Is Calvinism's TULIP Biblical? (Perseverance of the Saints)
This is part three of three. ( Click here for the whole one. ) 5. Perseverance of the Saints I agree with Calvinists in principle on this point, but not for the reasons they say. This point - this TULIP petal - basically boils down to “you can’t lose your salvation” (the only part I agree with), b ut where I stop agreeing with them is their belief that the reason the elect can't lose their salvation is because God predestined them for heaven, causes them to believe, and will cause them to persevere in the faith all the way to the end of their lives. This sounds good (if not for the fact that its foundation is an unbiblical view of predestination) and it brings Calvinists a lot of comfort in their “eternal security,” that if God predestined them for heaven and caused them to believe then they can never lose their faith/salvation. But there’s a problem: This is only if they are truly one of the elect, and Calvinists canno...