Predestination
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DISCLOSURE:
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DISCLOSURE:
DISCLOSURE:
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There are some things about God that we will not understand.
He is not just a smarter version of us – He is totally other – different being – Holy
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Don’t limit God to your understanding – Just because we can’t fully understand something doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Job
then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.
After tonight you might have more questions than you did when you came.
We will not be able to answer all the questions that you have with the time we have tonight.
Here’s the question:
This is not about being Calvinist or Arminian - It’s about being biblical.
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Here’s the question:
Is God in control?
Is God in control?
Is God in control of everything?
Is God in control of everything?
Is God in control of salvation?
Is God in control of salvation?
What does the bible say about predestination?
What does the bible say about predestination?
Predestination & election & God’s sovereignty - are all over the Bible - not just a few vague verses - it’s everywhere.
// even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
// In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
What is predestination?
What is predestination?
What is predestination?
What is predestination?
Predestination means that God freely chooses some people to be the special objects of his grace and thus to receive eternal salvation.
The word predestination is composed to two parts: “Pre” meaning “before” and “destination” meaning “point of final arrival.” To predestine something is to determine beforehand where it will end up.
Sending a package at the post office
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What is free will?
What is free will?
Man’s will is free if he has the power of ultimate self-determination.
Man’s will is free if he has the power of ultimate self-determination.
Giving Rory her choice of cookie
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For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
// You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
// No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
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And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
// And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
// And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
// But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
// “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Even the saving faith that we have is a gift from God
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
// For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
// For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
// For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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// 1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
What can dead people do?
Can dead people choose?
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
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Ephesians 2:4-
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
// But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Not the will of man – you had as much choice in your spiritual birth as you did with your physical birth.
How many of you chose when you would be born?
as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
“Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
in their paths are ruin and misery,
and the way of peace they have not known.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
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No one seeks God – no one reaches up to God.
The Cross was God’s plan from the beginning
No one seeks God – no one reaches up to God.
for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
Acts 4:27-
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Does God predestine people to hell?
Does God predestine people to hell?
: “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.”
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
All things. Now the question is, does all things work according to the counsel of his will include the final destiny of individuals? I think so.
The Lord has made everything for its purpose,
even the wicked for the day of trouble.
: “The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.”
God has made the wicked for the day of trouble.
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,’ and ‘A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.’ They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.”
They disobey the word as they were destined to do.
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
: “Certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God.”
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
: “And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.”
Jacob and Esau:
though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—
though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
: Jacob and Esau “were not yet born and had done nothing good or bad — in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works, but because of him who calls — she was told” — this is before they were born or had done anything good or evil — “‘the older will serve the younger.’ As it is written, ‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’”
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: Jacob and Esau “were not yet born and had done nothing good or bad — in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works, but because of him who calls — she was told” — this is before they were born or had done anything good or evil — “‘the older will serve the younger.’ As it is written, ‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’”
That is a quote from , which ought to be read in context where the text makes clear that God is sovereignly before they were born choosing Jacob over Esau, but showing that Esau’s wickedness was real and blameworthy and he was responsible for it.
· That is a quote from , which ought to be read in context where the text makes clear that God is sovereignly before they were born choosing Jacob over Esau, but showing that Esau’s wickedness was real and blameworthy and he was responsible for it.
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
: “What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory.”
: “What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory.”
: “What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory.”
John Piper - “God determines who will be saved, who will be lost — in ways that on the last day no one will find any legitimate fault with God.”
John Piper - “Everyone who perishes has chosen sin in such a way as to be truly responsible for his choice and truly deserving of judgment.”
John Piper - There will be no one in hell who does not deserve to be there. No one will be there who can give a good reason, a warranted reason, why they shouldn’t be there. All of the world will know this and will vindicate God in it. There will be no doubting the justice of God at the last day.
John Piper - no one will be in hell who is not in a state of rebellion against God. If we have any sense that people are being thrown in hell who are not in rebellion against God but are lovers of God or they are repenting towards God or they are embracing God or they are somehow not in rebellion against God, that is just a foreign concept to the Bible. The only people who will suffer are people who have been opposing God and are at the present moment in hell opposing God, rejecting God.
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The scandalous thing is not that God would not save everybody - the scandalous truth is that God would save anybody.
Man’s will is free if he has the power of ultimate self-determination.
Man’s will is free if he has the power of ultimate self-determination.
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Free People
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
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What is our responsibility?
What is our responsibility?
Live holy lives as to give an account:
Live holy lives as to give an account:
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Pray for the lost:
Pray for the lost:
// Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
Share our faith:
Share our faith:
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
// How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
// How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Love God and Love Others:
Love God and Love Others:
// And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Worship:
Worship:
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
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Free People
Free People
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.