Calvinism Refuted

Total hereditary depravity

We Speak truth in LOVE

Spiritual consequences of sin cannot be transmitted from father to son but only falls on the one who committed the act: Ezek 18:1-4; 18-20; Jer 32:29-30
1. Exodus 32:3133 In this passage, Moses wanted to receive the punishment for someone else's sin. In verse 33, the one who sinned is removed from the book, not the one whose parents have sinned.
We will be judged only by our own actions: Mt 12:36-37; Rom 2:6; 2 Cor 5:10; 1 Pe 1:17
Isa 59:1-2, "Your sins have separated you from your God" not Adams
Sin is committed by individually breaking God's law: 1 Jn 3:4 (Infants have done nothing)
Where is one Bible verse that says we will be condemned for sin other than our own?

Calvinists teach that if a sinner helps an accident victim, he still sins because he does it for the wrong motive.
Gentiles do by nature the good things of the law: Rom 2:14-16
Cornelius was devout, feared God, righteous, Acts 10:1-4, 22 yet unsaved: 11:14
Man has a freewill and can choose to do good or evil: Josh 24:15 "Choose this day..."

"Unless you repent you will perish": Lk 13:3
"Save yourselves": Acts 2:40 KJV
"Repent and be baptized every one of you for forgiveness of sins": Acts 2:38
Why are we told to "work out our own salvation": Phil 2:12
The spoken and written gospel message is God's power for salvation: Rom 1:16; 1 cor 1:18

These words imply that we, individually, were once in God's grace at conception and birth

Justification - Romans 5:18	A court term; a legal word	Addresses the subject of our guilt before God
Reconciliation - Romans 5:6-11; Col 1:14,20,21	A word dealing with social intercourse; human relations; to make friendly again, payment of a price to recover from the power of another, a restoration to favor.	Addresses the subject of our being estranged from God
Redemption - Colossians 1:13-14	to buy back; A slavery term; human commerce; purchasing one's freedom; a ransom	Addresses the subject of our slavery to sin
"Regenerate"	to generate again, renewed, restored

Why would Jesus use infants as a model for all believers to imitate in character if they were "utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil"? Mt 18:1-3; 19:13-14
Paul also used infants as a model of purity for Christians to follow: 1 Cor 14:20
Paul states that he was once spiritually alive but then he sinned & died/was killed: Rom 7:9-11
God said that the king of Tyrus was "blameless in your ways from the day you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you." Ezek 28:15
"God made men upright but they sought devices" Eccl 7:29 (plural can't refer only to Adam)
Newborns do not know the difference between good and evil

God allowed the children to enter Canaan but not the parents: "your little ones who...have no knowledge of good and evil shall enter". Deut 1:34-39

Jacob & Esau, "the twins were not yet born, and had done nothing good or bad" Rom 9:11
Jesus "Before He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good" Isa 7:15-16

Jer 19:2-6 human sacrifices of children to Baal is called the "blood of the innocent"
If newborns do not know "good or evil" yet the Bible says , "Your sins have separated you from your God" (Isa 59:1-2) then newborns must be born united with God.

As in Adam, all die... 1 Cor 15:22
Text	Newborn, innocent & alive	Sinner, guilty & dead
Adam & Eve: Gen 1-3	Didn't know good from evil	Ate forbidden fruit
Jacob & Esau: Rom 9:11	Don't know good from evil	When they sin against God
Jesus: Isa 7:15-16	Didn't know good from evil	Jesus never sinned
Apostle Paul: Rom 7:9-11	"Once alive"	"sin killed me"
King of Tyre: Ezek 28:15	"Blameless from creation"	"until sin found in him"
All men: Eccl 7:29	God made men upright	They sought out devices
Like Adam, each man is born in the "Garden" and is cast out when he sins