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Are People Predestined, or Do They Have Free Will?

May 25, 2017 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Free Will — Do humans really have free will, “‘Predestination’ is a word often used to signify God’s foreordaining of all events of world history — past, present, and future. This usage is quite appropriate. In Scripture and historic Protestant theology, ‘predestination’ refers specifically to God’s decision, made in eternity before the world existed, regarding the final destinies of individual persons . . . it is usual in Protestant theology to define predestination as including both God’s decision to save some from sin (election) and the corresponding decision not to save others (reprobation)”—The Reformation Study Bible, page 1345

Are humans predestined, or do they have free will?

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him”—John 6:44

God definitely chooses who will serve him. (John 15:16; Acts 15:14; Romans 8:33; Romans 11:5; 1 Corinthians 1:27-28; Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 1:20; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 17:14) But, is human will is also at work? Are some people predestined to receive salvation, and others predestined to get eternal damnation? Does God allow each person to make, or decide, their own decisions or choices? Do people really have free will? Bible examples and principles, such as the following, make the answers to these questions clear: read more

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