Predestination: Self-Test Question Title * 1. Label each claim Calvinist, Arminian, or Pelagian. Christ died for all, even though only those who believe in him will be saved. Arminianism Calvinism Pelagianism Christ died for all, even though only those who believe in him will be saved. menu Christ's atonement of sin is only for the elect. Arminianism Calvinism Pelagianism Christ's atonement of sin is only for the elect. menu Even after God's prevenient grace, we can still resist God's saving grace and fall away from faith. Arminianism Calvinism Pelagianism Even after God's prevenient grace, we can still resist God's saving grace and fall away from faith. menu God chooses whom to save based on foreknowledge of who will respond positively to the offer of grace. Arminianism Calvinism Pelagianism God chooses whom to save based on foreknowledge of who will respond positively to the offer of grace. menu God's choice of whom to save is not based on foreknowledge, but is unconditional. Arminianism Calvinism Pelagianism God's choice of whom to save is not based on foreknowledge, but is unconditional. menu Our wills are still able of recognizing good and choosing it freely. Arminianism Calvinism Pelagianism Our wills are still able of recognizing good and choosing it freely. menu Question Title * 2. Those who affirm both unconditional election and unlimited atonement are Arminians liberation theologians Pelagians universalists Question Title * 3. Work appeals to Luke 1:46-55, a song known as "The Magnificat," as exemplary Christian teaching on election. Review this biblical passage. Do the details of that passage support his claim? Why and/or why not? Question Title * 4. Pretend someone asked you what you thought about predestination. As you step back and consider all this material, try to articulate a proper Christian doctrine of election in your own words. These questions pertain only to the last half of the lecture. Leave them blank if it was not assigned to you. Question Title * 5. Work observes all of the following about election as it is portrayed in scripture EXCEPT that it centers in Israel as both instrument and beneficiary favors the weak is about blessing others pertains exclusively to Jesus Christ Question Title * 6. According to Work, Mary exemplifies all of the following qualities of God's election EXCEPT that she needs to receive God's gifts personifies Israel personifies the Church supplements Jesus Christ Question Title * 7. Romans 9-11 are key chapters in the history of the doctrine of predestination. Review them. What do you see there that commends one or another of these schools of thought? Done