2007-11-10 07:03:37 · 8 answers · asked by Ace of Spades 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry abbasgirl, my mistake.
2007-11-10 07:17:18 · update #1
I think you mean "Arminianism" (Arianism is the belief that Jesus is not God).
Calvinists believe that God chooses or predestines who will be saved, based on Bible verses like Ephesians 1:11. They believe that only those who are chosen will recieve Jesus as their saviour and that once they are saved they will never lose their salvation.
Arminians believe that while God foreknows who will chose him and who will not, he leaves the decision up to the individual.
Source: Bible college degree and a lot of time spent in discussion with people in both camps.
2007-11-10 07:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by abbasgirl 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
If you are referring to Arius's anti -Trinitarian teachings, then I would say the Arius is dead wrong.
I read the bible regularly, the KJV and I mark the verses in Old and New Testaments that support the Trinity view and the eternal existence of the Father, Son And Holy Spirit and I'm going to tell you that the Trinity is all over the bible. From the first page to the last page. I'll go further, You can not possibly understand what is being said unless you believe in the Trinity doctrine. Take Psalm 2 as a great example of a dialog between all three members of the Trinity.
When you read scripture, and especially prophetic scripture, you should understand that sometimes it is God the Father speaking, sometimes it is God the Son speaking, and sometimes it is the prophet speaking, but it is ALWAYS the Holy Spirit speaking. If you don’t get that you'll never understand the spiritual nature of the bible all the mysteries that it holds because it was intentionally written in such a way.
As far as predestiny is concerned, it is obviously a paradox. God has clearly predestined us. If this were not true, how could you prophesy anything. This is supported in many verses through out the bible and I've never read otherwise. However we must have some sort of free will at some point in time because Jesus is trying to get us to change our ways.
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, " Eph 1:4-5
2007-11-10 07:27:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It boils down to God's sovereignty vs. man's free will. Calvinism sees Man as totally unable to look to God for salvation, from the fall of Adam forward. Divine intervention is needed. Arminianism looks at Man as being depraved, but retaining a spark of ability to use his own will in seeking out God, i.e. God works in men's hearts, but leaves the final decision up to Man.
Everything else stems from these arguments.
2007-11-10 07:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by ccrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 00:59:04 · answer #4 · answered by ludlum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calvanism
biblehelp.org
Arianism
mb-soft.com/believe/txo/arianism.htm mb-soft.com/believe/txo/arianism.htm
Have at it...
2007-11-10 07:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by theladygeorge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer:
We all had the free will to post to this question.
2007-11-10 07:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by Brother G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
abbasgirl's answer was excellent and to the point.
I wonder which Bible college she attended?
Pastor Art
2007-11-10 07:17:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
And your queston was ?????
2007-11-10 07:06:31 · answer #8 · answered by hghostinme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋