Today’s devotion comes from Ephesians 1:7-12.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism focuses on God. Arminianism focuses on man.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism focuses on the will of God. Arminianism focuses on the alleged “free-will” of man.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism focuses on the certain accomplishment by God of all things according to the will of God. Arminianism focuses on the uncertainty caused by man: resistable grace and fall from grace.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism focuses on the grace of God which “He lavished” on us. Arminianism focuses on man’s works.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism builds faith in God. Arminianism builds man’s ability.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism gives all the credit and all the glory to God. Arminianism gives some credit and some glory to man.
Reformed Doctrine a/k/a Calvinism sums up all things in Christ. Arminianism tries futilely to keep some things in man.
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us.
In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.” Ephesians 1:7-12.
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