“God’s grace is free and offered without merit; however, human beings have been granted freedom by God and can refuse his grace” (Calvinism Compared to Wesleyan Perspectives). The offer is for everyone, but not everyone will receive it as they may choose to resist the Spirit’s call. “The Holy Spirit can only draw to Christ those who allow him to have his way with them. Until the sinner responds, the Spirit cannot give life. God’s grace, therefore, is not invincible; it can be, and often is, resisted and thwarted by man” (Comparison of Calvinism and Arminianism). In short, God cannot force his grace upon us, we must willingly accept it.
Calvin’s last doctrine in TULIP is Perseverance of the Saints. All those who have been chosen by God (the saints), those who are given faith by the Holy Spirit, are eternally saved. By the power of God, the elect are kept in faith and thus persevere to the end (Comparison of Calvinism and Arminianism). “Since God has decreed the elect, and they cannot resist grace, they are unconditionally and eternally secure in that election” (Calvinism Compared to Wesleyan Perspectives). God has brought …show more content…
Anyone can deceive themselves as it is part of their judgment that they are deceived and the ultimacy of his judgment is that they are unable to see their folly. John Wesley, speaking on Calvin’s doctrine of predestination, argues in his 1739 sermon, “Free Grace,” that,
The doctrine itself, – that every man is either elected or not elected from eternity, and that the one must inevitably be saved, and the other inevitably damned, – has a manifest tendency to destroy holiness in general; for it wholly takes away those first motives to follow after it, so frequently proposed in Scripture, the hope of future reward and fear of punishment, the hope of heaven and fear of hell (The Wesley Center
Calvin’s last doctrine in TULIP is Perseverance of the Saints. All those who have been chosen by God (the saints), those who are given faith by the Holy Spirit, are eternally saved. By the power of God, the elect are kept in faith and thus persevere to the end (Comparison of Calvinism and Arminianism). “Since God has decreed the elect, and they cannot resist grace, they are unconditionally and eternally secure in that election” (Calvinism Compared to Wesleyan Perspectives). God has brought …show more content…
Anyone can deceive themselves as it is part of their judgment that they are deceived and the ultimacy of his judgment is that they are unable to see their folly. John Wesley, speaking on Calvin’s doctrine of predestination, argues in his 1739 sermon, “Free Grace,” that,
The doctrine itself, – that every man is either elected or not elected from eternity, and that the one must inevitably be saved, and the other inevitably damned, – has a manifest tendency to destroy holiness in general; for it wholly takes away those first motives to follow after it, so frequently proposed in Scripture, the hope of future reward and fear of punishment, the hope of heaven and fear of hell (The Wesley Center