I don't know what happened to numbers 17-21 :-)
NUTS FOR ARMINIANS TO CRACK
Here is a sampling of questions from the work "Nuts For Arminians To Crack" by Elder J.B. Hardy, Sr.. First published in 1945
FREE AGENCY
1. Are all men both saint and sinner free agents? If so, is not the sinner as free as the saint?
2. If a sinner cannot come to Christ of his own free will, is he a free agent?
3. If all sinners possess will and power to come to Christ, why did Christ say (John 6:44), "No man can come unto Me except the Father which hath sent Me draw him?"
2. If a sinner cannot come to Christ of his own free will, is he a free agent?
3. If all sinners possess will and power to come to Christ, why did Christ say (John 6:44), "No man can come unto Me except the Father which hath sent Me draw him?"
4. Has any man the power to refuse to come to Christ when the Father draws him?
5. Are those characters free agents that shall do wickedly and none of them shall understand? (Dan. 12:10)
6. Were those free agents that Peter said (H Peter 2:12), were made to be taken and destroyed, and should utterly perish?
7. Were those free agents who were before of old ordained to this condemnation? (Jude 4.)
8. Are those free agents that Jesus says (John 5:25), shall hear, and they that hear shall live?
9. Are those free agents of whom God says (Heb. 8:10-11), "I will be to them a God and they shall be to Me a people; and they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying know the Lord?"
10. Could not a free agent believe, notwithstanding Jesus said, (Acts 13:41), "I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you?"
11. Would not the doctrine of free agency make man the cause of his own salvation?
12. Can man be a free agent and God be a sovereign?
13. Is any one free that is a servant?
14. Are not all men the servants of sin until they are made free by the Son? (John 8:34-36.)
15. Is the sinner free to wig, free to choose, free to love, free to become a Christian, or, free to let it all alone?
16. If we are saved by our free will, is it not a fact that the only difference between the saved and the lost is that the saved made a better use of their will?
22. If God only wills to save those that are willing to be saved, is not God's will dependent upon man's will?
23. Does God work all things after the counsel of His own will (Ephe- 1:1 1), or does He work some things after the will of the sinner?
24. Is the unchangeable God (Mal. 3:6), changed by the will of the sinner?
25. Does salvation or damnation depend upon the use that a man makes of his will?
26. Does a sinner have the will to do God's will prior to being born again? If so, is his will changed in the spiritual birth?
29. Does God begin the work of grace in the sinner independently, or is the sinners will first consulted?
31. Does Christ have to get the consent of the sinner before He can save him?
HOW ARE SINNERS SAVED?
32. Does the sinner have to accept Christ in order to be saved, and reject Him to be lost? If so, is not Christ limited in the work of salvation to what the sinner sees fit to do?
33. Is belief a condition of salvation, or is it an evidence of salvation?
34. Do we have to believe in order to be saved or is the believer already in possession of eternal life?
38. Does Christ save sinners or do sinners save themselves, or is salvation a partnership work?
39. If sinners are saved otherwise than by grace alone, Will some one please cite the chapter and verse which says so?
40. If God purposed to save all men and changes not, will not all be saved? If not, why not?
41. If God works all things after the counsel of His own will (Ephe. 1: I 1), was it His will to save those that will not be saved?
42. If Christ came to save sinners and did not do it (I Tim. 1:15), is not Christ a failure?
43. If Christ is a failure, upon what does the Christian's hope depend?
44. If grace is favor bestowed upon an unworthy object, does not grace stop where worthiness begins?
47. When a sinner is quickened by the spirit, is he not in possession of eternal life?
48. Is there any intermediate space between life and death?
49. Do we have to act in order to live, or does life always precede action?
50. Did Christ come to seek and to save sinners (Luke 19:10), or to save those that seek Him?
51. If sinners have to seek God in order to be saved, and none seek Him (Rom. 3:1 1), will any be saved?
52. Does not the saving of sinners come before the calling, and does not God do both, and are we either saved or called according to our works? (II Tim. 1:9)
53. If God saves sinners according to His own purpose (II Tim. 1:9), is not the plan of salvation as old as God's purpose?
54. If Christ came to save sinners (I Tim. 1:15), and finished the work (John 19:30), what is left for the preachers and sinners to do in the work of salvation?
55. Were the different gifts for the salvation of sinners, or for the edifying of the body of Christ? (Ephe. 4:11-12)
56. Could there be an effect without a cause?
57. Is the first cause of salvation the work of God (Phil. 1:6), or the work of the sinner?
58. Do good works produce the Spirit, or does the Spirit produce good works?
59. If Christ only made salvation possible and the sinner makes it sure by his acts, which deserves the more praise?
60. If belief a condition of salvation, is it not a cause of salvation?
5. Are those characters free agents that shall do wickedly and none of them shall understand? (Dan. 12:10)
6. Were those free agents that Peter said (H Peter 2:12), were made to be taken and destroyed, and should utterly perish?
7. Were those free agents who were before of old ordained to this condemnation? (Jude 4.)
8. Are those free agents that Jesus says (John 5:25), shall hear, and they that hear shall live?
9. Are those free agents of whom God says (Heb. 8:10-11), "I will be to them a God and they shall be to Me a people; and they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying know the Lord?"
10. Could not a free agent believe, notwithstanding Jesus said, (Acts 13:41), "I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you?"
11. Would not the doctrine of free agency make man the cause of his own salvation?
12. Can man be a free agent and God be a sovereign?
13. Is any one free that is a servant?
14. Are not all men the servants of sin until they are made free by the Son? (John 8:34-36.)
15. Is the sinner free to wig, free to choose, free to love, free to become a Christian, or, free to let it all alone?
16. If we are saved by our free will, is it not a fact that the only difference between the saved and the lost is that the saved made a better use of their will?
22. If God only wills to save those that are willing to be saved, is not God's will dependent upon man's will?
23. Does God work all things after the counsel of His own will (Ephe- 1:1 1), or does He work some things after the will of the sinner?
24. Is the unchangeable God (Mal. 3:6), changed by the will of the sinner?
25. Does salvation or damnation depend upon the use that a man makes of his will?
26. Does a sinner have the will to do God's will prior to being born again? If so, is his will changed in the spiritual birth?
29. Does God begin the work of grace in the sinner independently, or is the sinners will first consulted?
31. Does Christ have to get the consent of the sinner before He can save him?
HOW ARE SINNERS SAVED?
32. Does the sinner have to accept Christ in order to be saved, and reject Him to be lost? If so, is not Christ limited in the work of salvation to what the sinner sees fit to do?
33. Is belief a condition of salvation, or is it an evidence of salvation?
34. Do we have to believe in order to be saved or is the believer already in possession of eternal life?
38. Does Christ save sinners or do sinners save themselves, or is salvation a partnership work?
39. If sinners are saved otherwise than by grace alone, Will some one please cite the chapter and verse which says so?
40. If God purposed to save all men and changes not, will not all be saved? If not, why not?
41. If God works all things after the counsel of His own will (Ephe. 1: I 1), was it His will to save those that will not be saved?
42. If Christ came to save sinners and did not do it (I Tim. 1:15), is not Christ a failure?
43. If Christ is a failure, upon what does the Christian's hope depend?
44. If grace is favor bestowed upon an unworthy object, does not grace stop where worthiness begins?
47. When a sinner is quickened by the spirit, is he not in possession of eternal life?
48. Is there any intermediate space between life and death?
49. Do we have to act in order to live, or does life always precede action?
50. Did Christ come to seek and to save sinners (Luke 19:10), or to save those that seek Him?
51. If sinners have to seek God in order to be saved, and none seek Him (Rom. 3:1 1), will any be saved?
52. Does not the saving of sinners come before the calling, and does not God do both, and are we either saved or called according to our works? (II Tim. 1:9)
53. If God saves sinners according to His own purpose (II Tim. 1:9), is not the plan of salvation as old as God's purpose?
54. If Christ came to save sinners (I Tim. 1:15), and finished the work (John 19:30), what is left for the preachers and sinners to do in the work of salvation?
55. Were the different gifts for the salvation of sinners, or for the edifying of the body of Christ? (Ephe. 4:11-12)
56. Could there be an effect without a cause?
57. Is the first cause of salvation the work of God (Phil. 1:6), or the work of the sinner?
58. Do good works produce the Spirit, or does the Spirit produce good works?
59. If Christ only made salvation possible and the sinner makes it sure by his acts, which deserves the more praise?
60. If belief a condition of salvation, is it not a cause of salvation?
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