Compilation of Bible Passages Supporting the Doctrines of Grace

[MuffinTheMan]

Please do not post if you do not hold to the doctrines of grace.

Hopefully this isn't a repeat, but I'm hoping for a thread that contains a vast compilation of clear passages from Scripture that demonstrate and support God's absolute sovereignty and the doctrines of grace (total depravity, unconditional election, particular redemption, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints).

I'll start off with a brief list that I compiled for a post elsewhere, and I would love feedback from those who hold to the doctrines mentioned above regarding any verses that may not be as good as I (or anyone else) thinks they are (i.e. due to context, etc.). Thanks, and God bless!

All verses below quoted from NASB
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“God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.” – Genesis 45:7-8

“The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, even the wicked for the day of evil.” – Proverbs 16:4

“ Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, how then can man understand his way?” – Proverbs 20:24

“The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.” – Proverbs 21:1

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5

“All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.” – Matthew 11:27

“Jesus answered them, ‘ To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.’” – Matthew 13:11

“For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.” – Mark 13:19-20

“But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table. For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!” – Luke 22:21-22

“ I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’” – John 13:18

“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.” – John 15:16

“Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.’” – John 17:1-2

“'Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.” – Acts 2:22-23

“For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.” – Acts 4:27-28

“When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.” – Acts 13:48

“A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.” – Acts 16:14

“…and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation…” – Acts 17:26

“And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.” – Acts 22:14

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, ‘FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; ‘WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.’ But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:28-39

“What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! For He says to Moses, ‘I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION.’ So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ‘FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH.’ So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, ‘Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?’ On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, ‘Why did you make me like this,’ will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.” – Romans 9:14-24

“ God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? ‘Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.’ But what is the divine response to him? ‘I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.’ In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; just as it is written, ‘GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY.’” – Romans 11:2-8

“but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” – 1 Corinthians 1:23-24

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.” – Ephesians 1:3-12

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:8-10

“So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” – Philippians 2:12-13

“Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” – Colossians 1:25-27

“So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.” – Colossians 3:12-13

“Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.” – 2 Timothy 1:8-11

“For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.” – Hebrews 9:15

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.” – 1 Peter 1:1-2

“After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.” – 1 Peter 5:10

“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.” – 2 Peter 1:2-11

“Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.” – Jude 1-2

 

[MuffinTheMan]

"For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them."
- Psalm 139:13-16 (NASB)

 

[drstevej]

Jude 24-25 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

 

[MuffinTheMan]

Thanks, drstevej!

 

[twin1954]

Rom 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Rom 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Rom 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.



1Co 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

 

[MuffinTheMan]

Thanks, twin1954!

 

[drstevej]

Exodus 4:11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

More discrimination on God's part.

 

[gmm4j]

Prov 8:22-35
22 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; 23 I was appointed from eternity,from the beginning, before the world began. 24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth,when there were no springs abounding with water; 25 before the mountains were settled in place,before the hills, I was given birth, 26 before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world. 27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, 29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command,and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. 30 Then I was the craftsman at his side.I was filled with delight day after day,rejoicing always in his presence, 31 rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind. 32 "Now then, my sons, listen to me;blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;do not ignore it. 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me,watching daily at my doors,waiting at my doorway. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. 36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself;all who hate me love death."

 

[MuffinTheMan]

More discrimination on God's part.

Indeed. God is sovereign.

 

[bsd058]

Prov 8:22-35
22 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; 23 I was appointed from eternity,from the beginning, before the world began. 24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth,when there were no springs abounding with water; 25 before the mountains were settled in place,before the hills, I was given birth, 26 before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world. 27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, 29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command,and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. 30 Then I was the craftsman at his side.I was filled with delight day after day,rejoicing always in his presence, 31 rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind. 32 "Now then, my sons, listen to me;blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;do not ignore it. 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me,watching daily at my doors,waiting at my doorway. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. 36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself;all who hate me love death."

I never really realized this as a passage regarding grace. But I see that now. I only ever saw it as Wisdom personified building a case for why we should listen to her. Thank you for sharing this one especially.

 

[twin1954]

I never really realized this as a passage regarding grace. But I see that now. I only ever saw it as Wisdom personified building a case for why we should listen to her. Thank you for sharing this one especially.

Try substituting the word Christ for the word wisdom and you will have the key to the passage. It reads much better in thr KJV though. Christ is wisdom.

 

[JM]

Not my work, just sharing...

Spiritual Deadness

Genesis 2:16-17; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 58:3; John 3:5-7; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3; Colossians 2:13.

Darkened Minds and Corrupt Hearts

Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 7:21-23; John 3:19; Romans 8:7-8; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 4:17-19; Ephesians 5:8; Titus 1:15.

Bondage to Sin and Satan

John 8:34; John 8:44; Romans 6:20; Ephesians 2:1-2; 2 Timothy 2:25-26; Titus 3:3; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 5:19.

Universal Bondage

1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Job 15:14-16; Psalm 130:3; Psalm 143:2; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:9-12; James 3:2; James 3:8; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 1:10.

Inability to Change

Job 14:4; Jeremiah 23:13; Matthew 7:16-18; Matthew 12:33; John 6:44; John 6:65; Romans 11:35-36; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 3:5.

A Chosen People

Deuteronomy 10:14-15; Psalm 33:12; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 106:5; Haggai 2:23; Matthew 11:27; Matthew 22:14; Matthew 22:22; Matthew 22:24; Matthew 24:31; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:28-30; Romans 8:33; Romans 11:28; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2; 1 Peter 2:8-9; Revelation 17:14.

Election Not Based on Foreseen Responses

Mark 13:20; John 15:16; Acts 13:48; Acts 18:27; Romans 9:11-13; Romans 9:16; Romans 10:20; 1 Corinthians 1:27-29; Philippians 1:29; Philippians 2:12-13; Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:9; James 2:5; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:8.

Election Precedes Salvation

Acts 13:48; Romans 11:7; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Timothy 2:10.

Election Based on Sovereign Mercy

Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 7:6-7; Matthew 20:15; Romans 9:10-24; Romans 11:4-6; Romans 11:33-36; Ephesians 1:5.

Jesus Actually Saves

Matthew 1:21; Luke 19:10; Acts 5:31; Romans 3:24-25; Romans 5:8-9; Romans 5:10; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 1:3-4; Galatians 3:13; Ephesians 1:3-4; Ephesians 2:15-16; Ephesians 5:25-26; Philippians 1:29; Colossians 1:13-14; Colossians 1:21-22; 1 Timothy 1:15; Titus 2:14; Titus 3:5-6; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 13:12; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 John 1:7.

 

[JM]

Jesus Fulfills the Eternal Covenant

John 6:35-40; John 10:11; John 10:14-18; John 10:24-29; John 17:1-11; John 17:20; John 17:24-26; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:17-19; Ephesians 1:3-12.

How Jesus Died for “All” and Yet for a Particular People (2)

These texts speak of Christ’s saving work in general terms: John 1:9; John 1:29; John 3:16-17; John 4:42; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; 1 Timothy 2:4-6; Hebrews 2:9; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:1-2; 1 John 4:14.

The Spirit Saves

Romans 8:14; 1 Corinthians 2:10-13; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; 1 Peter 1:1-2.

The Spirit Gives New Birth

Deuteronomy 30:6; Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26-27; John 1:12-13; John 3:3-8; John 5:21; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:5; Ephesians 2:10; Colossians 2:13; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 5:4.

The Spirit Reveals the Secrets of God

Matthew 11:25-27; Matthew 13:10-11; Matthew 13:16; Matthew 16:15-17; Luke 8:10; Luke 10:21; John 6:37; John 6:44-45; John 6:64-65; John 10:3-6; John 10:16; John 10:26-29; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 1:17-18.

The Spirit Gives Faith and Repentance

Acts 5:31; Acts 11:18; Acts 13:48; Acts 16:14; Acts 18:27; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 1:29; 2 Timothy 2:25-26.

The Spirit Effectually Calls

Romans 1:6-7; Romans 8:30; Romans 9:23-24; 1 Corinthians 1:1-2; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:23-31; Galatians 1:15-16; Ephesians 4:4; 2 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 9:15; Jude 1:1; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Peter 1:3; Revelation 17:14.

Salvation Given by a Sovereign God

Isaiah 55:11; John 3:27; John 17:2; Romans 9:16; 1 Corinthians 3:6-7; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Philippians 2:12-13; James 1:18; 1 John 5:20.

 

[JM]

T.U.L.I.P. - THE SCRIPTURAL REFUTATION OF THE 5 POINTS OF ARMINIANISM

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"T.U.L.I.P." is an acronym for the five scriptural points of the doctrine of salvation
which was the result of the Synod of Dordt in the 1618. The reason for this synod
was to address the 5 points of doctrine which the Arminian Remonstrants presented to the
Reformed Churches of Europe.
The acronym stands for:
T. Total Depravity U. Unconditional Election L. Limited Atonement I. Irresistable Grace P. Perserverance of the Saints (believers)
Additionally:
God's Sovereignty Reprobation

Here is a list of scripture proof texts that lead to the rejection of the Arminians':


TOTAL DEPRAVITY



Genesis 2:16-17 Adam's death for disobedience
Romans 5:12 That same death passes upon us
Ephesians 2:1-3 Necessary for us to be quickened who were dead
Colossians 2:13 Necessary for us to be quickened who were dead
Psalm 51:5 David a sinner from conception onward
Psalm 58:3 Wickedness from birth
John 3:5-6 New birth necessary to enter kingdom
Genesis 6:5 The thoughts of man's heart only evil continually
Genesis 8:21 The heart evil from youth
Ecclesiastes 9:3 Hearts are filled up with evil
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all else
Mark 7:21-23 Evil acts come from a depraved heart
John 3:19 Men love darkness rather than light
Romans 8:7-8 The mind is set against God and cannot please him.
1 Corinthians 2:14 Unregenerate cannot understand spiritual things
Ephesians 4:17-19 dark understanding & hardness of heart
Ephesians 5:8 We also were once darkness
Titus 1:15 The unbelievers very minds and consciences are corrupt
John 8:44 The will of the unbeliever is to do devil's will
Ephesians 2:1-2 following the prince of the power of the air
2 Timothy 2:25-26 captured by the devil
1 John 3:10 children of the devil
1 John 5:19 world in the power of the evil one
John 8:34 everyone who sins is slave to sin
Romans 6:20 slaves to sin
Titus 3:3 slaves to sinful passions
2 Chronicles 6:36 true of entire human race
Job 15:14-16 man cannot be clean
Psalm 130:3 nobody could stand if the Lord marked iniquity
Psalm 143:2 no living man is righteous before Lord
Proverbs 20:9 none can say they made their heart clean
Ecclesiastes 7:20 not a just man on earth
Ecclesiastes 7:29 not created that way, but fell
Isaiah 53:6 all have gone astray and each has gone astray
Isaiah 64:6 even righteous deed like a polluted garment
Romans 3:9-12 all are under the power of sin
James 3:2, 6, 8 unable to bridle any passion
1 John 1:8, 10 if we say we have no sin we are self-deceived
Job 14:4 impossible to bring a clean thing out of an unclean
Jeremiah 13:23 Cannot change ourselves
Matthew 7:16-18 a bad tree cannot bear good fruit
Matthew 12:33 Must make the tree good for fruit to be acceptable
John 6:44 No one can come apart from being drawn
John 6:65 Coming must be granted by the father
Romans 11:35-36 We cannot give a gift to God
1 Corinthians 4:7 If you are different, it is because God made you that way
2 Corinthians 3:5 We are not sufficient of ourselves (this deals with Paul's call
to the ministry primarily, of course)
2 Timothy 3:7-8 never able to come to a knowledge of truth
Titus 1:12-13 Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Titus 1:15-16 even their mind and conscience is defiled... reprobate
James 2:10-11 offense in one point of the law renders one guilty of the entire law
James 3:12 no fountain can bring forth both salt water and fresh.
Psalm 22:29 none can keep alive his own soul


UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION



Deuteronomy 10:14-15 God set his heart in love = chose
Psalm 33:12 God chooses his own heritage
Psalm 65:4 Chosen to dwell in his courts
Psalm 106:5 God's chosen ones
Haggai 2:23 God chose Zerubbabel
Matthew 11:27 Only the one the Son chooses know the Father
Matthew 22:14 Many are called, but few are chosen
Matthew 24:22, 24, 31 days shortened for the elect the elect cannot
be deceived gathering of the elect
Luke 18:7 God will vindicate his elect
Romans 8:28-30 Called according to God's purpose
Romans 8:33 These (28-30) are God's elect
Colossians 3:12 God's chosen ones
1 Thessalonians 5:9 God has destined us to obtain salvation
Titus 1:1-2 to further the faith of God's elect
1 Peter 1:1,2 the exiles who were chosen and destined
1 Peter 2:8,9 some stumble because they were destined to,
but others are a chosen race who have been called.
Revelation 17:14 Those with Christ are called and chosen and faithful
Mark 13:20 God did the choosing
Ephesians 1:4 It was done before the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:8 God chose people, not just a plan
Revelation 17:8 God chose people, not just a plan
Romans 9:11-13 God's choice not based on anything creaturely
Romans 9:16 Not based on man's will or man's exertion
Romans 10:20 God found by those who did NOT seek him
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 God chose the foolish, weak, low and despised
specifically so that no flesh could boast that ANY PART of their salvation was from them.

2 Timothy 1:9 not by our works, but because of his own purpose
Ephesians 1:11-12 Works are the result not the cause of election
Ephesians 2:10 Works are the result not the cause of election
John 15:16 Apostles did not choose Christ, but he chose.
Acts 13:48 Those who were ordained believed.
Acts 18:27 Those who believed did so through grace
Philippians 1:29 Granted to us to believe
Philippians 2:12-13 God wills his pleasure in us
1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 Because chosen, the word came in
power of Holy Spirit and not just words of men.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 God chose them from the beginning to be saved.
James 2:5 God has chosen the poor to become rich to faith

Election is NOT salvation, but is unto salvation
(Romans 11:7, 2 Timothy 2:10; etc)

Exodus 33:19 God's mercy based on his will
Deuteronomy 7:6-7 (esp. 7) chosen-ness not based on something good in the chosen.

The doctrine of election is really the biblical doctrine of the sovereignty of God
as it applies to the doctrine of salvation.

Deuteronomy 7:6 God chose the nation of Israel for no good thing in the nation.
Luke 6:13 Jesus chose disciples whom also he named apostles
John 17:16 A group of men belonged to the Father and he gave them to Christ
Acts 9:15 Paul was also a chosen vessel, as were the other apostles
Exodus 33:19 God will be gracious to whom he pleases
Deuteronomy 4:37 chosen-ness based on being beloved
Joshua 11:20 Decisions of the wicked are result of God's hardening
Job 23:14 God does that which he has appointed
Psalm 65:4 The man is blest who is chosen to enter God's house
Jeremiah 1:5 God knew Jeremiah before he was formed in the womb
Matthew 20:16 external call not the same as election
Matthew 25:44 The kingdom prepared for some people from foundation of the world
2 Timothy 1:11 Paul appointed a preacher, an apostle, a teacher
2 Timothy 2:10 Paul endures all things for the elect's sake
2 Timothy 2:19 The Lord knows them that are his
Hebrews 2:13 Behold, I and the children God gave me - applied to Christ
John 17:2 Christ gives life to those who were given to him by the Father
Ephesians 1:5 God predestinated us to adoption according the
good pleasure of his will.


LIMITED ATONEMENT




The issue of the atonement is not the WORTH of it. The death of Christ is of infinite worth.

When we use the term "limited" we are referring not to the value of the atonement,
but to the scope of it. Some Calvinists have therefore preferred not to use the term
"limited atonement," realizing that all but universalists limit the atonement either
in respect to its intention or in respect to its power. If it is limited in respect to
its intention, then it does not apply to all men. If it is limited with respect to its
power, then it does not apply to all men. If it is limited with respect to its power,
then it does not actually save, but merely makes salvation a possibility. Now I have
no problem with the term, because it fits the acrostic TULIP quite nicely. Nevertheless,
a lot of ink has been wasted attacking and defending this particular doctrine when,
in fact, the attackers often did not understand what they were attacking, but simply
bristled at the idea of anything pertaining to Christ being "limited." The issue in
the doctrine of limited atonement is: Who did Christ actually redeem, anyway?


1. Christ came not merely to enable men to be saved, but actually to save them.

Matthew 1:21 He shall save his people from their sins
Luke 19:10 Christ came to seek and to save what was lost
2 Corinthians 5:21 he was made sin for us
Galatians 1:4 Christ gave himself to deliver us.
1 Timothy 1:15 Jesus came to save sinners
Titus 2:14 He gave himself for us to redeem us.
1 Peter 3:18 Suffered to bring us to God
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Christ died for all who die to sin
Ephesians 5:25 Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.
Acts 20:28 Christ purchased the church with his own blood
Isaiah 53:6 The Lord has laid our sins upon Christ
Ephesians 1:7 We have actual redemption
Hebrews 1:3 Sins are actually purged.


2. As a result of Christ's work, his people are reconciled to God, justified,
given the Holy Spirit who regenerates and sanctifies them. All these blessings were
actually secured by Christ.

Romans 5:10 we were reconciled by the death of God's Son
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 God reconciled us to himself by Christ
Ephesians 2:15-16 Christ abolished enmity of ordinances and
reconciled us to God by the cross.
Colossians 1:21-22 Christ reconciled us by the body of his flesh through death
Hebrews 2:17 he made reconciliation for the sins of his people.
1 John 2:2 Christ is propitiation for sin
1 John 4:10 his Son the propitiation for our sins.


3. Christ secured righteousness for his people

Romans 3:24-15 Redemption secures justification
Romans 5:8-9 Justified by his blood
1 Corinthians 1:30 He is made to us wisdom, righteousness,sanctification & redemption.
Galatians 3:13 Christ made a curse for us
Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the power of darkness.
Hebrews 9:12 blood of Christ obtained eternal redemption
Hebrews 9:15 death is redemption of transgressions
1 Peter 1:18-19 redeemed ... with the precious blood
1 Peter 2:24 he bare our sins

4. Christ, by his atonement, secured the gift of the Spirit, which includes
regeneration and sanctification and all that is involved with them.

Ephesians 1:3-4 all spiritual blessings based upon being chosen in Christ
Philippians 1:29 even suffering "given" to us in behalf of Christ
Acts 5:31 God gives repentance and forgiveness
Titus 2:14 Christ gave himself for us - to redeem and purify.
Titus 3:5-6 Washing of regeneration and renewing of Holy Spirit
Hebrews 10:10 Sanctified by the offering of the body of Christ
Ephesians 5:25-26 Christ gave himself for the church to sanctify and cleanse it.
1 Corinthians 1:30 wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and righteousness from Christ
Hebrews 9:14 Christ's blood purges our conscience from dead works
Hebrews 13:12 Jesus' blood sanctifies his people
1 John 1:7 Christ's blood cleanses us from all sin


5. Jesus laid down his life for his sheep. They are those who are made to hear his
voice (i.e. obey his voice) and follow him.

John 10:11 the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep (by implication:
not for wolves or goats.)
John 10:14 he knows them and is known by them
John 10:15 lays down his life for his sheep
John 10:16 other sheep which he must bring - they too shall hear his voice
John 10:26 his detractors did not believe because they were not of his sheep
John 10:27 his sheep hear his voice and follow him
John 10:28 the sheet shall never perish


6. Jesus, in his high-priestly prayer, prayer not for the world but for those given
to him by the Father

John 17:9 Christ prayed for those given to him out of the world (cf.v.6)
John 17:20 Christ prayed also for those who would believe on Christ


7. Paul traced all the blessings which the saints inherit (including redemption)
back to the fact that they were chosen in the eternal counsel of God. (Ephesians 1:3-12)

Ephesians 1:3-4 all spiritual blessings (and redemption is a spiritual blessing)
are ours based upon God choosing us in Christ before the foundation of the world
...to sanctification as well as justification.

Ephesians 1:5 God predestinated us to adoption according to the good
pleasure of his will
Ephesians 1:7 Our redemption is secured by his blood -as also forgiveness of sins.


- Jesus was sent into the world by the Father to save the people that the Father
had given him. None of them shall be lost.

John 6:35-40: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine
own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him
that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him,
may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

 

[JM]

IRRESISTIBLE GRACE


(Efficacious call/regeneration/irresistible grace)

The gospel extends a call to repent to everyone who hears its message
(Acts 17:30) It promises salvation to all who repent and believe.
Yet, because men are dead in trespasses and sins, men do not respond
to the gospel call. Men, of themselves, are both unwilling and unable savingly
to respond to the gospel call. No amount of external pleading, bargaining, threatening,
or promising can cause blind, dead, deaf, rebellious sinners to bow the knee to Christ.
Such an act is totally contrary to man's nature. There is, for the elect, an inward
call by the Holy Spirit attached to the outward call of the gospel. This is sometimes
called regeneration, being "born again or from above,"a new creation, etc.
For the purpose of our acrostic it is called "irresistible grace."

50 passages that teach Irresistible Grace:

John 1:12-13 born (again) not by man's will, but God's
John 3:3-8 flesh begets flesh -Spirit begets Spirit wind/Spirit blows
where it will
Titus 3:5 according to his mercy - washing of regeneration
1 Peter 1:3 Begotten according to God's mercy
1 Peter 1:23 Born of incorruptible seed by Word of God
1 John 5:4 Born of God
Deuteronomy 30:6 Lord himself circumcises our hearts
Ezekiel 36:26-27 The Lord gives anew heart and enables by his Spirit
Galatians 6:15 Nothing we can do avails - only becoming a new creature
Ephesians 2:10 We are created unto good works
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 We are new creations - old passed, new come
John 5:21 The Son quickens whom he will
Ephesians 2:1,5 Quickened who were dead
Colossians 2:13 dead in sins; quickened by Christ
Matthew 11:25-27 hid from wise - revealed to whom Christ will
Luke 10:21 same as above
Matthew 13:10-11 Given to some to understand - others are hardened.
Luke 8:10 same as above
Matthew 16:15-17 flesh and blood did not reveal -special blessedness
John 6:37 all the Father gives shall come
John 6:44 No man can come except the Father draw him; and Christ will raise up
John 6:45 everyone who has learned (been disciple) from the Father comes
John 6:64 Jesus knew from the beginning
John 6:65 no man can come
1 Corinthians 2:14 natural man cannot know spiritual things
Ephesians 1:17-18 God gives spirit of wisdom - eyes of the understanding enlightened.
Acts 5:31 Jesus gives repentance to Israel
Acts 11:18 God has also granted repentance to the Gentiles
Acts 13:48 As many as were ordained to eternal life believed
Acts 16:14 The Lord opened Lydia's heart
Acts 18:27 believed through grace
Ephesians 2:8-9 faith a gift of god
Philippians 1:29 it is given to us to believe
2 Timothy 2:25-26 God may give repentance to the acknowledging of the truth!
Previously captive to devil at his will Romans 1:6-7 the called of
Jesus Christ = beloved of God

Romans 8:30 predestinated then called then justified then glorified
Romans 9:23-24 prepared for glory, then called.
1 Corinthians 1:1 called to be an apostle by God's will
1 Corinthians 1:9 called by God the faithful
1 Corinthians 1:23-31 not may wise, etc.
Galatians 1:15-16 Paul called when it please God
Ephesians 4:4 Those in the body called in hope
2 Timothy 1:9 called according to his purpose and grace
Hebrews 9:15 called; receive the inheritance
Jude 1 sanctified - persevered - called
1 Peter 1:15 calling - holy
1 Peter 2:9 called from darkness to light
1 Peter 5:10 called to eternal glory
2 Peter 1:3 given us all things ... hat called
Revelations 17:14 those with Christ are called, chosen, faithful
Isaiah 55:11 God's word accomplishes what he pleases
John 3:27 nothing received except from heaven
John 17:2 gave eternal life to as many as thou hast given
Romans 9:16 not of him that willeth or runneth
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 it is God who gives increase
1 Corinthians 4:7 who makes you to differ? cannot glory!
Philippians 2:12-13 God works in you both to will and to do
James 1:18 of his own will begat he us
1 John 5:20 Son of God gave us understanding
John 17:6 Christ manifested himself to those the Father gave him out
of the world.

2 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 4:12-13; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 12:2;
Hebrews 13:21


PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS




This doctrine has sometimes wrongly (by both advocate and enemy) been referred to as
"once saved always saved." That is a very poor way of looking at it, however.
In reality, what the doctrine teaches is that the elect are kept in faith by
the Spirit of God. It does not teach that if we quit believing (trusting)
Christ that we are still Christians. This doctrine does not teach that all who
profess Christ are certain of heaven. Rather, it teaches that all true believers
will continue (though there may be periods of doubting, etc) in faith
- and because they persevere they are secure. Neither is this doctrine identical
with assurance. Many may be true Christians who still lack assurance of God's love
and others may have a false assurance who are really not God's children at all.

This hardly "exhausts" the texts that demonstrate that believers are kept by
the power of God unto salvation, but it should be enough to demonstrate that the doctrine
is drawn from Scripture and not simply used as a cloak for lasciviousness (though there may
be some who use it that way,
it will condemn them in the judgment).


Isaiah 43:1-3 whom the Lord redeems he also keeps
Isaiah 54:10 the kindness of the Lord shall not depart from his covenant people
Jeremiah 32:40 God will not depart from his people and will not permit them to
depart either
Matthew 18:14 Jesus seeks and restores the wandering sheep and it is not the
will of God that one should perish
John 3:16 believers will not perish
John 3:36 believers have life - unbelievers have wrath
John 5:24 He who hears and believes shall not come into condemnation
John 6:35-40 no wise is the believer cast out
John 6:47 the believer has everlasting life
John 10:27-30 they (the sheep) shall never perish
John 17:11 Jesus' prayer for the Father to keep believers
John 17:12 none lost but the one Scripture said would be lost
John 17:15 Proper understand of "keep" is "keep from evil."
Romans 5:8-10 if justified, how much more shall we be saved.
Romans 8:1 There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8:29-30 whom he foreknew ... he also glorified.
Romans 8:35-39 nothing can separate us from the love of God
1 Corinthians 1:7-9 Christ shall confirm you unto the end
1 Corinthians 10:13 God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to withstand
2 Corinthians 4:14-17 we do not henceforth live to ourselves but to Christ
Ephesians 1:5 predestined unto adoption, not just justification
Ephesians 1:13 sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise
Ephesians 1:14 earnest of our inheritance as purchased possession
Ephesians 4:30 we are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day
of redemption
Colossians 3:34 when Christ appears, we shall also appear
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 God will faithfully preserve us blameless unto the coming of Christ
2 Timothy 4:18 God will preserve us to his heavenly kingdom -from every evil work
Hebrews 9:12 Christ has obtained an eternal redemption for us
Hebrews 9:15 those who are called will receive the promise of the inheritance
Hebrews 10:14 by his offering he has perfected the sanctified forever
Hebrews 12:28 we receive a kingdom which cannot be moved
[present active participle]
1 Peter 1:3-5 our inheritance is reserved for us, for we are
kept by the power of God unto salvation
1 John 2:19 If they had been of us, they would not have departed from us
1 John 2:25 the promise of God is eternal life
1 John 5:4 whatever is born of God overcomes the world
1 John 5:11-13 those who have the Son may be certain of eternal life
Jude 1 those that are sanctified are also preserved
Jude 24,25 God is able to keep us from falling
2 Timothy 1:12 God keeps what is committed to him against that day
2 Timothy 2:21 we are prepared for good works
2 Timothy 4:7 Paul's history - he kept the faith.
Titus 3:8 those who believe should be careful to maintain good works
Philemon 21 Paul's confidence in Philemon's obedience
Hebrews 2:10 Christ bring many sons to Glory (not merely justification).
Hebrews 2:14-15 the devil destroyed as the one with power of death and thus
God's children delivered
Hebrews 3:6 we are demonstrated to be of the household of
God only as we hold unto the end
Hebrews 3:14 See Hebrews 3:6
Hebrews 6:9-12 perseverance accompanies salvation
Hebrews 6:17-20 God's counsel, by which we are chosen is immutable
(see Ephesians 1:11)
Hebrews 7:25 Jesus saves us to the uttermost
Hebrews 10:22-23 we have assurance that we will hold fast to our profession because
God is faithful
Hebrews 10:39 we are not of those who draw back. i.e. those who draw back are a
different set
1 Peter 2:12 encouragement to good works that will glorify God
1 Peter 2:15 Such good works are God's will (see verse 12)
1 Samuel 12:22 God will not forsake his people


SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD




Acts 2:23 Christ was delivered by God's determinate counsel and
foreknowledge
Acts 4:27-28 Herod, Pilate, Gentiles and people of Israel gathered to do
whatever God's counsel determined
Matthew 10:29 God's determination of minute details of providence
Psalm 103:19 God rules over all things
Daniel 4:35 God does whatever he will - none can stay his
hand or question his will
Isaiah 59:1 God's hand is not shortened that it cannot save
Exodus 15:8 The Lord reigns for ever and ever
Deuteronomy 10:17 God has no regard for persons
Deuteronomy 32:39 God kills, makes alive, wounds, heals and none can deliver
1 Samuel 2:6-8 God makes poor, makes rich, brings low, lifts up, pillars are the
Lord's
1 Chronicles 29:11 All in the earth and heavens is the Lord's
1 Chronicles 29:12 riches and honour come from the Lord - his hand
rules over all
2 Chronicles 20:6 none is able to withstand the power and will of the Lord
Job 9:12 God does whatever he will and none can question him
Job 36:22-23 God lifts up by his power and none can say he has worked iniquity.
Psalm 10:16 The Lord is king forever and ever
Psalm 22:28 The Lord is the governor among the nations
Psalm 47:8 God reigns over the heathen; he sits upon his holy throne
Psalm 66:7 He rules by his power forever
Psalm 75:7 God exalts one and puts down another
Psalm 115:3 God has done whatsoever he pleased
Psalm 135:6 whatsoever the Lord pleased - that did he
Ecclesiastes 9:1 all things are in the hands of God
Isaiah 40:23 God brings princes to nothing and judges as they were vanity
Isaiah 45:7 God creates light, darkness, peace, evil; he does it all
Jeremiah 10:10 The nations shall not abide the indignation of the Lord
Jeremiah 18:6 Israel is as clay in the hands of the potter
Jeremiah 27:5 God's gifts given to whom it seemed good to him to give them.
Lamentations 3:37 A human cannot say something will come to pass unless decreed by God.
Daniel 2:21 It is God who gives wisdom and knowledge
Matthew 11:25 God hides truth from some and reveals it to others
Matthew 20:15 God is free to do with his own as he will
Luke 10:21 God hides truth from some and reveals it to
others because it seems good in his sight.
John 19:11 Even Pilate's power came from God
Romans 9:19 None is able to resist the will of God
Revelation 4:11 All creation for Christ's glory
Job 23:13 God does whatever he desires and no one can
turn him from it.


"JUSTICE TOWARD THE WICKED"
(Reprobation)



Psalm 7:11 God is angry with the wicked every day
Psalm 11:5 God hates the violent one
Genesis 6:5-7 God's determination to destroy the wicked
Genesis 19:13 God's destruction of the wicked is on account of their wickedness
Deuteronomy 31:17 God's anger is kindled against the evil doer because he is wicked
1 Samuel 3:14 Eli's house shall not be cleansed with sacrifice or offering forever
Psalm 81:11-12 God gives people up to walk in their own counsel - hardening
Isaiah 6:9 Hearing without understanding and seeing without perceiving
Isaiah 6:10 Judicial hardening of non-responsive
Isaiah 29:9-12 Lord has closed the eye of those he will punish
Jeremiah 6:30 Reprobate silver is rejected - so these are
rejected by God.
Jeremiah 7:16 Do not pray for the reprobate
Hosea 5:6 The iniquity of the people is such that God has withdrawn from them
Matthew 13:14-15 Isaiah's prophecy fulfilled in not understanding God's kingdom
Mark 3:29 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is never
forgiven
John 10:26 They believed not because they were not of
Christ's sheep
John 17:12 The son of perdition was lost in order to fulfil Scripture
Romans 9:21-22 some vessels are fitted for destruction by the
potter
Romans 11:7 the rest were blinded (literally hardened)
2 Thessalonians 2:11 God will send strong delusion, causing the wicked to believe a lie,
so that they might be damned.
Jude 4 men ordained to condemnation
Isaiah 19:14 The Lord led Egypt astray
Exodus 9:16 Purpose of Pharaoh being raised up
Proverbs 16:4 God created the wicked for the day of evil
Luke 8:10 parables spoken so that some will not see and
thus be hardened
Psalm 28:5 God will destroy those who refuse to understand his word


- Compiled by Richard Bacon

 

[MuffinTheMan]

Wow, JM. Your posts are much appreciated, thanks! I guess we can pretty much close this thread now, eh?

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

Please do not post if you do not hold to the doctrines of grace.

Hopefully this isn't a repeat, but I'm hoping for a thread that contains a vast compilation of clear passages from Scripture that demonstrate and support God's absolute sovereignty and the doctrines of grace (total depravity, unconditional election, particular redemption, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints).

I'll start off with a brief list that I compiled for a post elsewhere, and I would love feedback from those who hold to the doctrines mentioned above regarding any verses that may not be as good as I (or anyone else) thinks they are (i.e. due to context, etc.). Thanks, and God bless!

In addition to what has already been provided, I'd like to share a link to resource(s) you might be interested in: FREE EBOOKS : Reformed, Christian eBooks scroll down to the ePub and Kindle books and look for one titled "What the Bible Says About the DOCTRINES OF GRACE" put together by Nathan Pitchford and a great resource.

Another resource: The Five Points of Calvinism -- Introduction this is compiled by William J. Baldwin

Another resource: Doctrines of Grace this is one of the first lists I came across when I began searching for lists of proof texts.

There are other lists as well if you do some searching, some are better than others. I have a neat project I've not finished, basically it's a compilation of proof texts with short references and summary and with a link click the full Scripture, along with quotes from the confessions and articles by Loraine Boettner on each point. Also sorting through Scripture references which may be weak support, from those which are more clear. Of course, none of the lists are comprehensive, because the sovereign grace of God is woven all throughout Scripture.

 

[JM]

From the time I believed, I was a Calvinist. I admit I didn't know what a 'Calvinist' was, but I had read Romans and was convinced of what was called Calvinism. When I talked with other Christians about Romans and other passages some would say, 'hey, that's Calvinism.' I was shocked and immediately rebuffed any such theological designation. For a time I struggled with 'Calvinism' believing I could study my way clear of it but God is good, He leadeth me, by His own hand He leadeth me.

Once I embraced the name Calvinist, as a historical term for the Gospel, I found the following work to be a great help in building a scriptural polemic against the free willers, Papists and Arminians.

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

Once I embraced the designation as a historical term for the Gospel I found the follow work to be a great help in building a scriptural polemic against the free willers, Papists and Arminians.

I recommend the book as well.

 

[JustAsIam77]

JM, I didn't know from the time I first believed that I was a 'Calvinist' but I came to that conclusion after many years, Romans was a big influence with me as well.