This document discusses opposing views on the roles of God and man in salvation. It outlines Calvinism's doctrine of predestination, which holds that God predestines some to be saved. The opposing view is that God grants all people free will to choose salvation. The document then examines each of the five points of Calvinism (TULIP): total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of saints. It argues against these doctrines by citing verses that indicate man has free will and God's salvation is available to all who believe. The document warns that the doctrine of "once saved always saved" can lead to dangerous false teachings that sin does not affect salvation.

1. Calvinism: a.k.a. doctrine of
predestination
Prophet of Calvinism: Once Saved,
Always Saved (OSAS)

2. Opposing Points of Views
• There are 2 opposing points of views
regarding the roles in God and man in
regards to the process of achieving
reconciliation (between God and man):
– God predestines His “chosen ones” to be saved
– God grants ALL man a free will to choose what
he wants: to be with God (saved) or not be with
God

3. Importance of this debate
• Deu 4:2 You shall not add to the Word
which I command you, neither shall you
take away from it, so that you may keep
the commands of Jehovah your God
which I command you.
– One of the point of view is true (complies with
the Words of God)
– The other CONTRADICTS the Words of God
• And do you know WHO would love to get you to
disobey the Words of God ?

4. Predestination: Origins
• Rom 8:29-30: For those God foreknew he
also predestined to be conformed to the
likeness of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brothers. And those
he predestined, he also called; those he
called, he also justified; those he justified, he
also glorified
• The “Predestination” concept is part of a
larger doctrine called “Calvinism”
• The “Predestination” concept has very
profound theological consequences

5. Calvinism: It’s core doctrines
• T - Total depravity
• U - Unconditional election (or: Predestination)
• L - Limited atonement
• I - Irresistible grace
• P - Perseverance of the saints
The last 4 doctrines follows logically if you accept
the (first) doctrine of Total Depravity…

6. 1. Total depravity
• Man is totally corrupt. Man's thoughts, actions, and
ambitions are all bad.
• Man does not have the ability to do what God
commands him to do (repent).
• “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God” (Rom. 3:23)
• “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom.
6:23).
 Man is DEAD. Dead things can’t do anything !!

7. 2. Unconditional election
(Predestination)
• If you believed the "T" of TULIP, LOGIC
determines that you must accept the “U”:
– If man is unable to repent and believe the Gospel,
then it follows that God must choose some for
Heaven (and send the rest to Hell).
• Calvinism teaches that everything that
happens was planned by God and nothing can
be done to change it.

8. 2. Unconditional election
(Predestination)
• Means that God chooses (elects) certain people to
be saved and go to Heaven.
• Rom 8:29-30: For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his
Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brothers. And those he predestined, he also called;
those he called, he also justified; those he justified,
he also glorified
• (The rest are chosen by Him to go to Hell ???)

9. 2. Unconditional election
(Predestination)
• Ephesians 1:4-5: For He chose us in him
before the creation of the world to be holy
and blameless in his sight. In love He
predestined us to be adopted as his sons
through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his
pleasure and will

10. 3. Limited atonement
• Meaning: Christ only died for certain people.
– Those He died for will go to Heaven.
– The rest will go to Hell.
• Doctrine of Limited Atonement is a logical
consequence of the Total Depravity:
– Man cannot repent and believe to be saved, so:
– God has predestined who will be saved and who will
be lost,
– therefore it is only logical that Christ died only for
those God has planned to save.

11. 3. Limited atonement
• Verses “in support” of Limited Atonement:
– John 10:11 I am the Good Shepherd. The
Good Shepherd lays down His life for the
sheep.
– John 15:13 No one has greater love than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
– Act 20:28 … the church of God which He
has purchased with His own blood.
– Eph 5:25 …even as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself for it

12. 4. Irresistible grace
• The elected is saved and taken them Heaven
regardless of they like it or not.
• Ephesians 2:8: “it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith—and this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God”
• The sinner is neither capable nor willing to
receive salvation... The saving grace of God,
changing the heart of the sinners, precedes
the sinner’s will to come to Christ.

13. 5. Perseverance of the saints
• Once a person is saved, he will persevere to
the end.
• A child of God once saved, cannot be lost.
• “When you are saved, you are born again.
You cannot become unborn”
• Conclusion of Calvinism:
“Once Saved Always Saved”

14. Once Saved, Always Saved - Basis
• Rom 8:38-39: For I am convinced that
neither death nor life, neither angels nor
demons, neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able
to separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Once we are saved, nothing can separate us
from the love of God: always saved

15. Once Saved, Always Saved - Basis
• John 10:28: I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish; no one can snatch
them out of my hand.
• Once we are saved, nothing can separate us
from the love of God: always saved

16. The Logic behind Calvinism
• It all starts with : “Man is depraved”
– Man is dead in sin. What can dead people do ?
Nothing !
• If man can’t do anything, everything must be done by
God.
– God chooses (predestines) some of us to be saved
• Since God does the choosing, you cannot do anything to
become “chosen” (you are dead, remember ?)
– Then: you also cannot do anything to become
“unchosen”
• Conclusion: once a child of God, always a child of God !

17. What do you like to hear ?
• What would you LIKE to believe ?
– Once you have been saved, your salvation is
secure !
– Or: Your sins have been forgiven, BUT: sin no
more !
• Is OSAS the best idea since sliced bread ?
• Or is it another lie from the serpent ?
• Remember the lie: "You will not surely die,"
the serpent said to the woman

18. -1. Total hereditary depravity
• Man does not have the ability to do what God
commands him to do (repent) ?
• “If anyone chooses to do God's will…” (John
7:17) – This is Jesus (God) speaking !
• Why didn’t Jesus (God) say:
– “If God makes anyone choose to do God’s
will…” ???
• In fact, God Himself (Jesus) said in John 7:17
that “anyone has a FREE WILL” !!!

19. -1. Total hereditary depravity
• Man does not have the ability to do what
God commands him to do (repent) ?
• Acts 10:1-4 There was a certain man in
Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the
Italian Regiment…. the angel said to him,
"Your prayers and your alms have come up for
a memorial before God.“
– Would God be so happy if He made Cornelius
pray ?

20. -1. Total hereditary depravity
• Man does not have the ability to do what
God commands him to do (repent) ?
• Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is
baptized will be saved; but he who does
not believe will be condemned."
– Man has a choice

21. -1. Total hereditary depravity
• Man does not have the ability to do what God
commands him to do (repent) ?
• Matthew 9:2 Then behold, they brought to
Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When
Jesus saw their faith, He said to the
paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your
sins are forgiven you.“
– Jesus did not say He put the faith in him first !

22. -2. Unconditional election
(Predestination)
• Rom 8:29-30: For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the likeness of
his Son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brothers. And those he predestined, he
also called; those he called, he also justified;
those he justified, he also glorified
• God DID call and predestine some people !
• But did Paul said God predestined ALL
people ?

23. God DID predestined SOME people
• Twelve disciples:
– Mark 10:39: Jesus said to them, “You will drink the
cup I drink…”
• Paul:
– Acts 9:15-16: But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go!
This man is my chosen instrument to carry my
name before the Gentiles and their kings and before
the people of Israel. 16
I will show him how much he
must suffer for my name."
• (God used some people to accomplish His plan)

24. Did God predestined ALL people ?
• Rom 8:29-30: For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the likeness of
his Son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brothers. And those he predestined, he also
called; those he called, he also justified; those he
justified, he also glorified
• The tense of the verse is PAST TENSE !!!
• So “justification” is finished at the time of
writing: so no justification for later believers ???
• Those  SOME people, not ALL !!!

25. -2. Unconditional election
• Ephesians 1:4-5: For He chose us in Him
before the creation of the world to be holy
and blameless in His sight. In love He
predestined us to be adopted as His sons
through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His
pleasure and will
– Is part of the beginning of the letter (not the
meat)
– Sounds like Paul is praising God for his fortune

26. -2. Unconditional election
• God chooses (elects) certain people to be
saved and go to Heaven ?
• Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that brings
salvation has appeared to all men.”
• 1 Timothy 2:3-4 “This is good, and pleases
God our Savior, who wants all men to be
saved…”
• Also: I cannot believe in a loving God who
would “choose” some men to be send to hell.

27. -3. Limited atonement
• Christ only died for certain people ?
– John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son
has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son
will not see life, for God's wrath remains on
him”
– Not: “Whoever the Son has died for has
eternal life,…”

28. -3. Limited atonement
• Christ only died for certain people ?
– 1 John 2: “He is the atoning sacrifice for
our sins, and not only for ours but also
for the sins of the whole world.”
–Not: …sins of certain people….

29. -3. Limited atonement
• Christ only died for certain people ?
– Hebrews 2:9: “…so that by the grace of God
He (Jesus) might taste death for
everyone.”
– Not: …might taste death for certain
people….

30. -4. Irresistible grace
• The elected is saved and taken them Heaven
regardless of they like it or not ?
• Ephesians 2:8: “it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith—and this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God”
– It  Faith ? Faith is a gift of God ?
– It  Salvation ? Salvation us a gift of God ?
• Greek textual analysis: grace is a gift of God
(Salvation through grace is a gift of God) – And
you only receive it through your faith in Jesus

31. -4. Irresistible grace
• The elected is saved and taken them Heaven
regardless of they like it or not ?
• Or does man has a free will ?
• Deut 30:17-18 “But if your heart turns away
and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn
away to bow down to other gods and worship
them, I declare to you this day that you will
certainly be destroyed.”
– Does this sound like God forces His will on man ?

32. -4. Irresistible grace
• The elected is saved and taken them Heaven
regardless of they like it or not ?
• Or does man has a free will ?
• Joshua 24:15 “But if serving the LORD seems
undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves
this day whom you will serve…”
– Does this sound like God forces His will on man ?

33. -4. Irresistible grace
• The elected is saved and taken them Heaven
regardless of they like it or not ?
• Or does man has a free will ?
• John 15:6-7 “If anyone does not remain in me, he is
like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such
branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and
burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in
you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.”
– Does this sound like God forces His will on man ?

34. -5. Once Saved, Always Saved
• Rom 8:38-39: For I am convinced that neither
death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Bible does not say that “you cannot walk
away from God by your own decision” !!!

35. -5. Once Saved, Always Saved
• John 10:28: I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish; no one can snatch
them out of my hand.
• Bible does not say that “you cannot walk
away from God by your own decision”

36. -5. Once Saved, Always Saved
• Luke 15:12: “The younger one said to his
father, 'Father, give me my share of the
estate'…”
– Nobody snatched this boy from the Father
– No angel or demon separated this from from
the Father
– This boy did it to himself !
– Free will !!!

37. The DANGER of Calvinism
• Calvinism has led some to believe in a
number of very dangerous false teachings
• A number of well-known preachers are
spreading a dangerous lie known as:
– Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS)
• OSAS teaches that once you becomes a
believer of Christ, you will always be saved
– no matter what you will do in your life

38. False teachings of OSAS
• And so, sometimes out of ignorance or whatever it
might be, they (believers) attempt to gratify and meet
those needs the same way they did before they were
saved, and therefore, you can't tell a carnal believer
from a lost man. That is, you can't tell the cold from
the carnal because the truth is, they're both acting
the same way. Now, one of them is in Christ and
one of them isn't. One of them is lost and the other
one is in Christ. --- Charles Stanley, Spiritual Vs.
Carnal -- Study in 1 Cor., Tape #8, PQ092)

39. False teachings of OSAS
• " Eternal Security never gives a license to sin, but at
the same time sin does not cause us to lose our
salvation" (Charles Ryrie, So Great Salvation,
Victor Books, 1989, p. 143).
• "No matter what you do as a child of God, you are
forgiven. You say, 'Murder?' Forgiven. 'Stealing?'
Forgiven. 'Adultery?' Forgiven. 'Worshiping idols?'
Forgiven. " --- Charles Stanley, Grace: God's Second
Chance -- Grace and Continuing Sin, Tape #4,
MC213.

40. The Logic of the Lie of OSAS
• It all starts with the axiom that “Man is depraved” (Man
is dead in sin. What can dead people do ?)
• If man can’t do anything, everything must be done by
God. So God must have chosen (predestined) some of us
to be saved
• Since the ones saved are chosen by God and only God
does the choosing, therefore: you CANNOT do anything
to become “chosen” (you are dead, remember ?)
• If we can’t do anything to become “chosen”, you also
CANNOT do anything to become “unchosen” (once a
child of God, always a child of God)
• Christians can live like devils and still go to heaven !!

41. False teachings of OSAS
• Somebody had heard this kind of great news
before:
The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat
fruit from the trees in the garden, but God
did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree
that is in the middle of the garden, and you
must not touch it, or you will die.' "
"You will not surely die," the serpent said to
the woman.

42. False teachings of OSAS
• "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the
woman.
– God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the
tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you
must not touch it, or you will die.' "
• “Sin does not cause us to lose our salvation”
OSAS said to the Christian.
– Romans 6:23: The wages of sin is death

43. False teachings of OSAS
• This may be the worst lie from all of OSAS
teachings…
• From Charles Stanley’s book “Eternal Security
– can you be sure ?”:
– You and I are not saved because we have enduring
faith, we are saved because at a moment in time we
expressed faith in our enduring Lord. (page 78)
– Even if a believer for all practical purposes
becomes an unbeliever, his salvation is not in
jeopardy. (page 93)
– … believers who lose or abandon their faith will
retain their salvation .... (page 94)

44. False teachings of OSAS
• “You will not surely die," the serpent said to the
woman.
– God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree
that is in the middle of the garden, and you must
not touch it, or you will die.' "
• “You will not surely die if you disown Jesus”
OSAS said to the Christian.
– In Matthew 10:33, Jesus said: “whoever
disowns me before men, I will disown him
before my Father in heaven”

45. False teachings of OSAS
• Wide is the gate and
broad is the road that
leads to destruction,
and many enter
through it
• Small is the gate and
narrow the road that
leads to life, and only
a few find it.
You can sin
You can deny Jesus
Sin no more
Believe onto Jesus
Gate to Heaven
Gate to Heaven

46. Predestination contradicts Gods word
• Theorem: IF predestination is true, then the
Word of God (Bible) lies ( sin has no effect !)
• Proof:
– IF predestination is true, then you are either
predestined to go to heaven or not go to heaven
– Assuming that you are predestined to go to heaven,
then you can sin all you want, and you will still go to
heaven
– Assuming that you are predestined not to go to
heaven, then it does not matter and you can sin all
you want. So either way, sin has no effect !

47. Concluding Remarks
• Believing in Predestination will not get you to heaven
nor get you to hell; only the blood of Jesus can do that
• BUT: what you DO after you believe in Predestination
(and in Jesus) WILL send you to heaven or to hell:
– 1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous
shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not
be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.