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2009-10-28 – David Watson – Calvinism Part 16: Irresistible Grace

// November 2nd, 2009 // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

Calvinism Part 16:? Irresistible Grace

By David Watson

Benchley, October 28, 2009

• I John 5:1, continued
  • First, what scripture teaches us that the phrase “bord of God” refers to the event of irresistible frace (a “divine act of regeneration”)?
    • I Peter 1:23-25; 1:3; James 1:18; John 3:3-7; Romans 6:4
  • Second, what difference does it make if one believes after he is born of God?? That doesn’t prove that he couldn’t believe before he was born of God.
    • James 2:19; Mark 16:16; John 20:31; Acts 16:30-31
• Matthew 9:9?- Jesus calling Matthew to be an apostle
  • Calvinists uses this as a proof text for irresistible grace.
  • Luke 6:12; I Corinthians 9:27?- Jesus prayed for the apostles and Paul was careful not to lose his own soul.
  • Calvinists assume that Matthew was saved at the point that Jesus chose him.? This isn’t necessarily the case.
  • Luke 3:12-13?- Calvinists argue that Matthew was totally depraved.? Just being a tax collector didn’t make Matthew a sinner.
• A new creation
  • II Corinthians 5:17-18; Galatians 6:15
  • Calvinists argue that irresistible grace acts on a person to make them into a new creature.
  • Romans 6:3-4,11-13; Colossians 3:9-10?- Man must make the choice to obey God.? Romans 6:15-16; James 1:18