, not only is salvation only by grace and only through faith but that principle applies to all aspects of salvation: justification, sanctification and glorification. I have been saved (justified)*, I am being saved, (sanctified) and I will be saved (glorified).

There is nothing we can do to earn or deserve God’s forgiveness.

We can no more transform ourselves than an Ethiopian can change his skin or a leopard can change his spots. We can’t be better people by trying to be better, even if we think we can accomplish that “with God’s help”. At the same time, we can give God permission to transform us (take away our selfishness and replace it with his selflessness). He won’t do so without our permission.

The hierarchy of the Roman Church taught, for more than a thousand years, that the institutional Church was the kingdom of God on Earth. Jonathan Edwards (eighteenth century Congregationalist minister in the North American colonies) taught that Jesus would return only after Chrisitian evangelism had resulted in all or nearly all human institutions including civil governments adopting Christian principles. Many progressives continue to operate on the assumption of some version of postmillennialism.

I don’t agree with the dispensationalist/futurist method of interpreting Bible prophecies but I’m an historicist premillennialist who believes Jesus will return at the beginning of the millennium to resurrect the people who have died in faith and take living believers with them to the mansions he has gone to prepare. Which is to say that the kingdom of glory will be inaugurated suddenly and catechismically entirely without our aid. We can enter the kingdom of glory only by grace and only through faith. Jesus can never be the kind of political messiah most traditionalists are expecting.

*and I need that justification every day as symbolized by the continual (sometimes translated “daily”) sacrifices of the symbolic (antitypical) system

[ranospiteri]

it was Elisabeth who first calls Mary the Mother of God first. Luke 1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my (Lord) should come to me?

[gdot]

Thanks for the explanation. It seems like an enlightenment view placed upon scripture. Too many problems texts with this position and you have to straw man Calvinism to explain Arminianism. The clearest explaination of scripture isn’t necessarily the correct understanding of scripture. But this guy is a great teacher.

[DeusVault]

You skipped the Armenian version of total depravity which is different than the calvinist one

[rodgermilner]

Hello sir, are you an Arminian or would you consider yourself more non-denominational who just things many of the points of Arminian are correct? Also what is that book you are reading?

[bradleymiller]

We are warned against bickering and fighting in the name of doctrines. Ephesians 4:4-6 is just one Biblical testimony that we are not to fight about doctrine and foolishness, Titus 3:9-10. Why? Because we under the four gospels and the whole of the Word of God are ONE BODY. The Calvinists and the Arminians and the catholics and the whatever else there is who neither added nor subtracted from the Word. Those of us will all stand before God and all from each sect will either be found washed in the blood of the Holy Lamb for our sins or we won't. Do not sit there and argue endlessly about different strengths and proofs of faith. It is ONE faith, ONE god, ONE resurrection, and ONE way.

[biggusbestus]

How did Christianity get along before John Calvin ? Theology can create some divisions can it not ?

[kathyern]

on the day of Pentecost - before they repented and believed - the HS regenerated them