Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.
- By Fervent
- General Theology
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That only works in a general sense, but doesn't live up to scrutiny. Perseverance of the saints doesn't hold if you don't know whether you were one of the elect until after all is said and done. So the only way to have assurance is to not question your own election, and by that I don't mean "why me?" But "Am I?" As there is nothing that separates the elect from the non-elect except God's "inscrutable" will there is no way that one can know they truly are part of the elect, or if tomorrow they're going to wake up and find that God was only allowing them to fool themselves.You have surety because God's promises are true.
It's just that. Are God's promises true? Yes...
If a person is drawn and believes then they're also chosen and since the choosing belongs to God you don't have the question why me and not the person to my right or left, you just are grateful you were chosen in unmerited Grace.
It's about having full faith and trust in God and not in yourself.
That is not even to begin talking about the issue of God becoming the author of sin under Calvinism and what that says about the trustworthiness of God's promises to begin with.
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