Why I Chose to Embrace Reformed Theology

When I became a Christian many years ago, there were a series of questions that plagued me. The questions weighed heavily on my mind and I longed to know the answer. The two main questions were how is one saved and why me? The answers to these important questions helped me to embrace reformed theology.

I heard many answers to my former question, but the answer that I received the most was based on Ephesians 2:8 which states, �For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift.� Then the explanation would be that though salvation is God�s gift, man has the free will to accept it or reject this gift. Though my question was answered I was quite unsatisfied with the answer. I was looking for more of a step-by-step process. However, the answer to my second question gave way to the answer to my first.

Why me? This is a question that has plagued me the most. I began to ask this question in light of having many Christian friends who were from Christian homes or were third and fourth generation Christians. I was not from a Christian family, and my family�s background was unbeknownst to me because my father was adopted. Out of everyone in my family, why was I the only one to realize this magnificent �gift� of God?

In finding the answer to the question why me, I figured out that the answer was in the question itself. It has nothing to do with me but the fact of the matter is that it is all of grace. Then I came to the realization that there maybe some weight to the doctrine of election and predestination. My question then went from why me to why some and not others? The answer was that it was according to God�s good pleasure (Ephesians 1:5).

After finding the answer to the why me question, my other question was beginning to be answered as well. I began to understand that the how of salvation finds its conception in God alone. The answer to these questions sent me on a hunt to find out more about the Protestant Reformation, Calvin, Luther and others. After the reading of many books, articles, and searching the Scriptures, I was convinced that reformed theology was true biblical theology.

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