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 →

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 →