What's Wrong with Calvinism?

Men who believe are in Christ, unbelievers are not
Yes unbelievers benefit from being in election union with Christ. By His death for them, He turns them from their unbelief iniquity, For instance Acts 3 :26

26 ;Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Rom 11:26,27

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

What is the primary iniquity of Israel but unbelief of the Messiah ?

Well Jesus takes it away, so all Israel, which is the Body of Christ shall be saved from unbelief, their iniquity and ungodliness
 
Yes unbelievers benefit from being in election union with Christ. By His death for them, He turns them from their unbelief iniquity, For instance Acts 3 :26

26 ;Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Rom 11:26,27

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

What is the primary iniquity of Israel but unbelief of the Messiah ?

Well Jesus takes it away, so all Israel, which is the Body of Christ shall be saved from unbelief, their iniquity and ungodliness
Nothing there speaks of unbelievers being in Christ

Acts 3:26 (NASB95) — 26 “For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

And nothing in the verse above speaks of an unconditional, irresistible imposition of faith.
 
Those are the ones the Father draws from Jn 6:44 and the drawing is regeneration. Other than that man cannot come and believe in Christ Jn 6:44
Nope the drawing is by the word for

John 6:45 (NASB95) — 45 “It is written in the prophets, ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

those who learn it come to Christ
 
It's by God's power first and foremost, here it is the Father and the result is in Vs 45
Again

Romans 1:16–17 (LEB) — 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, “But the one who is righteous by faith will live.”
 
Again

Romans 1:16–17 (LEB) — 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, “But the one who is righteous by faith will live.”
It's the Power of God.
 
It's Christ saving unbelievers.
You have to believe before being saved


John 3:16 For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

Rom 10:9–10that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

Acts 16:31And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!”

Mark 16:16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.

Eph 2:8–9For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

John 5:24Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

John 3:36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life—but the wrath of God remains on him.

John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?”

Rom 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

1 John 5:13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.

John 6:47Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes has eternal life.

Acts 4:12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among people by which we must be saved.”

John 3:18The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

1 Pet 1:8–9whom, although you have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, although you do not see him, and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
 
The gospel—the word, as I stated
The Gospel in and of itself is only letter, It's the power of God that makes it effective to believing. Paul wrote 1 Thess 1:5

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

The power is of God The Holy Spirit
 
The Gospel in and of itself is only letter, It's the power of God that makes it effective to believing. Paul wrote 1 Thess 1:5

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

The power is of God The Holy Spirit
You do know the Holy Spirit does not indwell unbelievers.

Nor does he impose faith.
 
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