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Concerning salvation, Calvin expressly taught that it is God's sovereign decision to determine whether an individual is saved or damned. [34] [35] He writes "By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man. All are not created on equal terms, but some ...
Concerning salvation, Calvin expressly taught that it is God's sovereign decision to determine whether an individual is saved or damned. [60] [61] He writes "By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man. All are not created on equal terms, but some ...
"If with your mouth you confess Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. . . . For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Philippians 2:11 "and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." 1 Corinthians 15:3-7
Unconditional election (also called sovereign election [1] or unconditional grace) is a Calvinist doctrine relating to predestination that describes the actions and motives of God prior to his creation of the world, when he predestined some people to receive salvation, the elect, and the rest he left to continue in their sins and receive the just punishment, eternal damnation, for their ...
Several passages from Paul, such as Romans 3:25, [r] are traditionally interpreted as meaning that humanity is saved by faith in Christ. According to Richard B. Hays, [81] who initiated the "Pistis Christou debate," [82] [s] a different reading of these passages is also possible.
Perseverance of the saints (also called preservation of the saints; [15] the "saints" being those whom God has predestined to salvation) asserts that since God is sovereign and his will cannot be frustrated by humans or anything else, those whom God has called into communion with himself will continue in faith until the end. Those who ...
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Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) arrived at the same conclusion in his own readings of the early church fathers. In responding to Calvinist William Perkins arguments for the perseverance of the saints, he wrote: "In reference to the sentiments of the [early church] fathers, you doubtless know that almost all antiquity is of the opinion, that believers can fall away and perish."