Predestination And Free-Will

Getting Decisions For Christ?

 
In the interest of seeing people saved, we can invent methods of evangelism that give us the results we are looking for – tangible evidence that our efforts are bearing fruit. The problem with this approach is that “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9) and so only God can give the increase (1 Corinthians 3:7). Any attempt on our part to give the increase will yield false fruit – people who… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Can Unsaved Man Cooperate With God?

 
Have you ever witnessed to a Catholic, a Catholic who knows what their church really teaches? Do they not say that a person must cooperate with God’s grace in order to maintain their works-based salvation. They consider this cooperation to be a lifelong process. In a similar fashion, free-will teachers say that the will of God works with the will of man to effect a man’s salvation. This idea is… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Why Would God Tell Us To Receive Christ If We Can’t?

 
Why indeed, would the Bible say over and over that in order to become saved we must believe the Gospel, we must repent of our sins, we must receive Christ, we must do all sorts of things that we cannot possibly do as spiritually dead beings? The Bible is full of commands that no one is capable of obeying. Take just this one for instance:… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Why Would God Predestine Anyone To Hell?

 
This is surely a sixty-four thousand dollar question. It of course relates to the paragraph above (Why does God save some people and not others), but it goes beyond that question to the real heart of the matter – the matter of man’s heart:
 

Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

 
The heart of man is… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Why Does God Save Some People And Not Others?

 
This is a question that can best be answered by another question: “For who hath know the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” (1 Corinthians 2:16). We do know that whatever God does, it is for His own good pleasure:
 

Luke 12:32 – “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

Ephesians 1:5 –… Continue reading →