God, from eternity past, has chosen to save a great multitude of sinners, which no man can number (Romans 8:29-30 9:11 Ephesians 1:4-6,11-12). Total depravity also means that man will not naturally seek to know God, until God graciously prompts him to do so (Genesis 6:5 Jeremiah 17:9 Romans 3:10-18). Man is completely helpless in his sinful state, is under the wrath of God, and can in no way please God. The Reformed doctrine of salvation is commonly represented by the acrostic TULIP (also known as the five points of Calvinism): Reformed theology teaches that God in His grace and mercy has chosen to redeem a people to Himself, delivering them from sin and death. This does not limit the will of the creature, nor does it make God the author of sin. He has foreordained all events and is therefore never frustrated by circumstances. Reformed theology teaches that God rules with absolute control over all creation. Reformed theology teaches that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God, sufficient in all matters of faith and practice. It is sometimes called Covenant theology because of its emphases on the covenant God made with Adam and the new covenant which came through Jesus Christ (Luke 22:20).Īuthority of Scripture. Generally, Reformed theology holds to the authority of Scripture, the sovereignty of God, salvation by grace through Christ, and the necessity of evangelism.
Of course, the Reformers themselves traced their doctrine to Scripture, as indicated by their credo of “sola scriptura,” so Reformed theology is not a “new” belief system but one that seeks to continue apostolic doctrine. Broadly speaking, Reformed theology includes any system of belief that traces its roots back to the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century.
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