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CALVINISM |
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM |
ARMINIANISM |
| There
is one God. |
There is one
God. |
There
is one God. |
| There
is one Mediator between God and men, and that Mediator is the very and
eternal God himself. |
There is one
Mediator between God and men, and that Mediator is "the Man Christ
Jesus." |
There
is one Mediator between God and men, and that Mediator is the very and
eternal God himself. |
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one Mediator gave himself a ransom for a part only of mankind. |
The one
Mediator gave himself a ransom for all. |
The
one Mediator gave himself a ransom for all. |
| All
those for whom the Mediator died will be saved. |
All those for
whom the Mediator died will be saved. |
A
part only of those for whom the Mediator died will be saved. |
| God's
purposes in the creation of the human race embraced the final holiness
and happiness of a part, and the endless misery of the rest. |
God's purposes
in the creation of the human race embraced the final holiness and
happiness of all mankind. |
God's
purposes in the creation of the human race embraced the final holiness
and happiness of all mankind. |
| God's
purpose in reference to the final destiny of his creatures cannot be
defeated. |
God's purpose
in reference to the final destiny of his creatures cannot be defeated. |
God's
purpose in reference to the final destiny of a part of his creatures
will be defeated. |
| God
has the power to make all his creatures holy and happy. |
God has the
power to make all his creatures holy and happy. |
God
has not the power to make all his creatures holy and happy. |
| God
wills the salvation of a part of his creatures, and the damnation of the
rest. |
God wills the
salvation of all his creatures. |
God
wills the salvation of all his creatures. |
| God's
will in reference to the ultimate destiny of his creatures will be done. |
God's will in
reference to the ultimate destiny of his creatures will be done. |
God's
will in reference to the ultimate destiny of a part of his creatures
will not be done. |
| God
can save all mankind, but will not. |
God can
save all mankind, and will. |
God
would save all mankind, but cannot. |
| The
object of Christ's mission to our world was to save a part only of
mankind from endless misery. |
The object of
Christ's mission to our world was to save all mankind from their sins. |
The
object of Christ's mission to our world was to save all mankind from
endless misery. |
| Christ
will succeed in accomplishing the object of his mission. |
Christ will
succeed in accomplishing the object of his mission. |
Christ
will succeed in accomplishing a part only of the object of his mission. |
| All
for whom Christ died will be saved. |
All for whom
Christ died will be saved. |
Some
for whom Christ died will not be saved. |
| A
glorious and happy destiny awaits a portion of the human race, and a
most inglorious, unhappy and miserable destiny awaits the rest. |
A glorious and
happy destiny awaits every individual of the entire human race. |
A
glorious and happy destiny awaits a portion of the human race, and a
most inglorious, unhappy and miserable destiny awaits the rest. |
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The
Bottom Line
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| The
Calvinist God has the ability and power to save all mankind but refuses
to do so. |
The
Christian Universalist God has the power, the ability, and the desire to
save all mankind and will do so. |
The
Arminian God would like to save all mankind but does not have the power
and ability to do so. |
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