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    1. The document outlines the key assumptions of John Piper regarding Scripture and theology. It discusses the need to be faithful to biblical truth rather than any system of theology. 2. It then provides historical background on Calvinism and Arminianism, noting their origins with John Calvin and Jacobus Arminius, respectively. It describes how the five points of Calvinism emerged from the Synod of Dort's response to the Remonstrance presented by the Arminians. 3. The document concludes by summarizing the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism on the five points of salvation: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the persever

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    1. The document outlines the key assumptions of John Piper regarding Scripture and theology. It discusses the need to be faithful to biblical truth rather than any system of theology. 2. It then provides historical background on Calvinism and Arminianism, noting their origins with John Calvin and Jacobus Arminius, respectively. It describes how the five points of Calvinism emerged from the Synod of Dort's response to the Remonstrance presented by the Arminians. 3. The document concludes by summarizing the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism on the five points of salvation: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the persever

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    Big Grace Session 2 Outline

    Assumptions from John Piper


    1. The Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct (Article One, Bethlehem Affirmation of Faith). 2. Being faithful to Scripture is vastly more important than being faithful to Calvinism or Arminianism. 3. Right thinking about what the Bible teaches about God and man and salvation really matters. Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church. 4. The work of the Holy Spirit, and the pursuit of his work in prayer, is essential for grasping the truth of Scripture. 1 Corinthians 2:13-16 We impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit. The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 5. Thinking is essential for grasping Biblical truth. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. 2 Timothy 2:7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything. 6. God ordains that there be teachers in the church to help the body grasp and apply the truth of Scripture. Ephesians 4:11-12 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ. Hebrews 13:7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. 7. Like all fallen, finite human people you and I see in a mirror dimly (1 Corinthians 13:12). We do not claim to be perfect in what we know. And we do not claim to know all that can be known. Nor do we claim to see what we know more clearly than others may see it. But, we do say with Paul, Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, I believed, and so I spoke, we also believe, and so we also speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). Though we do not know everything there is to know, and though we do not know anything perfectly, yet we do know many things truly and confidently, because of Gods revelation and his Spirit. To give a few examples: We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again (Romans 6:9). We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28). Big Grace 9/15/13

    We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:6). We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16). We know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true (1 John 5:20). 8. Nevertheless there remain things that God has not chosen to reveal to us and we must sometimes be content with mystery. Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret thing belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

    Historical Background of the Five Points of Calvinism


    1. John Calvin, the great Reformer of Geneva and author of the Institutes of the Christian Religion died in 1564. 2. The Dutch theologian, Jacobus Arminius, was born in 1560 and died in 1609. He came to disagree with key tenets of Calvinist doctrine. 3. In the early 1600s a controversy arose, especially in Holland, between the Arminians and Calvinists, the groups who bore the name of the person who most powerfully expressed their understanding of Scripture. 4. In 1610 the Arminians presented five doctrinal positions, called the Remonstrance, to the state authorities. These expressed the key areas where they disagreed with the Calvinists. 5. From November 13, 1618 to May 9, 1619 Calvinists met in the Synod of Dort to answer these five disputed points. Their answers came to be called the Canons of Dort. These are the original expression of the Five Points of Calvinism. 6. Thus the five points were not asserted by Calvinists as a summary of their doctrine. They were the Calvinists response to the Arminians Remonstrants who chose these five points with which to disagree. 7. Nevertheless these five points are at the very heart of how we understand God and sin and grace and atonement and salvation and all the things that are touched by these great realities. In short, the five points are vital to understand and have a bearing on all of life and ministry. 8. Somewhere along the way the Calvinistic view of Five Points came to be summarized under the acronym TULIP. T U L I P Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints

    NOTE: A person may embrace these five points because they are biblical while not embracing other things that John Calvin and the Dutch Reformed Church endorsed. For example, one may embrace believers baptism and renounce the idea of a state church.

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    Summary of the Differences between Calvinism and Arminianism


    1. Total Depravity Calvinist View: People are so depraved and rebellious that they are unable to trust God without his special work of grace to change their hearts so that they necessarily and willingly believe. Arminian View: People are depraved and corrupt, but are able to provide the decisive impulse to trust God with the general divine assistance that he gives to all people. 2. Unconditional Election Calvinist View: God has chosen unconditionally whom he will bring to faith and salvation. Arminian View: God has chosen to bring to salvation all whose faith he foresaw but did not decisively bring about. 3. Limited Atonement Calvinist View: In the death of Christ God provided a sufficient atonement for all, but designed that it be effective for the elect, meaning that it purchased for them the new covenant promise that God would work in his people the grace of faith and perseverance. Arminian View: In the death of Christ God provided a sufficient atonement for all, and designed that it become effective by virtue of faith, meaning that the faith itself is not a gift purchased by the cross, but the human means of obtaining the gift of purchased forgiveness. 4. Irresistible Grace Calvinist View: New birth is Gods work of renewal in our hearts which necessarily brings about the act of saving faith. Arminian View: New birth is Gods work of renewal in our hearts in response to our act of saving faith. 5. Perseverance of the Saints Calvinist View: God works infallibly to preserve in faith all who are truly born again so that none is ever lost. Arminian View: God works to preserve his people but does not always prevent some who were born again from failing away to destruction.

    Questions
    As you are watching this session, think through the following questions: 1. 2. 3. What was new to you? What questions arise in your mind about the difference between Calvinism and Arminianism? (This will help us press in as we move along in this seminar.) What made you rejoice in the grace of God?

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