Predestination And Free-Will

What Kind Of Will Is Man Born With?

 
The Bible declares that man is born with a predisposition – a will – to sin:
 

Psalm 58:3 – “The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”

 
Children go astray as soon as they are born. They do not need to be taught sin. It is their nature to sin. That is curse of Adam. It… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Who Had Or Has A Free Will?

 
Adam and Eve had free will, a will capable of obeying God, until they sinned and became cursed with spiritual death, severing their relationship to God. They then became immediately reprobate just like all their offspring are at birth. This was evidenced by the fact that they hid from God and they started blaming others for their sin rather then confessing their sin and seeking forgiveness from God. True… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

What About The Life-Preserver Analogy?

 
Have you been told that the salvation process is analogous to a man drowning? The rescuer (i.e. God the Father) throws the drowning man a life-preserver (God the Son – Christ) but the man must do ‘his part’ to be rescued. He must reach out and take the life-preserver in order to be saved, or in other words, he must ‘accept’ Christ after hearing the Gospel. This analogy has a huge… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

God First Opens A Person’s Heart

Acts 16:14 – “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.”

Ezekiel 36:26-27 – “26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Is Not Salvation All By God’s Grace And His Power?

Romans 5:6 – “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”

 
There are many people today who think they are truly saved and truly right with God because some well-meaning Christian told them to say a sinner’s prayer and if they really meant it, they would be saved on the spot (regardless of what God had to… Continue reading →