Monday, October 23, 2006

Is God an equal opportunity Savior?

Calvin/Luther
Yes- Since God’s election is unconditional it cannot place favor on one person above another that would imply some type of condition. Therefore, everyone is equal before God before election because they all equally have no opportunity.
No- God predestines based on His Divine will of which cannot be known by man. He does so based on His Will and no other human idea of equal opportunity that man places could be placed on His unconditional election.

Hubmaier/Erasmus
Yes- Everyone having freewill has an equal ability to choose God. This does not place one person above another through election, but rather since everyone chooses the opportunity is equal. God offers all who come to Him regardless of age, sex, race, or past the same opportunity to obtain salvation.
No-There are some who will never be shared the Gospel, so they do not possess the same opportunity for salvation as someone else. A person born in the Southern U.S. has a distinctly greater opportunity to obtain salvation than someone who lives in an unreached tribe in the Amazon.

Other
No- If God has elected some and left others to choose than the result is that those predestined to salvation have a distinctly greater opportunity to receive salvation.

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