Jacobus Arminius on Spiritual warfare

1560 – 1609 · ARMINIAN

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STANCE

Through the usual means of the Christian life: Scripture, prayer, faith and watchfulness, including asking God to deliver the afflicted

"provided they stand prepared for the battle, implore his help, and be not wanting to themselves, Christ preserves them from falling"

Declaration of Sentiments V, "The Perseverance of the Saints"

THE POSITION

Believers grafted into Christ have strength to fight Satan, sin, the world and the flesh and to win, but only with the Spirit's grace. Christ helps them in every temptation, provided they stand ready for battle and call on him, and no craft or power of Satan can drag them out of his hands.

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Calvin Chrysostom Tim Keller Second London Baptist Confession Luther John MacArthur John Owen Charles Haddon Spurgeon Wesley Westminster Confession George Whitefield

Through those means, and also by commanding evil spirits to leave, or exorcising them, in Christ's nameAQUINAS · ATHANASIUS · AUGUSTINE · BILLY GRAHAM · IRENAEUS · GAVIN ORTLUND · JOHN PIPER

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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Dutch Reformed pastor whose questioning of unconditional election produced the Remonstrance and, in reply, the Synod of Dort. Often caricatured; he affirmed total depravity.

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"Jacobus Arminius on Spiritual warfare", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/arminius/spiritual-warfare (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/arminius/spiritual-warfare).

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