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Lima Pokok Calvinisme, kadang-kadang dikenal dengan mnemonik TULIP, merupakan ringkasan dari soteriologi Reformed. Meskipun mereka dinamai menurut nama Yohanes Calvin, mereka sebagian besar mencerminkan ajaran Pasal-Pasal Dordrecht.
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental, Presbyterian, and Congregational traditions, as well as parts of the Anglican and Baptist traditions.
John Calvin has a soteriological concept that focuses on God's sovereignty. Calvin's soteriological thinking is contained in the TULIP acronym formulation of salvation. At present there are problems with the environment, a great deal of environmental degradation has led to a relational disharmony.
- Made Nopen Supriadi
- "Weighed And Found Wanting"
- INTRODUCTION
- Affirmation vs. Definition
- The Five Point Acrostic
- 5 Doctrines
- Turning To Calvinists
- Soft vs. Hard
- Heart and Soul
- All Or None
- What Is The Point?
- Why I Am Not A Calvinist
- Non-Arminian Reasons
- Moderate Calvinists?
- Primary Purpose
- A Little History
- What the Five Points Are Not Saying
- Explanation Before Evaluation
- CHAPTER 1: TOTAL DEPRAVITY EXPLAINED
- The Hard View
- The Inoperable Will of Man
- Spiritual Birth Before Saving Faith
- Total Depravity = Total Inability
- From Death to Life Without Faith in Christ
- The Distinctive of Calvinistic Depravity
- CHAPTER 2: UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION EXPLAINED
- What about the Unelect?
- The Softer View
- The Harder View
- The Cause of Exclusion
- Faith - Not a Factor
- Why the Unelect Are Not Elect
- Good Fortune vs. Misfortune
- Created for Damnation
- Just Love It and Leave It Alone
- The Question of Justice
- Human Freedom vs. Predestination
- CHAPTER 3 LIMITED ATONEMENT EXPLAINED
- Four Point Calvinists?
- CHAPTER 4 IRRESISTABLE GRACE EXPLAINED
- Make them an Offer They Can't Accept
- The Rub
- A Meaningless Call?
- CHAPTER 5 PERSERVERENCE OF THE SAINTS EXPLAINED
- Proceed With Caution
- Faith First
- The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
- Why Are Some Excluded/Included?
- Good News/Bad News?
- CHAPTER 9 IRRESISTABLE GRACE REFUTED
- Can Grace Be Resisted?
- - refuse.
- Is God Teasing the Unelect?
- Neither Rejected Nor Ejected
- CHAPTER 10 CALVINISTIC PERSERVERENCE OF THE SAINTS REFUTED
- Spiritual Building Materials
- The Challenge and Goal
- CONCLUSION
- AN EVEN LAZIER MAN'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING CALVINISM
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction MAJOR SECTION ONE: EXPLANATIONS Total Depravity Explained Unconditional Election Explained Limited Atonement Explained Irresistible Grace Explained Perseverance of the Saints Explained MAJOR SECTION TWO: COUNTER POINTS Calvinistic Total Depravity Refuted Unconditional Election Refuted Limited Atonement Refuted Irres...
For more than a decade I was the host of a Christian talk show called 'Scripturally Speaking.' On many different occasions the topic of Calvinism in general, and the Five Points of Calvinism in particular, was introduced either by me, an in-studio guest, or a caller. I can clearly remember one discussion in which a Calvinist guest was debating with...
My guest then admitted that he was also surprised, if not confused, for he too wrongly assumed I was a Calvinist because I agreed that predestination was taught in Scripture. The mistake both my Calvinist guest and the Arminian caller had made was to assume that the distinctive of Calvinism is the Calvinist's affirmation of predestination. However,...
A simple and common way to remember the Five Points of Calvinism is by using the acronym TULIP. T =Total Depravity U =Unconditional Election L =Limited Atonement I =Irresistible Grace P =Perseverance of the Saints While acknowledging some value in using this acronym, Sproul also expresses some serious reservations. He says: This acrostic ...
When speaking about the Five Points, a Calvinist could either be referring to the brief affirmations associated with the acronym TULIP (i.e., Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, etc.) or the actual doctrines which are identified by these affirmations and for which the acronym is to be a reminder. You cannot understand the doctrine(s) of the Fi...
Since it's the Five Points of Calvinism that we are going to discuss, it stands to reason that we turn to Calvinists for an interpretation and explanation of these five points. Therefore in the discussion which is to follow I will rely (for an interpretation of the five affirmations) heavily upon well-known Calvinist theologians, scholars, histor...
As we will momentarily see, there are what I call softer and harder forms of Calvinism. However, much of what passes for "moderate Calvinism" is not Calvinism at all. That is, many non-Calvinists see no problem with what they believe to be one or more of the Five Points (i.e., an affirmation such as Perseverance of the Saints) but they are interpre...
It should also be noted that even though there is more to Calvinism than the Five Points, there is no Calvinism without the Five Points. Quite clearly they represent the heart and soul of Calvinism. Thus, to truly understand the five points is to understand Calvinism. To misunderstand the five points is to misunderstand Calvinism. According to the ...
Boettner goes on to explain that: These are not isolated and independent doctrines but are isolated and independent doctrines but are so inter-related that they form a simple, harmonious, self-consistent system; and the way they fit together as component parts of a well-ordered whole has won the admiration of thinking men of all creeds. Prove any ...
Packer reduces that one point to the words "God saves sinners." If that were really what the Five Points boiled down to, I would have no problem with the Five Points. However, despite what Packer says, as will be demonstrated, that "one point" of Calvinism can be likened to one coin which has two sides. Though seldom, if ever stated in such blunt t...
On many different occasions I have heard Calvinists say something like the following: If only every true Christian with a working knowledge of Scripture understood Calvinism in general and the five points in particular they would be five point Calvinists. However, as I hope it will become apparent, it is precisely because I understand Calvinism in...
However, for the record, I wish to make it clear that I am not in disagreement with Calvinism for "Arminian" reasons. I say this because a common myth perpetuated by some Calvinists as well by some Arminians is that if you are an Evangelical Christian and not a Calvinist you must be an Arminian, at the very least by default. While I agree with Calv...
I should also point out that many people who call themselves moderate Calvinists will not identify with the Calvinists I rely upon to represent what I believe to be authentic Calvinism. In some cases it will be due to the fact that many people mistakenly call themselves Calvinists because they have bought into this notion that if you are not an Arm...
My primary purpose for writing this book is to encourage the reader who might be inclined to seriously consider embracing Calvinism to first subject the Five Points to what I believe is (for Calvinism) the "harsh" light of Scripture. As I see it, a careful study of Scripture is not all that kind to the Five Points. If you already are a Calvinist, o...
For those interested in a little history of the Five Points it should be understood that they are not only a reflection of the views of the reformer John Calvin, but also of Saint Augustine. Just as the Synod of Dort, (the synod which first formally presented these points as the Five Points of Calvinism), was a Calvinistic Synod, so John Calvin was...
One final word before moving on to explain what Calvinists have in mind when they speak of the Five Points of Calvinism. As noted earlier, many Evangelical mistakenly think they accept one or more of three of the Five Points and thus truly believe themselves to be moderate (or one, two or three point) Calvinists. An example of what I mean is found ...
Thus it should be obvious that without a clear and accurate explanation of the Five Points, a fair and scriptural evaluation is not possible. Therefore in this next section of the book (the first of two major sections), I have attempted to allow (as much as possible) Five Points Calvinists to explain what they have in mind when they speak about suc...
Among Calvinists, there are basically two schools of thought (i.e., hard and soft) with regard to Total Depravity. However, the difference between authentic Calvinists (as it relates to depravity) is one of degree are not kind. The Soft View Some Calvinists contend that the unregenerate (one not born again) is sinful in every area of his life, but ...
To this point, I, with most other mainstream Evangelicals, would agree. However, other Calvinists see the soft view of Total Depravity as a compromise. Hanko believes that "total" means "absolute". He says the Synod of Dort intended us to understand: "that man is just as sinful as he can be." (italics mine) Hanko goes on to say that: When Calvin ...
What we cannot do because of Total Depravity, from a Calvinistic Perspective, is of course very important to a Calvinistic definition of Depravity, especially as it is relates to a gospel presentation directed at the unregenerate. That is, Calvinistically speaking, the unregenerate are not only unable to do good (as well as unable to refrain from d...
Again, and Calvinistically speaking, because of the effect of Depravity on the unregenerate, those who are to be regenerated must be regenerated (i.e., born again) so that they can believe in Christ. You must be born again first. Only after spiritual rebirth can you have and exercise saving faith from a Calvinist's point of view. No definition of d...
So important to Calvinists is this notion that the unregenerate are unable to believe the Gospel or to receive Christ in their unregenerate state, that most Calvinists use the term Total Inability and Total Depravity interchangeably. Steele and Thomas explain that: Because of the fall, man is unable of himself to savingly believe the gospel. The s...
The point is that you go from death to life without placing faith in Christ. Faith in Christ, from a Calvinist perspective, comes with that life but is neither needed nor possible before that life begins. It is perhaps best to refer to the inoperable will of the unregenerate - relative to receiving Christ, believing the Gospel when it is preached,...
However, before we move on, allow me to reiterate the most important Calvinistic distinctive relative to Total Depravity. In Herman Hoeksema's Reformed Dogmatics he argues that, with regard to the logical order of the application of salvation, the first thing God does is regenerate the elect. Only after a man is born again can God effectually call ...
If Total Depravity says that the unregenerate cannot believe the Gospel or receive Christ, or in any way respond positively to God in his unregenerate state, Unconditional Election says that this does not matter (for the unregenerate elect). For God has, from all eternity, elected some to be saved unconditionally. Calvinistically speaking, faith is...
If the implication of Depravity for the unregenerate elect (i.e., a dead and inoperable will) is answered by Unconditional Election for the unelect says, "Tough luck." Nevertheless, as with Total Depravity, there are two schools of thought among Calvinists with regard to Unconditional Election - as it relates to reprobation, or not being elected.
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YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
YOU WILL BE SAVED OR DAMNED FOR ALL ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SAVED OR DAMNED FROM ALL ETERNITY.
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Broadly speaking Calvinism (named after the 16 th century Genevan reformer John Calvin) is a biblical world-and-life view that speaks to the head, heart, and hands with implications for church, family, vocation, government, and everything in between.
Discuss specific pairs of ideas and corresponding Scripture passages (related to both Arminianism’s and Calvinism’s views) about human ability or inability in spiritual matters. Since the news about man’s spiritual condition is extremely serious, the “good news” about salvation is good indeed.
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A Calvinistic world and life view encompasses the sovereign providence of a gracious God and clearly defines what is known as the five points of Calvinism. In this updated and expanded second edition, the authors clearly explain the differences between arminianism and Calvinism and show how the view one takes in this ongoing controversy will ...
