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Does God predestine people to hell?
This is really a question about what we call “double” predestination. It is a serious question and, therefore, should not be answered in any sort of joking way. The easy side of talking about predestination is to talk about the …Read More
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Does God elect His people to salvation based on any condition they have met?
No. It’s totally a mystery in God’s love. Here’s the beautiful thing: go to Deuteronomy, and go to chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 10, and look at God’s election of Israel. At one point God says, “I did not …Read More
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Is God equally active in causing the salvation of the elect and the damnation of the reprobate?
This question is addressed in the conclusion of the Canons of Dort. The Canons say that there is equal ultimacy in the sense of the decrees. God is sovereign both in the decree of election and in the decree of …Read More
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How do you explain the doctrine of election to an unbeliever?
The first thing I would say is that it is not the place to begin in talking to an unbeliever. The second thing is that since the reality of election is grasped only by faith, that’s what we really need …Read More
