Chapter 6

PredestinationPredestination

• Bible verses used to support the doctrine of absolute predestination

Rom 8:29,30For those whom he foreknew he also predestined… And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Rom 9:15,16 ... “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So it depends not upon man’s will or exertion, but upon God’s mercy.

Rom 9:11-13Though 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 his call, she was told, “The elder will serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Rom 9:21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use?

• Bible verses refuting the doctrine of absolute predestination

Gen 6:6,7And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. “...I am sorry that I have made them.”

Jn 3:16...whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Gen 2:17“...you shall not eat ...you shall die.”

Mt 7:7,8“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Predestination of God’s WillPredestination of God’s Will

Section 1

God’s Will = to accomplish the purpose of creation = to accomplish the purpose of the providence of restoration

the purpose of creation good

God the subject of goodness

the Will to accomplish His purpose goodthe purpose of the providence of restoration good

Ezek 33:11“Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?”

God could not have predestined the human Fall nor sins that make fallen people liable to judgment. Nor could He predestine such events as the destruction of the cosmos.

Ezek 33:14,15“Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.”

Jon 3:10When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.

God:unique, eternal, unchanging, absolute Being

the purpose of creation:unique, eternal, unchanging, absolute

Therefore, the predestination of the Will isabsolute.

the Will for the providence of restoration:unique, eternal, unchanging, absolute

Is 46:10,11“Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.”

Adam Jesus (second Adam) LSA (third Adam)

e.g.,

Judas Matthias

Moses Joshua

Abel Seth

Adam’s family Noah’s family Abraham’s family

Predestination of the Predestination of the Accomplishment of God’s WillAccomplishment of God’s Will

Section 2

Accomplishmentof the Will

100 %

fulfillment of God’s portion

of responsibility95 %

fulfillment of human portion of responsibility

5 %

Therefore, the predestination of the accomplishment of God’s Will is conditional.

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(100 % effort of human)

Mk 5:34And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Mt 7:8“For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Jas 5:15And the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Predestination of Human BeingsPredestination of Human Beings

Section 3

victorious person,accomplishment of

God’s Will100 %

God predestinessomeone for a

mission95 %

fulfillment of human portion of

responsibility5 %

Therefore, the predestination of human beings is conditional.

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Necessary Conditions to Receive a Calling as the

Central Figure in the Providence of Restoration

1) Merit of the chosen people

5) Appropriate time and place

4) Developing the necessary qualities

3) Being endowed with requisite character

2) Ancestral line with many good accomplishments

Section 4

Clarification of Bible Verses Clarification of Bible Verses That Support the Doctrine That Support the Doctrine of Absolute Predestinationof Absolute Predestination

does not mention the human portion of responsibility

foreknew predestined called

justified glorified

unjustified punished

95% 5%

• Rom 8:29,30

• Rom 9:15,16 emphasizes God’s power and grace

• Rom 9:21 Fallen people have no cause to complain, no matter how God may treat them.

• Rom 9:11-13 God favored one over the other in order to set up a certain course in the providence of restoration.