Infralapsarian View

Part Three
Theology Proper: 21 THE ETERNAL PURPOSE OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

This is the moderate Calvinistic view. Infra means under, and signifies the placing of the decree of election under or below that of the fail. The order of the decrees then becomes:

1. The decree to create.

2. The decree to permit the fall.

3. The decree to elect some to salvation and to pass by the others.

4. The decree to provide salvation for the elect.

It can be seen that this view does not represent God as decreeing the fall in order that he might have people to save and condemn, as in the supra view, but by placing election after the fall God is represented as electing and saving some because of man’s plight. The Infra and Supra views hold in common that election precedes salvation, and therefore both teach a limited atonement.

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