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This illustration is how 4. 5. OTAL DEPRAVITY OF FALLEN MAN
Calvinists are taught 1. 2. 3. NCONDITIONAL ELECTION OF MAN BY GOD
to remember the five
main points of their

theology. They have IMITED ATONEMENT OF MAN BY GOD
other points, but it will

suffice for us just to RRESISTIBLE GRACE UPON MAN BY GOD
consider the five that

they single out as ERSEVERANCE (PRESERVATION) OF THE SAINTS BY GOD
best representing the
God of the Bible and The main point I want to get across is that the five points of Calvinism are
how He relates to pointing people to an image of God that does not exist in the Bible. These are
mankind, both to the
saved and to the lost. man-made doctrines that will not stand up to the concept that God is The
Righteous Judge who judges every man according to his works

(Rev. 20:12-13, 22:11-12).

Obviously, in the limited space we have in this newsletter we are not going to be

able to go into great depth with each of these five points, although I believe it will be

sufficient to cast serious doubt on the validity of all five points. Therefore, I would

like to recommend this old classic work from the turn of the century that is sufficient

to dispel Calvinism’s distortion of the character of God. You can order it from the

publisher or from this website: http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org

Published by Schmul Publishing Co.
PO Box 716 Salem, Ohio 44460
Calvinism’s five points ISBN 0-88019-374-3
attempt to convey the story 4. 5.
1. 2. 3.
of how God has dealt with OTAL DEPRAVITY OF FALLEN MAN
man from the fall in the NCONDITIONAL ELECTION OF MAN BY GOD

garden to the restoration and

preservation of those chosen IMITED ATONEMENT OF MAN BY GOD
unto salvation by the

sovereign choice of God. RRESISTIBLE GRACE UPON MAN BY GOD
Also we find revealed what

God has foreordained for ERSEVERANCE (PRESERVATION) OF THE SAINTS BY GOD
those whom He did not
choose to inherit eternal life.

Every single step in this “tulip” process, according to Calvinist theology, is the by-product of the
sovereignty of God. When the Bible speaks of predestination (and it does) the Calvinist believes that God
predestines solely by His sovereign will and not because God has the attribute of foreknowledge that is
able to see future events before they happen. The Calvinist position is that God has foreordained all
things that will happen; all things without exception are under His sovereign direction and control. He
knows the future because He is the originator of everything that will take place. According to Calvinist
theology, God does not have the ability to foresee all future things, but rather He is creating and
controlling all future things foreordained by His sovereign will:

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Take the above premise to its ultimate conclusions and we have some serious conflicts with what is
written in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. God puts the blame solely upon mankind for the
judgments that are coming upon the earth, but Calvinism attributes it all to the sovereign will and control
of God. We can get the truth by looking at the error of the five points of Calvinism. If the five points of
Calvinism make God to appear unrighteous in His deeds, then we know where the problem lies.