Predestination And Free-Will

What Is Limited Atonement? Is It Scriptural?

 
Limited atonement (also known as Particular Redemption) refers to the fact that Christ’s death was not literally for every person ever born or conceived. It was a transaction whereby God paid for the sins of those He came to save and those alone:
 

Acts 13:48 – “And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Sheep Versus Goats

 
One point that can help us to understand this matter of “who accepts whom” has to do with Bible references to sheep and goats. Here are some related verses: “And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Can A Person Resist God’s Grace?

 
Do you think in a test of wills, that man can overpower the Almighty? I think not!
 

Acts 6:10 – “And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

Romans 9:19 – “Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?“

1Corinthians 3:6 – “I have planted, Apollos watered; but… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Are People Saved Against Their Own Will?

 
Nothing is too difficult for God. He is capable of saving people in spite of their own will, as it was with the apostle Paul who was quite busy going about his work of persecuting Christians when God decided it was time to convert Saul to Paul on the road to Damascus. Luke describes what happened to Paul in Acts chapter 22:
 

Acts 22:4-14 – “4 And I… Continue reading →

Predestination And Free-Will

Can We Give Birth To Ourselves?

John 3:3 – “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

 
We have about as much to contribute towards our spiritual birth as we had with our physical birth. God is the potter. We are the clay. He makes us without our help:
 

Romans 9:21 – “Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one… Continue reading →