{"id":11116,"date":"2024-02-23T17:45:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/how-do-the-arminian-and-calvinist-views-of-election-differ\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:15:28","slug":"how-do-the-arminian-and-calvinist-views-of-election-differ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/how-do-the-arminian-and-calvinist-views-of-election-differ\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do the Arminian and Calvinist Views of Election Differ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"graphic alt-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Do the Arminian and Calvinist Views of Election Differ? (Andy Naselli)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWi1jWxLHyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>The Basis of Election<\/h2>\n<p>We can distinguish the Arminian view of election from the Calvinist view of election by answering this question: What is the basis of God\u2019s election? In other words, on what basis did God choose to save some individuals? Both Arminians and Calvinists agree that the answer is God\u2019s foreknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Romans 8 says, \u201cThose whom he foreknew he also predestined.\u201d 1 Peter 1 says that \u201cthose who are elect exiles . . . according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.\u201d So foreknowledge is the basis of election. That\u2019s not controversial. Both sides agree. What\u2019s controversial is how to define God\u2019s foreknowledge. And there are two basic ways to explain how God\u2019s foreknowledge is the basis of God\u2019s election. Conditional election is the Arminian view, and unconditional election is the Calvinist view.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-placement list-item clear\">\n<div class=\"product-placement-image\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/predestination-tpb\/\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/studio-files\/media\/d2751b9a77fcd871d47af6ba18b04ceadfc09ba4.jpg\" alt=\"Predestination\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<h3>\n          <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/andy-naselli\/\">Andrew David Naselli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <\/em><br \/>\n        <\/h3>\n<p class=\"copy-excerpt\">In this addition to the Short Studies in Systematic Theology series, Andrew David Naselli carefully examines the doctrine of predestination and encourages believers to respond in worship.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s how they differ. For the conditional election view, foreknowing is foreseeing. So God\u2019s foreknowledge is his knowledge of what humans would freely choose. And for the unconditional election view, foreknowing is foreloving. God\u2019s foreknowledge is his personal, loving commitment to specific individuals.<\/p>\n<p>For the conditional election view, God foresaw that specific individuals would first freely choose to believe in him, and then afterwards he chose to save those individuals. For the unconditional election view, God intimately knew and loved specific individuals beforehand. That is, he personally committed himself to certain individuals before they even existed, and those are the individuals God chose.<\/p>\n<p>For the conditional election view, election is conditional in that it depends on whether a human freely chooses Christ. For the unconditional election view, election is unconditional in that it does not depend on any human condition but solely on God\u2019s sovereign good pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>So for the conditional election view, God chose to save specific individuals because he foresaw that they would choose to trust him. For the unconditional view, specific individuals choose to trust God because God chose to save them. I think the conditional election view entails that the decisive factor in election is what a human freely chooses. For the unconditional election view, the decisive factor in election is what God freely chooses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew David Naselli is the author of<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/predestination-tpb\/\">Predestination: An Introduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<div class=\"blog-post-author clear\">\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/authors\/small\/2322.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew David Naselli\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><strong>Andrew David Naselli<\/strong> (PhD, Bob Jones University; PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of systematic theology and New Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis and one of the\u00a0pastors\u00a0of the North Church in Mounds View, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumbnails clear\">\n<article class=\"post list-item\">\n<section class=\"post-excerpt right\">\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/is-it-fair-for-god-to-judge-those-whom-he-predestined-romans-9\/\"><br \/>\n            Is It Fair for God to Judge Those Whom He Predestined? (Romans 9)<br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/robert-w-yarbrough\/\">Robert W. Yarbrough<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<section class=\"post-meta\">\n      July 22, 2023<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<p>What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God\u2019s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, \u201cI will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"post list-item\">\n<section class=\"post-excerpt right\">\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/is-predestination-unfair\/\"><br \/>\n            Is Predestination Unfair?<br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/andy-naselli\/\">Andrew David Naselli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<section class=\"post-meta\">\n      December 04, 2023<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<p>A common objection to unconditional election is that it\u2019s unfair. Paul directly answers this objection in Romans 9, and Jesus indirectly answers it in Matthew 20.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"post list-item\">\n<section class=\"post-excerpt right\">\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/10-things-you-should-know-about-predestination\/\"><br \/>\n            10 Things You Should Know about Predestination<br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/andy-naselli\/\">Andrew David Naselli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<section class=\"post-meta\">\n      January 08, 2024<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<p>It is pitiful how we can take the Bible teaching about predestination that should result in humility, praise, and comfort and instead talk about it with sinful pride, divisiveness, and anxiety.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"post list-item\">\n<section class=\"post-excerpt right\">\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/how-important-is-it-for-me-to-affirm-the-doctrine-of-predestination\/\"><br \/>\n            How Important Is It for Me to Affirm the Doctrine of Predestination?<br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/andy-naselli\/\">Andrew David Naselli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<section class=\"post-meta\">\n      November 26, 2023<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<p>Predestination is crucial for our serious joy in God, and it directly affects how we make disciples. It affects what and how we preach and teach and sing and pray and counsel.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n  <\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n        n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n        document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '506435969522616');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/how-do-the-arminian-and-calvinist-views-of-election-differ\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basis of Election We can distinguish the Arminian view of election from the Calvinist view of election by answering this question: What is the basis of God\u2019s election? 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