A (brief) Biblical Case for Arminianism, Part 4: Election is Conditional & Corporate

In 1610, the Remonstrants of Holland presented five Articles which came to define “Arminianism”. From Part 3 “Freed to Believe by God’s Grace”    • A (brief) Biblical Case for Arminiani...   we move on to Conditional & Corporate Election.

On Election, the Remonstrants wrote:
“That God, by an eternal, unchangeable purpose in Jesus Christ, his Son, before the foundation of the world, hath determined, out of the fallen, sinful race of men, to save in Christ, for Christ’s sake, and through Christ, those who, through the grace of the Holy Ghost, shall believe on this his Son Jesus, and shall persevere in this faith and obedience of faith, through this grace, even to the end; and, on the other hand, to leave the incorrigible and unbelieving in sin and under wrath, and to condemn them as alienate from Christ, according to the word of the Gospel in John iii. 36: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him,” and according to other passages of Scripture also.”

Further Reading:
More on how I changed my mind about Romans 9: “(Re)Thinking through Romans 9” https://evangelicalarminians.org/reth...
"Corporate Election Quotes": https://evangelicalarminians.org/corp...
"A Concise Summary of the Corporate View of Election and Predestination": https://evangelicalarminians.org/a-co...
The best on Romans 9 is Dr. Brian J. Abasciano's work: https://evangelicalarminians.org/?s=b...
Dr Greg Boyd sermon on Romans 9:    • Twisted Scripture: Romans 9  

Books on election (associate links):
-William Klein, The New Chosen People: A Corporate View of Election (2015): https://amzn.to/3X8a9x9
Multi-author, Perspectives on Election: Five Views (2006): https://amzn.to/3X0yNzO
Dr. Abasciano's 3-part series on Romans 9: https://amzn.to/4cVS8s0
Dr. Abasciano's chapter, "Romans 9 and Calvinism" in Calvinism: A Biblical and Theological Critique (2022): https://amzn.to/3yQVkan


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:03 Where should we turn in our Bible to begin to understand Election?
1:32 What is Corporate Election?
3:52 What is "God's Purpose of Election" (Rom 9 v11)?
8:19 What about Ephesians 1?
13:08 Does Paul's Conclusion in Romans 9 fit the Calvinist interpretation?
16:45 How did Arminius understand Election?


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