back to articlesWhich of the points of TULIP does the NIFB believe in?
Introduction
The TULIP are basiic doctrines accepted by many Calvinists, though some Calvinists differentiate themselves by believing a portion of the TULIP and so are referred to as 1-point, 2-point, 3-point, 4, 5-point Calvinists—each letter is a single point of doctrine.
On the flip-side, the NIFB isn't a collection of doctrines but a collection of people, so the acronym doesn't have points of doctrine in the sense of how TULIP deals with salvation, but instead about the organization and classification of a people.
In order to answer which points of the TULIP the NIFB believes in, we have to have a more direct understanding of both, so we will start by expanding the acronyms into their constituent parts.
The TULIP acronym expanded
The T stands for Total Depravity, which means that man is unable to come to God without regeneration (which is of God) that leads to faith.
The U stands for Unconditional Election, which means that God selects people to be saved not based on their will or merit.
The L stands for Limited Atonement, which means that Jesus Christ took on the sin of the elect only and not the whole world.
The I stands for Irresistible Grace, which means that you cannot resist salvation of God if he chooses you to be part of his family.
The P stands for Perserverence of Saints, which means that the saints will continue to believe and not apostatize.
The NIFB acronym expanded
The N stands for New, which means that it is new—wow, what a shocker! But in reality it is contrasted with the OIFB, the Old IFB.
The I stands for Independent, which means that a church calling itself NIFB does not answer to another church, unlike, for example, catholic churches.
The F stands for Fundamental, which means that they take the whole Bible as inspired scripture and therefore use the whole thing for reproof and doctrine.
The B stands for Baptist, which means they adhere to things like believer's baptism, priesthood of the believer and (generally) eternal security.
Now that the two are generally defined, which of the points of the TULIP does the NIFB adhere to? To answer this question, it isn't enough to just have a definition of the NIFB, because, like stated before, it is a denomination, so then it is best to find sermons and see what various pastors of the NIFB movement say.