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Once upon a time I was a Classical Arminian, until after several months of reading, studying, and learning about Classical Calvinism (Doctrines of Grace), that I became a convinced Calvinist. Here are the reasons why I am not a Arminian.
1) Arminians have too lofty a view of the human condition and an inadequate understanding of God's Sovereign Love in Christ.
2) Arminianism & Semi-Pelagianism are like Brother & Sister
3) They believe & Teach Total Depravity, but then wipe away this teaching by the sinner's cooperation to decide his/her own fate. God is only a bystander in hopes that they make the right decision to be saved. So the sinner is never fully regenerated by the Holy Spirit, they're partially regenerated and placed in limbo between Life & Death where they decide to accept and go to heaven or reject it and go to hell. Which makes no sense, because who would ever want to got to hell?
4) Water down Grace; cheap Grace! Their Grace doesn't accomplish anything. It's up to the sinner to make the Cross effectual by THEIR activity, not by Christ's. Christ did cross the finish line, so it's up to the sinner to help Jesus finish what he could not.
So in essence their Gospel is no gospel at all. There's no hope, no assurance, no peace, no love, no satisfaction, no Salvation, because it's left up to the sinner!
1) Arminians have too lofty a view of the human condition and an inadequate understanding of God's Sovereign Love in Christ.
2) Arminianism & Semi-Pelagianism are like Brother & Sister
3) They believe & Teach Total Depravity, but then wipe away this teaching by the sinner's cooperation to decide his/her own fate. God is only a bystander in hopes that they make the right decision to be saved. So the sinner is never fully regenerated by the Holy Spirit, they're partially regenerated and placed in limbo between Life & Death where they decide to accept and go to heaven or reject it and go to hell. Which makes no sense, because who would ever want to got to hell?
4) Water down Grace; cheap Grace! Their Grace doesn't accomplish anything. It's up to the sinner to make the Cross effectual by THEIR activity, not by Christ's. Christ did cross the finish line, so it's up to the sinner to help Jesus finish what he could not.
So in essence their Gospel is no gospel at all. There's no hope, no assurance, no peace, no love, no satisfaction, no Salvation, because it's left up to the sinner!