Sentences with phrase «unconditional election»

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Here are some unconditional election quotes from Calvinistic authors and pastors:

So let us turn to various Calvinistic authors and teachers to allow them to define Unconditional Election and its related terms in their own words.

One set of texts which are occasionally referenced in support of the Unconditional Election comes from the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24.

This post provides several unconditional election quotes from Calvinistic authors and pastors.

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The basic explanation of Unconditional Election is that God, in eternity past, had an eternal decree by which He predetermined all things that would happen.

The five points of Calvinism form an accrostic (TULIP): Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints.

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While this verse seems to support the Calvinistic idea of Unconditional Election, when we study this statement in its context, we see that it teaches something else.

As a result, we are totally dependent upon God to initiate salvation for us, which He did in eternity past by choosing to save some, without any condition or merit on the part of those whom He chose (Unconditional Election).

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 · [Unconditional Election and Irresistible Grace.]

So by the weight of contextual evidence, it seems clear that Acts 13:48 does not teach Unconditional Election.

«Can Christians who deny unconditional election and irresistible grace be authentically evangelical?»

Even if, however, all the contextual and exegetical material presented above is wrong, and this verse does in fact teach that God ordained these particular Gentiles to receive eternal life (which the arguments above show He did not), this verse is still not a good proof - text for the Calvinistic doctrine of Unconditional Election.

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I believe in election, but not unconditional election.

In summary then, when Jesus says in Matthew 22:14 that «many are called, but few are chosen,» He is not laying out the doctrine of Unconditional Election, but is saying that when God invites all to participate with Him in His rule and reign on earth, He does so without partiality or favoritism.

The bottom line, of course, is that there is nothing in Matthew 22:1 - 14 about Unconditional Election.

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... This is nothing else than unconditional election (Palmer, Five Points of Calvinism, 27).

It didn't appeal to me any more than unconditional election, but it was why I at first rejected Calvinism.

Have you ever heard that John 15:16 teaches unconditional election to salvation?

This post is part of my ongoing series about Unconditional Election.

Finishing up, my objection to unconditional election arose because I had accepted the common teaching of eternal fiery torment for every unbeliever.

When Jesus speaks about the drawing of the Father, Calvinists see this is as evidence of Unconditional Election.

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I find the arguments of some who reject unconditional election a bit confusing when it's said that we all need prevenient grace, but God simply knows who will accept prevenient grace.

It is not uncommon for Calvinists to frequently reference some of the texts of John 6 in their defense of Unconditional Election.

The Calvinists on the other hand have their particular bias, precedence, of man having no inherent - free - will capacity to accept or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, teachings, promises and gifts that they interpret John 6:25 - 71 with — which interpretation is consistent with their precedence and consistent with their ideas of unconditional election and irresistible grace.

Then after giving unconditional election a second and more Biblical look, I went through the musing s about how it could be true if all unbelievers go to eternal hellfire torment, and then I got hit with the realization that the New Testament teaches eternal torment for Satan and his followers, which I heartily endorse, but It teaches destruction for unbelievers.

Though this text does not use the words «choose» or «elect,» it is plain to see why it is a favorite verse for those who want to defend the Calvinistic understanding of Unconditional Election.

In my opinion these verses have nothing to do with the Calvinistic concept of «unconditional election».

The Particular Baptists, on the other hand, were strict Calvinists who agreed with the doctrines propounded by the Synod of Dort (1618 «19), with its assertions of Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, the Irresistibility of grace, and the Perseverance of the saints (TULIP).

Several things about this text, however, indicate that something else is being taught in this text than the Calvinistic doctrine of Unconditional Election.

Though Genesis 12:1 - 3 does not contain the words «elect» or «chosen,» this passage is often cited as a defense of God's Unconditional Election of some individuals for eternal life.

Designed to test Warren's doctrine on everything from the sovereignty of God, to unconditional election, to substitutionary atonement, to homosexuality, the interview was seen by Piper as proof that Rick Warren was indeed a «doctrinally sound» evangelist.

We will talk more about predetermination and foreordination in the future posts about Unconditional Election and the Sovereignty of God, so I don't want to use a lot of room to discuss these issues here, except to say that Scripture, reason, and experience all seem to point pretty clearly to the fact that God expects us to make wise choices and holds us accountable for the choices and decisions we make.