Samie Posted May 5, 2016 Posted May 5, 2016 The first 2 columns are from this link. The 3rd column is what I understand from Scriptures. Quote
Samie Posted May 5, 2016 Author Posted May 5, 2016 This is supposed to be the 3rd column, in comparison with the Five Points of Arminianism and Calvinism from this link. Spiritual Reinstatement Through the Plan of Redemption Adam, by his own death that day he sinned, could have paid the penalty for his sin, but that would be his eternal end. He could have paid for his sin God hates, but God would have eternally lost the sinner He loves. So right on that same day Adam fell into sin, God implemented the plan of redemption devised before the foundation of the world. God's plan made it possible for man to not only pay for the penalty of his own sin, but also reinstated man to his pre-fall spiritual status and gave him another shot at eternal life. That plan was revealed in the life, death and resurrection of our Lord. No wonder Christ is called the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. General Election God’s choice of everyone in Adam’s race before the foundation of the world rested solely in His grace and great love for His creatures. He predestined all for adoption as children in Jesus, and on the cross fashioned them into the Body of His Son, gave each one faith that they may please Him and gain victory over evil. Being part of His Body, all have His Power to overcome evil with good. Thus God’s choice of man made him part of the Body of Christ, but it is man’s choice whether or not to remain part of the Body by overcoming evil with good. It is Christ Who finally decides whether to remove a person from His Body by blotting his name from the book of life. Universal and Unconditional Redemption or Atonement God through Christ’s redeeming work intended to save all of Adam’s race and actually secured salvation for them by fashioning them into the Body of Christ on the cross where the One New Man was created: Christ the Head, humanity the Body. When the Head died, the Body died, and the penalty for sin was paid for and all were washed clean from sin and forgiven. When the Head resurrected, the Body was made alive together with Him, born again to a living hope. Hence, everyone is born already In Christ. But only those who in their lifetime God through Christ judges as having overcome evil with good will not be dismembered from the Body His Son and will ultimately make it to the heavenly portals. The General Call to Repentance God so loved the world that He fashioned all into the Body of Christ, no one exempted nor left out. Yet He does not overrule the will of His creatures in responding to His love by overcoming evil with good, hence His call for all men everywhere to repent. Being part of the Body of Christ, a person has His Power to overcome evil. It is not a question of inability but one of refusal, if one does not overcome evil with good. Being members of the family of God, we all grow up in Christ. Those who God determines that it is best for them to know about His Son, He will send someone to them, just as the Holy Spirit directed Philip to the Ethiopian eunuch who readily accepted and believed in Christ. Believing is overcoming the evil of unbelief and disbelief. Being members of His family, God assigns to us our own unique responsibilities commensurate with our spiritual level of maturity. And God through Christ judges whether one is an overcomer or not after a person dies. There’s hope while alive. Perseverance to Overcome Evil with Good Being part of the Body of Christ, one is expected to act in accordance with what the Head wants its body part to do under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Only those who God through Christ judges as having persevered in overcoming evil with good will remain part of the Body of Christ. According to Pimentelism: Salvation has three Tenses (or 3 Dimensions of the Gospel): Past, Present, Future. All benefited in the past and present tenses, but only overcomers will positively benefit from the future tense. In the Past Tense, contingent upon the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, God through Christ fashioned all into the Body of His Son. In the Present Tense, God through Christ, justifies us each time we commit sin, and remembers our sin no more. But the act of sinning reminds the person he is overcome of evil instead of overcoming it with good. When a person dies, God through Christ judges whether the person is an overcomer or not. Overcomers will not be blotted out from the book of life and in the future tense of salvation, when Christ comes again, will be rewarded with life eternal. All others will suffer the wrath of God – the 7 last plagues – and finally thrown into the lake of fire. This is Pimentel’s alternative to the five points of both Arminianism and Calvinism. Quote
Samie Posted May 5, 2016 Author Posted May 5, 2016 I have posted this in tabular form in another forum side by side with the Five Points of both Arminianism and Calvinism. I don't know how to post it in a similar format here. Quote
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