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The involvement of the Trinity in salvation is inconsistent.

In Arminian theolog
y, there is disharmony between the persons of the Trinity in the act of salvatio
n. To quote one writer, though it's a common observation, "The Arminian position
presents a contorted and frustrated God-head: The Father purposes salvation onl
y for those whom he foresees will believe, the Son makes salvation possible for
all, and the Holy Spirit has to wait until the sinner turns the doorknob of his
heart to let him in. Here the Father Son and Spirit are working at cross purpose
s, and in the end salvation still rests in the hands of man." The Reformed posit
ion, however, brings out the harmony between the God Head that Scripture teaches
, "God the Father, planned and purposed the salvation of the elect, Jesus Christ
accomplished all that the Father purposed, and the Holy Spirit applies the salv
ation purposed and accomplished to those whom the Father elected and for whom Ch
rist actually died." (Quoting Rev. Jacques Roets - not known personally, but fou
nd in trying to articulate this point.)
There is no comfort in a God who doesn't control all things. Moreover, to the Ar
minian perspective, the believer isn't thrust into trusting Christ for salvation
, but their life is aimed at promoting faith as the object of their Christian li
fe. Since faith depends on the human will making the best of the grace of God (a
nd not the power of the gracious presence of God which assures salvation because
God is on the scene), the Christian must always make sure they are "keeping the
ir faith up" because, despite God's best intentions, they could screw the whole
thing up at the last second and perish in unbelief and rejection of Christ.
Along these lines, in Arminian theology, faith is the operative function in salv
ation. You have faith, you're saved. In Reformed theology, Christ is the operati
ve function in salvation. If you see Jesus Christ for who he is, you have confid
ence that Christ will keep you until the end. Christ is the object of Reformed t
heology in saving faith because he is the actor. You see Christ savingly because
he graciously opened your eyes. You have confidence that Christ will keep you u
ntil the end because he's faithful, and his attitude towards you isn't dependent
upon your foreseen anything (refer to point 1). Christ will persevere with the
believer, and thereby cause them to persevere to the end, because Christ is the
God-Man who expresses the eternal, non-man-dependent attributes of God of goodne
ss, love, faithfulness, etc. If God depends on man for foreknowledge, then God's
other attributes towards man (faithfulness, mercy, etc.) depend upon man for Go
d to know his posture towards man. It's a subtle works salvation.
Arminianism and Free Will Theism treat "free will" like it's a Freedom Pie that
get's split up between God and man. It basically says that for man to be truly f
ree, God must give up some of his freedom. That's just not what the Bible teache
s. Human freedom is dictated by who you're a servant to. You're either a servant
to God, and find your human design completely free to obey his Law because you
love him, or you're a servant to your self, seeking to make all people and thing
s serve your idols. Freedom from God, in the Bible, isn't a good thing. You serv
e what you love, and you're free to do what you love. Freedom isn't split up bet
ween God and man. Freedom, true freedom, is defined by subjection to authority.
The human will is bound to what it loves.

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