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Title Claim Refuting Calvinism
Rom 8:7-8

Rom 8:7-8 does not support Calvinism.

John 6:37

John 6:37 does not support Calvinism.

Acts 18:6

Acts 18:6 helps show Acts 13:48 does not support Calvinism.

Rev 13:8, 17:8

Rev 13:8 & Rev 17:8 do not support Calvinism.

Proverbs 16:4

Proverbs 16:4 does not support Calvinism.

Jude 1:4

Jude 1:4 does not support Calvinism.

Eph 1:4

Eph 1:4 does not support Calvinism.

Romans 3

Romans 3 does not support Calvinism.

Acts 2:40

Acts 2:40 does not support Calvinism.

Acts 13:48

Acts 13:48 does not support Calvinism.

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. - Acts 13:48

Romans 9

Romans 9 does not support Calvinism.

John 6:44

John 6:44 does not support Calvinism.

  1. This verse tells us, that if God draws someone, then they can come to Christ, not they will come, but can come - meaning are able to come to Christ. There is nothing showing irresistible grace in this verse
  2. Calvinism teaches that John 6:44 teaches that one CANNOT believe in God unless God ordains their belief.  However, John told us later in the book:
Romans 9:32

Romans 9:32 proves that faith is not a work.

Romans 9:32

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

We see in Romans 9:32 that works are not faith.

Romans 4:5

Romans 4:5 proves that faith is not a work.

Romans 4:5

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

In the above scripture we see that the person who has faith, who believes, is not performing a work. Thus, faith is not a work.

John 9:3

John 9:3 does not teach that God causes sickness, nor does it teach that God is glorified by sickness.

In John 9:3 we read the following, regarding a man born blind:

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

We must recall that punctuation was not in the original. I put a period in the verse, as in the quote below. I take the verse to mean this:

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents. Then Jesus said that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

Synergism - monergism & 1 Cor 1:21

Synergism and monergism represent a false dichotomy, not found in scripture.

Synergism claims God is helped by man to do something, in particular, salvation. Monergism claims God does it all - salvation - by himself.

Man's free choice to receive Christ as savior, is considered by Calvinism as synergism - man helping God out. However, God does all the saving. God just chose to do all the saving for certain people. Calvinists claim God does choose to (or has chosen to) save only certain people. On the other hand, God himself claims he chose to save certain people also - specifically, those people that believe.

2 Pet 3:9

2 Pet 3:9 indicates God's will is that all be saved.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. - 2 Peter 3:9

1 Tim 2:1-6

1 Tim 2:1-6 indicates that limited atonement is false.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ... [God our Saviour] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. - 1 Tim 2:1-6

Ezekiel 33:11

Ezekiel 33:11 argues against Calvinism.

Calvinism claims that God's pleasure is that the wicked are damned. This is directly contradicted by Ezekiel 33:11:

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Rom 10:21

Rom 10:21 refutes Calvinism / unconditional election.

But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.” - Rom 10:21

The attitude of God in this scripture is that God makes a genuine offer to people, who reject God. If even a single one of those people fail to eventually get saved, then this genuine offer was made to more than just the "elect." 

If this one person does not get saved, but the offer was made to him, then this person could have gotten saved - otherwise the offer was not genuine.