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Unconditional Election
What Calvin taught
Calvinist Claim
Before the foundation of the world, God unconditionally chose specific individuals to be saved and passed over the rest, consigning them to eternal damnation. This selection was not based on any foreseen faith, choice, or merit. God simply picked who He wanted.
What the Bible Says
Nobody was placed "in Christ" before the world began. You get "in Christ" by believing the Gospel:
"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ."
— 1 Peter 1:2
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise."
— Ephesians 1:13
"Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."
— Romans 5:18
⚖ Bible Refutes
Ephesians 1:13 gives the order: you heard, then you believed, then you were sealed. Election is "according to the foreknowledge of God" and not an arbitrary pre-birth selection.
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