Salvation Debate
Salvation Debate
The Salvation debate has been one of the most controversial debates in the Christian church known to date. When it comes to the issue of salvation, the majority of Evangelicals agree that, “personal conversion experience is necessary for salvation. Evangelicals unanimously affirm that we are saved by grace through faith and not ourselves” (pg. 145 Across the Spectrum).
So as we can see Evangelicals stand unanimously together on salvation but it is when we get more in depth with predestination and election, which are fundamental to the scripture of understanding salvation that issues arise within the church community. One of the biggest questions that arise from this issue is, “What is the proper balance between God’s sovereignty and God’s love in the salvation process” (pg. 145 Across the Spectrum).
Calvinists and Arminians are two major structures of theology that try to clarify the relationship between God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility in the matter of salvation. The Calvinist view on this subject is that God in his sovereignty and intuition decided to be compassionate and save a percentage of people of the earth (also known as “the elect”). Whereas the Arminian’s hold the view that in God’s sovereign grace, He gives us the free will to accept eternal life with Him or to absolutely reject it. Both structures have come up with five points to back their statements on salvation.
Calvinism has come up with an acronym called TULIP. The T stands for total depravity. Total depravity states that because of the fall of Adam and Eve, every aspect of humanity is stained by sin; meaning that, as humans we are unable to reach God on our own accord. Calvinist use 1 Corinthians 15:22 which says, “For as in Adam all die...” So in other words humans are completely cut off from God. They also use another key verse by Paul in Romans 3:10-12 which basically says that there is no one in this world that is worthy enough to be with God.
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The Salvation debate has been one of the most controversial debates in the Christian church known to date. When it comes to the issue of salvation, the majority of Evangelicals agree that, “personal conversion experience is necessary for salvation. Evangelicals unanimously affirm that we are saved by grace through faith and not ourselves” (pg. 145 Across the Spectrum).
So as we can see Evangelicals stand unanimously together on salvation but it is when we get more in depth with predestination and election, which are fundamental to the scripture of understanding salvation that issues arise within the church community. One of the biggest questions that arise from this issue is, “What is the proper balance between God’s sovereignty and God’s love in the salvation process” (pg. 145 Across the Spectrum).
Calvinists and Arminians are two major structures of theology that try to clarify the relationship between God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility in the matter of salvation. The Calvinist view on this subject is that God in his sovereignty and intuition decided to be compassionate and save a percentage of people of the earth (also known as “the elect”). Whereas the Arminian’s hold the view that in God’s sovereign grace, He gives us the free will to accept eternal life with Him or to absolutely reject it. Both structures have come up with five points to back their statements on salvation.
Calvinism has come up with an acronym called TULIP. The T stands for total depravity. Total depravity states that because of the fall of Adam and Eve, every aspect of humanity is stained by sin; meaning that, as humans we are unable to reach God on our own accord. Calvinist use 1 Corinthians 15:22 which says, “For as in Adam all die...” So in other words humans are completely cut off from God. They also use another key verse by Paul in Romans 3:10-12 which basically says that there is no one in this world that is worthy enough to be with God.
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