Synod of Dort (1618-1619) -- added Limited Atonement
Westminister Confession (1646)
The Five Points of Calvinism
Total Depravity -- man cannot do anything good
Unconditional Election -- God arbitrarily predestined
Limited Atonement -- Christ died only for the elect
Irresistible Grace -- The elect cannot resist God's Grace
Perseverance of the Saints -- The elect cannot be lost
Arminianism -- modifies all but #1; totally depend on God's grace
Scriptural Examination
T -- Man Depraved, but not totally so Rom. 3:9-10, 23 -- all people are sinners
Rom. 7:9, 18 -- can will to do good, just not do it
Rom. 2:14-16 -- Gentiles can do what the law requires
Rom. 5:19 -- Christ, a man, did good
Acts 2:40 -- sinners exhorted to save themselvesU -- Predestination according to foreknowledgeRom. 8:29; 1 Pet. 1:2 -- predestined based on foreknowledge
Rom. 8:29 -- to be conformed to the image of his Son
Eph. 1:5 -- to be his sons
Eph. 1:11-12 -- to live for the praise of his glory
Acts 2:23; 1 Pet. 1:20 -- Christ's death predestined
Rom. 9:16, 18 -- election is God's choice
Rom. 9:22-24 -- God puts up with wicked to save chosenL -- Atonement offered for all, but not accepted by allTitus 2:11 -- salvation of all men
Heb. 2:9 -- Christ tasted death for everyone
I John 2:2 -- propitiation for the sins of the whole worldI -- God's grace for all can be resistedActs 7:51 -- the Sanhedrin resisted the Holy Spirit
I Tim. 2:3-4 -- God wants all men to be savedP -- Christians can fall, but don't have toII Pet. 1:10 -- never fall if add Christian virtues
Gal. 5:4 -- fall from grace, severed from Christ
John 10:27-29 no man can snatch us from God
Rom. 8:31-39 nothing separate us from the love of God
I John 5:13 can know we have eternal life
I John 1:7 blood of Jesus keeps on cleaning from sin
