This is an excerpt from an article by Edgar Fudge I found over on the Apologetics Index. The title is “What Calvinism And Arminianism Have In Common”. He listed what he thought were commonalities in six couplets that I have listed below. I don’t know if this is really a debate topic, I am just curious to see if Calvinist and Arminians on here really can agree on these.
Couplet 1:
Every accountable person deserves to be lost.
No accountable person deserves to be saved.
Couplet 2:
God takes no pleasure in the final destruction of any.
God finds pleasure in the salvation of every person who is saved.
Couplet 3:
No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him or her.
Every person whom the Father has given to Jesus will come.
Couplet 4:
The ultimate basis of condemnation is the lost person’s own works.
The ultimate basis of salvation is the work of Jesus.
Couplet 5:
Salvation occurred objectively two thousand years ago in Jesus’ work.
Salvation occurs subjectively as each person believes the gospel.
Couplet 6:
Every person finally l0st will have knowingly rejected God’s goodness.
Every person finally saved will have accepted God’s goodness as it was known to him or her.
I confess that I am not really comfortable with the 2nd line of #6.
God Bless
Jax
Couplet 1:
Every accountable person deserves to be lost.
No accountable person deserves to be saved.
Couplet 2:
God takes no pleasure in the final destruction of any.
God finds pleasure in the salvation of every person who is saved.
Couplet 3:
No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him or her.
Every person whom the Father has given to Jesus will come.
Couplet 4:
The ultimate basis of condemnation is the lost person’s own works.
The ultimate basis of salvation is the work of Jesus.
Couplet 5:
Salvation occurred objectively two thousand years ago in Jesus’ work.
Salvation occurs subjectively as each person believes the gospel.
Couplet 6:
Every person finally l0st will have knowingly rejected God’s goodness.
Every person finally saved will have accepted God’s goodness as it was known to him or her.
I confess that I am not really comfortable with the 2nd line of #6.
God Bless
Jax