The apostle Peter completely wrecks reformed doctrinal interpretation of election in just one passage:
Peter says we must MAKE our calling and ELECTION sure, by ADDING to our faith the FRUIT of virtue, Godliness, and love (charity), and he says that IF WE DO that, we won’t FALL, and we will have an entrance into heaven.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness (living a righteous life);
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity (love).
2Pe 1:8 For iF these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to MAKE your calling and ELECTION sure: for iF ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2Pe 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
That our election isn’t SURE until we MAKE it sure, by ADDING fruit to our faith, and will fall if we don’t make it sure, is fatal to reformed election doctrine aka Calvinism.
Peter says we must MAKE our calling and ELECTION sure, by ADDING to our faith the FRUIT of virtue, Godliness, and love (charity), and he says that IF WE DO that, we won’t FALL, and we will have an entrance into heaven.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness (living a righteous life);
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity (love).
2Pe 1:8 For iF these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to MAKE your calling and ELECTION sure: for iF ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2Pe 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
That our election isn’t SURE until we MAKE it sure, by ADDING fruit to our faith, and will fall if we don’t make it sure, is fatal to reformed election doctrine aka Calvinism.
