Was Arminius right?

Question

Most evangelical Christians in practice follow what the followers of Arminius taught. The Calvanists, then in a position of power, produced there 5 points in response to the 5 points made by the students of Arminius. They called themselves the remonstrants, not arminians. I found when I actually read what these Arminian beliefs were (on Wikkipedia), that they were both more in accord with the Biblical accounts of salvation and with experience than the Calvanist view. In fact I would say that remonstrants put forward an excellent summary of salvation - what that I believe to be true. Try reading for yourself and tell me - was Arminius right.

Answer 1

I believe that neither were absolutely correct but there is some kind of middle ground between the 2 extremes!

e.g. on one hand it says we are predestinated and elected (in certain passages of Scripture especially Ephesians and Romans) but we also have free will to choose or else we are just robots!

God's ways are not our ways - His ways are higher than our ways and cannot be fully understood (Isaiah 55)

The most important doctrine of all is Salvation - so long as we are saved then we will have everlasting life - Arminianism and Calvinism both try to explain how salvation happened but they are peripheral compared to being right with God! The devil is always trying to divide and distract Christians by getting them wound up in pointless debates about these things and end times too!

Answer 2

Jacobus Arminius tried to reconcile Calvin's view of God's grace with that of man's will.

Calvin taught MONERGISM, that everything about salvation has been predetermined by God, and that He has already predestined who are to be saved or not.

Arminius taught SYNERGISM, that man's will is needed to cooperate with God's offer of salvation. He sought the middle ground.