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Predestination And Free-Will – Does God Predestine Based On His Foreknowledge?

Predestination And Free-Will

Does God Predestine 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… Continue reading

Predestination And Free-Will – Is Not Salvation All By God’s Grace And His Power?

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

Predestination And Free-Will – Who Seeks Whom?

Predestination And Free-Will

Who Seeks Whom?

 
Do ANY of the unsaved seek after God?
 

Romans 3:11 – “There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”

 

Romans 10:20 – “But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.”

 

Ezekiel 34:11-16 – “11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will… Continue reading

Predestination And Free-Will – Can Our Will Overpower God’s Will?

Predestination And Free-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… Continue reading

Predestination And Free-Will – Who Does The Choosing, Man Or God?

Predestination And Free-Will

Who Does The Choosing, Man Or God?

 
Here are some Bible verses that are very clear about this matter of God choosing us – without any approval from us ahead of time:
 

John 15:16 – “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit”

 

John 15:19 – “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but… 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>