CharismaticLady
Well-Known Member
I thinking about Calvinism, I have considered that, based on 1 Corinthians 13:8 and Revelation 19:6, the doctrine of Irresistible Grace is very likely true.
If it is true, then there are two options:
1) Limited Atonement
2) Universalism
Limited Atonement isn't true because Jesus died for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2) and gave Himself as a ransom for all (1 Timothy 2:6)
Universalism isn't true because there is a very real hell that people go to (Matthew 13:41-42, Matthew 13:49-50, Matthew 25:46).
So, in asking my wife what she thought of these things, she told me (and I agree) that the only solution is that God gives everyone a choice in the matter as to whether they will receive or reject the salvation that Christ offers.
What then of Irresistible Grace?
The answer is that love never fails to give every man a choice in the matter...and that God, in his Omnipotence, does not force anyone to believe in or follow Him but gives everyone a choice.
Just my two cents.
From what I've heard, "Irresistible Grace" is just that - irresistible. You have no choice in the matter. That is why Calvinists do not believe in free-will.
What you believe it seems is in free will and that God draws all men, giving them a choice. That is not the irresistible grace of Calvinism.