TULIPs

Copied from the worksheet I told you about, the acronym TULIP is a basic understanding of Reformed theology.

T.U.L.I.P. –
Total Depravity
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace
Preservation of the Saints

Each point has verses to support it. Here is Total Depravity:

Total Depravity (Radical Corruption)
-Man is sinful by nature, he does not seek after God, he loves the darkness and hates light – therefore he is unable to respond to the Gospel.
--Ro 3:10-18, 8:7-8 / Ps 14:1-3, 53:1-3 / Col 2:13
-The heart is blind, hard, and dead. By nature we are children of wrath (not God).
--2 Cor 4:4 / Ez 11:19 /Ep 2:1,5 / Ep 2:3
If man is dead (in sin), hostile toward God, and does not seek God…he can have nothing to do with his salvation
Regeneration (Conversion)
-Necessary order to our salvation – election (conception), regeneration (birth),[faith], sanctification (growth), glorification (completion).
--(Ep 1:4) Chosen (elected) before the foundations of the world
--(Jn 3:3,7) Must be born again
--faith = believe = trust in, rest upon
---(1Co 2:14, 2Co 4:4) “Saving faith is a moral act, as it proceeds from a renewed will, and a renewed will is necessary to believing assent to the truth of God” (Easton’s Revised Bible Dictionary)
---(Ro 10:17) Faith comes by hearing
---(Jn 14:12 / Jas 2:17) Faith produces good works
----a person cannot have faith and continue in sin and not bear fruit
--(Ac 15:9, 26:18 / Ro 1:5 / James) We are sanctified by faith and our good works
-(Jn 6:44) No one is able to come to the father seeking salvation (or anything else) unless regenerated
--you must be brought there by the grace of God…in one sense, there is no choice involved

I'll be going through each idea and supporting Scripture, just not yet. :) Look for a post hopefully this weekend or next week on this subject. God Bless.

Danny