Arminianism and Calvinism Jacob Arminius John Calvin 1560 - 1509 1517 1509 -1564 Five Solas Sola Scriptura Sola Gracia Sola Fide Sola Christus Sola Deo Gloria If you believe in… If you believe in… If you believe in… Diminished Depravity Radical Depravity Total Depravity Abrogated Election Overcoming Grace Unconditional Election Impersonal Atonement Sovereign Election Limited Atonement Sedentary Grace Eternal Life Irresistible Grace Yieldable Justification Singular Redemption Perseverance of the Saints …then you are an …then you are a …then you are a Arminian Molinist Calvinist H Benjamin York, Ph.D 813-451-5985 [email protected] Sola Scriptura Sola Gratia Sola Fide Solus Christus Soli Deo Gloria Page 1 Arminianism and Calvinism CALVINISM: TULIP T: Total depravity – Every facet of every person everywhere has been marred by sin. U: Unconditional election – God chooses those to be saved based solely on His will. L: Limited atonement – Christ died only for those who are elect. I: Irresistible grace – The elect cannot resist God’s call to salvation. P: Perseverance of the saints – The elect cannot lose their salvation. ARMINIANISM: DAISY D: Diminished depravity – Humanity is depraved, but God uses prevenient grace to restore man’s ability to respond to Him. A: Abrogated election – God bases His election on His foreknowledge of those who freely choose Him. I: Impersonal atonement – Christ died for everyone, making salvation possible for everyone. S: Sedentary grace – God calls everyone to salvation, but many freely reject it. Y: Yieldable justification – The saved can fall from grace and lose their salvation. MOLINISM: ROSES R: Radical depravity – Every aspect of humanity is depraved, but we are not always as bad as we could be. O: Overcoming grace – God’s grace is persistent in the life of the believer, but it can be resisted. S: Sovereign election – God desires the salvation of all, but our salvation is based on His choice not ours. E: Eternal life – God grants believers eternal security in their salvation. S: Singular redemption – Christ died sufficiently for all people, but efficiently only for the saved. FORGIVEN SINS ALL SOME ALL PEOPLE SOME H Benjamin York, Ph.D 813-451-5985 [email protected] Sola Scriptura Sola Gratia Sola Fide Solus Christus Soli Deo Gloria Page 2 Arminianism and Calvinism A theology of salvation must encompass both of these verses… Romans 8:29-30American 2 Peter 3:9American Standard Standard Version (ASV) Version (ASV) 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, to be conformed to the image of his Son, that as some count slackness; but is longsuffering he might be the firstborn among many to you-ward, not wishing that any should brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them perish, but that all should come to repentance. he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. And also include… Ephesians 2:1-10American Standard Version (ASV) 2 And you did he make alive , when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places , in Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. H Benjamin York, Ph.D 813-451-5985 [email protected] Sola Scriptura Sola Gratia Sola Fide Solus Christus Soli Deo Gloria Page 3 .