Did God arbitrarily elected some of the totally depraved and totally disabled people to salvation and heaven while purposely and arbitrarily choosing to design others for condemnation and eternal hell for something they could not change? This lesson looks at the doctrine of "Unconditional Election". What does the Bible really say? www.pinelanechurchofchrist.com

2. The Five Points of Calvinism #2 Unconditional Election

3. T: Total Depravity U: Unconditional Election L: Limited Atonement I: Irresistible Grace P: Perseverance of Saints

4. Unchangeable Design is a Mockery of Justice Calvinism makes God unjust. It denies the free-will of man. It blames man for what he cannot help or change. There is no battle between good and evil for the will. The game of life is fully staged and every move is what God designed to happen. This doctrine made many atheists. It caused many to lose hope of being elected.

11. Calvinism Men have no choice Limited atonement Double predestination God is partial Universalism Men have no choice Universal atonement Universal predestination God is unjust Truth Men have a choice Atonement available to all Biblical predestination God is impartial Either Unconditional or Conditional

12. He chooses one sinner and condemns many others arbitrarily and capriciously. Acts 10:34,35 “ Then Peter opened his mouth and said: In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.” God is a respecter of persons Consequences of Unconditional Election and the Calvinistic View of Predestination

13. EVEN EVERY SIN! The first cause of EVIL is God Himself! James 1:13 “ Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.” Everything is unchangeably foreordained 1 John 1:5 “… God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” Consequences of Unconditional Election and the Calvinistic View of Predestination