Featured Anti-Calvinism Scriptural Food-Fight (By Popular Request)

Col 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

These verses prove we are raised from the dead THROUGH FAITH in Jesus, and this is when we are quickened or regenerated. This refutes the Calvinist view that regeneration precedes faith. It also shows we are not quickened until we are forgiven all our sins.

 

"And when the Gentiles heard this [the Gospel] they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." (Acts 13:48)

God takes the initiative, not us.

 

Jhn 6:40 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.

This verse shows it is the will of God that everyone who believes on Jesus may have everlasting life. This shows he does not ordain who shall believe, but ordains those who believe shall have everlasting life.

 

1 Tim 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

This verse shows that Jesus is the Saviour and died for all men, not just those who believe. This refutes the Calvinist doctrine of Limited Atonement.

 

You completely ignore the second verse you posted: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

This passage states that when you, Winman, were dead in in your sins God made you alive. Then Winman He gave you the gift of Faith. Wonderful isn't it!

 

Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

This warning refutes Irresistible Grace, as no warning would be necessary if God's grace could not be resisted.

These verses also show the same powerful gospel was preached to both those who believed and those who did not believe, refuting the Calvinist teaching that God calls some men with irresistible grace, and calls the rest with a general or resistible grace.

 

And here we have a clear example of the arrogance and the reason for the divide that is growing the convention.

 

Rom 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Calvinism teaches we receive faith through grace, this verse refutes the Calvinist view and shows we only have access into God's grace by faith.