Arminianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Preservation of man==== Related to [[Christian eschatology|eschatological]] considerations, Jacobus Arminius{{sfn|Arminius|1853c|p=376|ps=. "First, you say, and truly, that hell-fire is the punishment ordained for sin and the transgression of the law."}} and the first Remonstrants, including [[Simon Episcopius]]{{sfn|Episcopius|Ellis|2005|loc=ch. 20, item 4}} believed in [[Lake of fire|everlasting fire]] where the [[Wickedness|wicked]] are thrown by God at [[judgment day]]. [[Conditional preservation of the saints|Preservation is conditional]]: All believers have full [[Assurance (theology)|assurance of salvation]] with the condition that they remain in Christ. Salvation is conditioned on faith, therefore perseverance is also conditioned.{{sfn|Picirilli|2002|p=203}} Arminius believed the Scriptures taught that believers are graciously empowered by Christ and the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]] "to fight against Satan, sin, the world and their own flesh, and to gain the victory over these enemies."{{sfn|Arminius|1853b|pp=219–220}} Furthermore, Christ and the Spirit are ever present to aid and assist believers through various temptations. But this security was not unconditional but conditional—"provided they [believers] stand prepared for the battle, implore his help, and be not wanting to themselves, Christ preserves them from [[Backsliding|falling]]."{{sfn|Arminius|1853b|pp=465, 466|ps=. "This seems to fit with Arminius' other statements on the need for perseverance in faith. For example: "God resolves to receive into favor those who repent and believe, and to save in Christ, on account of Christ, and through Christ, those who persevere [in faith], but to leave under sin and wrath those who are impenitent and unbelievers, and to condemn them as aliens from Christ"."}}{{sfn|Arminius|1853c|pp=412, 413|ps=. "[God] wills that they, who believe and persevere in faith, shall be saved, but that those, who are unbelieving and impenitent, shall remain under condemnation".}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page