The Five Points of Calvinism
By
Dr. Nick Needham – Pastor of the Reformed Baptist Church, Inverness,



Introduction to the Five Points of Calvinism

This short introductory podcast introduces the "Five Points of Calvinism" as a taster of what is to come in the other five podcasts.

(The booklet refered to in this introduction is "The Five Points of Calvinism" by W. J. Seaton and produced by The Banner of Truth Trust)


  1. Total Depravity – The first of the "Five Points" Examined

The lecture you are about to hear is the first of the five doctrines of Grace that are commonly called the Five Points of Calvinism. This first lecture covers the doctrine of Total Depravity.


  1. Unconditional Election – The second of the "Five Points" Examined

The lecture you are about to hear is the second of the five doctrines of Grace that are commonly called the Five Points of Calvinism. This second lecture covers the doctrine of Unconditional Election. We are familiar with the word "election" and know that it means, "to choose". It is part of the ordinary fabric of the landscape of life. We also find it part of the landscape of the Bible only while we elect local councillors and politicians in the Bible it is God who elects, it is God who chooses.


  1. Limited Atonement or as some prefer Particular Redemption – The third of the "Five Points" Examined

This lecture looks at the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. Particular Redemption or if you prefer Limited Atonement causes us to ask, what was the purpose of Christ in becoming flesh and blood and dying on the Cross? Did he come with some general purpose of simply making salvation available and letting us apply it to ourselves? Or did he come to "actually" save? And if so who did he intend to set free from sin, everyone! Or was the purpose to save those given to him of the Father before the world began?


  1. Irresistible Grace – The fourth of the "Five Points" Examined

Saving faith goes beyond changing one set of beliefs for another. Becoming a Christian involves not just a change of mind but also a renewing of the heart. Faith penetrates the brain and from the top of the mind travels to the bottom of the heart. True faith is beyond the natural possibility of sinful nature. If becoming a true Christian is beyond our natural possibility then how can it come about?


  1. Perseverance of the Saints – The fifth and final of the "Five Points" Examined

Those spiritually dead sinners whom God has eternally chosen for life, those for whom Christ died on the Cross effectually to secure them salvation, those who in their won experience have been brought to Christ by the quickening power of the Holy Spirit – these people are then sovereignty enabled to endure to the end in the practice of faith and repentance. To go on living in Christ and without exception enter the Kingdom of Heaven.


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