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Does God Predestinate People Based On His Foreknowledge?

Does God Predestinate People Based On His Foreknowledge?

 

Many Christians are told that God has looked into the future to see who would accept Christ and therefore those people are the ones whom God has predestined to be saved. Where is this idea stated in the Bible? This idea is a false doctrine, perhaps based on a misunderstanding of scriptures like Romans 8:29 and Romans 11:2. After the fall of Adam, if God ever looked forward in time, the… Continue reading

Is Faith A Work?

Is Faith A Work?

 

Is faith some kind of “work” that some one does or can do?  Believe it or not – according to the Bible – the answer is yes:

 

1 Thessalonians 1:3 – “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father”

 

2 Thessalonians 1:11 – “Wherefore also we pray always for you, that… Continue reading

A Free-Will Prayer

A Free-Will Prayer

 

In his sermon “Free Will – A Slave“, the famous Baptist preacher of the 1800s – Charles Spurgeon – showed the error in thinking that spiritually dead sinners can ‘accept’ Christ as their Saviour of their own “free” will. In that sermon, Spurgeon recited a pharisaical prayer in order to illustrate the human pride underlying the idea of any lost, unsaved, ungodly rebellious man exercising his “will” to choose Christ:

 

“Lord, I thank… Continue reading

Can Our WIll Overpower God’s Will?

Can Our WIll Overpower God’s Will?

 

When we first look at John 1:12 it sure looks like it is we who choose Christ:

 

John 1:12 – “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”

 

But then, when we look at the next verse, we can no longer draw that conclusion:

 

John 1:13 – “Which were born, not of… Continue reading

What About The Sin Of Unbelief?

What About The Sin Of Unbelief?

 

Some people who claim that man has a free will to accept Christ are also saying that the only sin that keeps a person out of heaven is the sin of unbelief. That idea probably comes from this verse:

 

John 8:24 – “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not.”

 

This verse is certainly true in what it says. But, are… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>