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Irresistible grace

Calvinism - 4. Irresistible grace. http://www.gospeloutreach.net/tulip.html. The Doctrine Defined:.

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Irresistible grace

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  1. Calvinism - 4 Irresistible grace

  2. http://www.gospeloutreach.net/tulip.html

  3. The Doctrine Defined: In addition to the outward general call to salvation (which is made to everyone who hears the Gospel), the Holy Spirit extends to the elect a special inward call that inevitably brings them to salvation. The external call (which is made to all without distinction) can be -- and often is -- rejected; whereas the internal call (which is made only to the elect) cannot be rejected; it always results in conversion.

  4. The Doctrine Defined: By means of this special call, the Spirit irresistibly draws sinners to Christ. He is not limited in His work of applying salvation by man's will, nor is He dependent upon man's cooperation for success. The Spirit graciously causes the elect sinner to cooperate, to believe, to repent, to come freely and willingly to Christ. God's grace, therefore, is invincible; it never fails to result in the salvation of those to whom it is extended. This describes in a nutshell the doctrine of Irresistible Grace, or the Efficacious Call.

  5. The Doctrine Defined: God's call to salvation is unlimited but His redemption is limited to those who believe. (Matthew 22:14) The Holy Spirit's conviction and drawing is what drags us to God. We do not come by our own will, which is utterly depraved and naturally hostile toward God. In The word "draw", used in John 6:44, is taken from the Greek word "helkuo", which means literally, "to drag." The very same word is used in Acts 16:19, where it is translated "dragged" in the NKJV, Amplified Version, NASB, and the NIV. When the Holy Spirit draws sinners, He literally drags them.

  6. The Doctrine Defined: Before salvation sinners are dead in trespasses and sins. A dead person is lifeless and not able to do anything. If you wish to move a dead person without any assistance, from one end of a place to another you must drag him. That is exactly what the Holy Spirit has to do to sinners to bring them to salvation. The Holy Spirit regenerates the unregenerate by turning a spiritually dead will that is in rebellion against God to one that is spiritually alive and willingly accepts Jesus as Savior and Lord.Thus, salvation is all of God and not of man in any way, shape, or form. He deserves all the credit, praise, and glory.

  7. What do the Scriptures teach? • We have FREE WILL. • Deuteronomy 30:15-18 • Joshua 24:15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

  8. We have free will. • Jeremiah 4:3-4 • 6:10, 16-19 • 29:18-19 • 32:33 • 35:13-17 • Ezekiel 18:20-32

  9. We have free will. • Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! • John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

  10. Therefore, we will be judged according to our works. • Ezekiel 18:30 “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. • 2 Corinthians 5:9-10 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

  11. Without free will, these statements make no sense: • “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Luke 6:46 • The Calvinist would have to answer: Dumb question, Lord. God willed it to be that way. • For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 • The Calvinist says, “whoever God is partial to, him He will zap with His Holy Spirit to create faith, and he will be saved.

  12. Without free will, these statements make no sense: • "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17 • The Calvinist says, “whosoever God forces, let him take the water of life under compulsion.” • "And whosoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them." Luke 9:5 • The Calvinist says, “shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against God, who didn’t enable them to receive you.”

  13. God calls all, but we can resist. • Mark 16:15-16 • John 6:44-45, • Isaiah 2:2-3 • Romans 10:13-17 • John 8:32 • John 6:63, 68

  14. The Calvinist makes the devil more powerful than God. • Adam and Eve were totally hereditarily righteous. • Genesis 1:31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. • The devil, by his word, was able to entice righteous Adam and Eve into sin. • Genesis 3:1-6, cf. 2 Corinthians 11:3 • Is God’s word unable to affect the sinner the way the devil’s word affected the righteous? John 5:25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

  15. Consequences of Irresistible Grace: • We are essentially puppets. • God is a respecter of persons. • We are judged on that which we couldn’t help but do. • The gospel is useless and unnecessary. • God’s word is less powerful than the devil’s. • The Scriptures are nonsense.

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