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Quiz time - calvinist or arminian?

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I couldn't take the poll because the wording of the some of the questions was completely confusing and seemed slanted towards trying to get one answer over another.

I believe God knows who's going to be saved from before the world was ever created, I do not believe God excludes anyone, but that salvation is open to all (John 3:16, Romans 10:13, 2 Peter 3:9) and I believe salvation is a mutual process of God inviting and man accepting.
 
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Very off topic I apologize. One day as I was searching through the forum, I read a whole thread about Arminianism. I mean I know what it is but my brain did not connect that moment. So the whole time, I am sad, upset, and deeply hurt that almost every single person is putting down Armenians, and thinking "why, what have they done that is so wrong, that you have to be so cruel?" And then it hit me on page 6 or something...I felt stupid.
 
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Well, since the OP didn't feel like offering some definitions to explain things.. I just went ahead and googled. So I'm mostly Arminian. Though one thing I saw in the description that I disagree with is the belief that Christians can "fall from grace" or lose their salvation.
 
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Well, since the OP didn't feel like offering some definitions to explain things.. I just went ahead and googled. So I'm mostly Arminian. Though one thing I saw in the description that I disagree with is the belief that Christians can "fall from grace" or lose their salvation.

Oops, sorry,

Calvinism

Total Depravity:
Sin has affected all parts of man. The heart, emotions, will, mind, and body are all affected by sin. We are completely sinful. We are not as sinful as we could be, but we are completely affected by sin.

Unconditional Election:
God does not base His election on anything He sees in the individual. He chooses the elect according to the kind intention of His will. without any consideration of merit within the individual. Nor does God look into the future to see who would pick Him. Also, as some are elected into salvation, others are not

Limited Atonement:
Jesus died to save the elect only. Though Jesus’ sacrifice was sufficient for all, it was not efficacious for all.

Irresistible Grace:
When God calls his elect into salvation, they cannot resist. God offers to all people the gospel message. This is called the external call. But to the elect, God extends an internal call and it cannot be resisted. This call is by the Holy Spirit who works in the hearts and minds of the elect to bring them to repentance and regeneration whereby they willingly and freely come to God

Perseverence of the saints
You cannot lose your salvation. Because the Father has elected, the Son has redeemed, and the Holy Spirit has applied salvation, those thus saved are eternally secure and all the elect will persevere in the faith to the end

Arminanism

Human ability
Although human nature was seriously affected by the fall, man has not been left in a state of total spiritual helplessness. God graciously enables every sinner to repent and believe, but He does not interfere with man's freedom

Conditional Election
God's choice of certain individuals unto salvation before the foundation of the world was based upon His foreseeing that they would respond to His call. He selected only those whom He knew would of themselves freely believe the gospel.

General Atonement
Christ's redeeming work made it possible for everyone to be saved but did not actually secure the salvation of anyone. Although Christ died for all men and for every man, only those who believe on Him are saved

Resistable Grace
The Spirit calls inwardly all those who are called outwardly by the gospel invitation; He does all that He can to bring every sinner to salvation. But inasmuch as man is free, he can successfully resist the Spirit's call

Pereverence of some saints
Those who believe and are truly saved can lose their salvation by failing to keep up their faith
 
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