Calvinism or Christianity 8

If you are a Calvinist, you may or may not be a Christian. 

Do you believe in the penal satisfaction view of the atonement?
• If you answered yes or if you answered no, you might be a Christian.

• The penal satisfaction view of the atonement asserts that Jesus’ death entailed a payment for sin. It assumes that the justice of God requires that sin be punished and that the just wrath of God was diverted away from deserving sinners and poured out instead upon Jesus as their substitute.
• This view is held by most Calvinists and by a majority of Christians.
• Arminius himself affirmed the penal satisfaction view of the atonement.

Doctrine does not affect one's salvation - belief in Christ does. However, there exists a distinct possibility that if your doctrine is false, as is the case with Calvinism, then you may never have asked Jesus' forgiveness and as a result, you may not have received salvation.

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