Salvation by Grace: The Case for Effectual Calling and Regeneration by Barrett Matthew M

Author:Barrett, Matthew M. [Barrett, Matthew M.]
Language: fra
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781596386457
Publisher: P&R Publishing
Published: 2013-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

1. Prevenient Grace/Calling

1. Effectual Calling/Regeneration

2. Conversion

2. Conversion

3. Justification

3. Justification

4. Regeneration

4. Sanctification

5. Sanctification

Such an ordo shows us that faith must be defined differently for the Arminian. If conversion, which includes not only repentance but also faith, precedes regeneration, then prevenient grace cannot make faith necessary but only a possibility. As Picirilli explains, prevenient grace cannot by itself “guarantee the conversion of the sinner.”901 While the Calvinist affirms a chain of salvation (unconditional election, effectual calling, regeneration, conversion, etc.) in which the first step necessarily and effectually leads to the next, the Arminian affirms a chain of salvation in which the first step in the application of salvation (prevenient grace) in no way guarantees the next (conversion) but is conditioned upon man’s free will.

CONCLUSION

Now that we have examined the Arminian view(s) carefully in order to get an accurate picture of its complexity rather than constructing unfair and misleading caricatures, we can proceed to look critically at this position in light of the biblical witness.

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