The Five Points of Calvinism - Point 2: Unconditional Election

enOctober 04, 2023

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About this Episode

The second installment of Sooner's 2023 Fall Gospel Meeting addresses John Calvin's second pillar of his theological teachings, represented by the acronym TULIP. The doctrine of "Unconditional Election" claims that mankind lacks the ability or choice to accept salvation through Jesus Christ and that the elect are chosen by God alone before the foundation of the world, effectively removing the concept of free will. Yet, if this is true, doesn't this mean that God would have created only a select few to receive glory, and the rest of all mankind was created solely for the purpose of being sent to Hell? If so, what are we to do with verses such as 2 Peter 3:9?

[2Pe 3:9 NKJV] 9 The Lord is not slack concerning [His] promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Timothy Fleming helps the audience see what the Bible truly says about man's role in accepting the gift of salvation from God by carefully dismantling John Calvin's teachings through careful examination of God's word in part two of his series on Calvinism.

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