Atonement Differences
Table T6
| Calvinism | Arminianism | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Christ is punished for the sins of the sinner. His substitution is penal and personal. | Christ is punished for the sin principle, not the sinner. His death paid the price of sin impersonally. |
| Purpose | To accomplish personal redemption. | To secure a possibility of redemption. |
| Focus | The great personal exchange. | The great general enablement. |
| Result | Personal Redemption | Salvability conditioned on the human heart. |
| Implication | God is just and the justifier of the one Christ redeems. | A sin may be punished twice (injustice of double jeopardy): on Christ and on the man who never repents. |
