Welcome
back to The Nooby Genius, voted blog of the year, in the year 20XX.
So,
in Ephesians we Paul writing to, well the Ephesians. In the first chapter of
Ephesians, Paul says:
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having
predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the
good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in
the Beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6)
“What makes this verse so special?” you might
ask. Well, for the sake of all of you readers, this verse has the words: “Chosen”,
“Predestined”, and “His Will”. Why do these verses matter and why do they make
these rather insignificant verses the subject of this blog? Because they have
split the church in two different directions: Calvinism and Arminianism, with
Calvinism supporting Predestination and God choosing us, and Arminianism supporting
free will. I personally believe that we choose God, but that He determines our
course, so I’m a mix of both (kind of confusing). However, for the sake of this
blog, I will be supporting Arminianism.
Greg Boyd makes the
following case against Calvinism:
1.
One must believe to be saved. Whoever believes
is saved.
2.
Human beings are moral agents, and are
responsible for their sins. God does not program what our decisions are.
3.
God doesn't
4.
God is love. God loves every person. God’s
loving nature is incompatible with Calvinistic election.
He
also makes a good point on how predestination is a corporate and not an
individual thing, with “us” meaning Jews, and “you” in other verses meaning the
Gentiles. Therefore, he chooses all of
us, but only some answer the call.
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