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Soteriology
Man, Sin, Salvation and God
ARMANIANISM
The
Five Points of Arminianism can be remembered by the
acronym
PEARS
PEARS

P
Prevenient Grace
in Depravity
In Adam
all have sinned and have
fallen short of the glory of
God. Because of that fall
the fallen nature has been
inherited by all mankind.
Man being created in the
image of God and Mankind
though depraved, depraved in
body, mind and spirit as his
children God has extended
His common grace –
prevenient grace - to all
men so that every man or
woman can search and find
God.
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E
Election on
Condition
Before the
foundation of the world God
elected all men to salvation
but most refuse His offer.
Every person has the free
will which God respects
which has the privilege of
refusing or accepting the
offer of salvation. This
freewill is a gift and grace
of God which is irrevocable.
Therefore it is predestined
that those who respond to
the offer of Salvation
through Jesus will be saved.
It is the will of God that
all should come to the
knowledge of salvation. God
is not a dictator nor man a
victim. God did not
predestined anyone
arbitrarity unto salvation
and others unto destruction.
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A
Atonement for All
The atonement
of Christ is open to all men
everywhere and is limited only
by our refusal to be saved. Once
Jesus was lifted up, He has
drawn all men unto himself. The
sacrifice on the cross of
Calvary is sufficient for all
mankind through out the ages.
Jesus came for all mankind and
died for all sinners. But this
salvation is efficacious only on
accepting the sacrifice as
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R
Resistible Grace
The
prevenient grace of God is
given to all men everywhere.
The saving grace can be
refused by a stubborn heart.
foolsThis is not because of
ignorance – unless he did
not hear the gospel For
since the creation of the
world God's invisible
qualities--his eternal power
and divine nature--have been
clearly seen, being
understood from what has
been made, so that men are
without excuse.For although
they knew God, they neither
glorified him as God nor
gave thanks to him, but
their thinking became futile
and their foolish hearts
were darkened. Although they
claimed to be wise, they
became fools. (Rom. 1:20-22)
; Jn 1:10
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S
Salvation through
Perseverence
Once saved a person remains
saved unless he or she willingly
decides to disobey and continue
to sin. People can fall from
grace by their own willful
purposeful decision However it
is impossible for those who have
once been enlightened, who have
tasted the heavenly gift, who
have shared in the Holy Spirit,
who have tasted the goodness of
the word of God and the powers
of the coming age, if they fall
away, to be brought back to
repentance, because to their
loss they are crucifying the Son
of God all over again and
subjecting him to public
disgrace.(Heb 6:4-6)
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