Cross Reference
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CALVINISM: TULIP
T: Total depravity – Every facet of every person everywhere has been marred by sin.
Actuality:
Though by definition total depravity could be conceived to be reprobation. However, it could be, for one reason of another, a temporary swing in one’s disposition who is without God or who has run from Him. Reprobation, on the other hand, is by a decree of God which cannot be reversed even by Him. (cf Romans 1:28 KJV). Here how it works: If you remember Queen Esther, a kings decree is always the last word meaning, even he can’t reverse it. In this is God seen as KING of KINGs no other king can be over Him making His decrees ABSOLUTELY IRREVERSIBLE! By this same knowledge and understanding, a kings decision for the advancement of any individual are never decrees, if he is a wise king. This even held true for Jesus.
U: Unconditional election – God chooses those to be saved based solely on His will:
Actuality
The elect are of the New Born of God, Spiritually birthed from above. Upon salvation they are the select who continued on to have their lives ruled by the Life of Christ Jesus.
L: Limited atonement – Christ died only for those who are elect:
Actuality
By His death on the cross did Jesus Christ redeem all of mankind, restoring them to same level playing field Adam enjoyed before he transgressed. In addition did those righteous held captive by the grave rejoice to have been set free!
I: Irresistible grace – The elect cannot resist God’s call to salvation:
Actuality
The elect are those chosen in the foreknowledge of God witnessed by Him after the fact of their salvation. Irresistible grace would be by “vision” of that which God would grant them sufficient to seal them unto eternal life., i.e., His new birth built upon the foundation of Redemption. This, however, would not impede one who might otherwise purposely, by untoward persuasion, choose to fall away unto apostasy. By God’s design will the freewill of man always be an issue until his glorification, irrespective of election.
P: Perseverance of the saints – The elect cannot lose their salvation:
Actuality
If they remain faithful: “If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Colossians 1:23 (KJV) + many more verses.
T: Total depravity – Every facet of every person everywhere has been marred by sin.
Actuality:
Though by definition total depravity could be conceived to be reprobation. However, it could be, for one reason of another, a temporary swing in one’s disposition who is without God or who has run from Him. Reprobation, on the other hand, is by a decree of God which cannot be reversed even by Him. (cf Romans 1:28 KJV). Here how it works: If you remember Queen Esther, a kings decree is always the last word meaning, even he can’t reverse it. In this is God seen as KING of KINGs no other king can be over Him making His decrees ABSOLUTELY IRREVERSIBLE! By this same knowledge and understanding, a kings decision for the advancement of any individual are never decrees, if he is a wise king. This even held true for Jesus.
U: Unconditional election – God chooses those to be saved based solely on His will:
Actuality
The elect are of the New Born of God, Spiritually birthed from above. Upon salvation they are the select who continued on to have their lives ruled by the Life of Christ Jesus.
L: Limited atonement – Christ died only for those who are elect:
Actuality
By His death on the cross did Jesus Christ redeem all of mankind, restoring them to same level playing field Adam enjoyed before he transgressed. In addition did those righteous held captive by the grave rejoice to have been set free!
I: Irresistible grace – The elect cannot resist God’s call to salvation:
Actuality
The elect are those chosen in the foreknowledge of God witnessed by Him after the fact of their salvation. Irresistible grace would be by “vision” of that which God would grant them sufficient to seal them unto eternal life., i.e., His new birth built upon the foundation of Redemption. This, however, would not impede one who might otherwise purposely, by untoward persuasion, choose to fall away unto apostasy. By God’s design will the freewill of man always be an issue until his glorification, irrespective of election.
P: Perseverance of the saints – The elect cannot lose their salvation:
Actuality
If they remain faithful: “If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Colossians 1:23 (KJV) + many more verses.
