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This comprehensive exploration clarifies the distinctions and relationships between the biblical concepts of Foreknowledge and Foreordain. Delving into key Scripture passages such as Acts 4:28, Romans 8:29-30, and Ephesians 1:5, 11, we examine how these doctrines offer a coherent, biblically-grounded framework for understanding God's interactions with His creation, respecting both divine sovereignty and human freedom.
Delve into the intricate relationship between the Father and the Son as depicted in Mark 13:32 and Matthew 24:36. This article explores how Jesus, while being fully God, functions in a role subordinate to the Father, both before and after His ascension. Unpack the paradox of the Incarnation and how it relates to the Trinity.
This verse enhances the themes of election and predestination, revealing God's eternal purpose to bring believers into His family as adopted sons. It shows that this adoption is achieved through Jesus Christ and stems from God's own desire and sovereign will.
Proverbs 16:1 beautifully encapsulates a profound truth about the interplay between human agency and divine sovereignty. It is a striking piece of wisdom literature from the Old Testament, deeply rooted in the historical and cultural context of ancient Israel.
Do you struggle with understanding how God's foreknowledge and human freedom can coexist? This article delves into the topic, providing a clear and detailed explanation of God's foreknowledge and how it relates to free will. Based on the work of world-renowned apologist Dr. William Lane Craig, this article will challenge your beliefs and help you better understand the relationship between foreknowledge and freedom. Get ready to learn about Chronological Priority, Logical Priority, and God's ability to see down the timeline. Don't miss out on this thought-provoking exploration of a Bible difficulty.
The concept of God's sovereignty refers to his absolute control and authority over all things. It suggests that God is the creator and sustainer of the universe and that he has the power to do whatever he pleases. Some people believe that this concept of sovereignty is incompatible with the idea of human free will, as it suggests that God has predetermined everything that will happen and that human beings have no real choice in the matter.
Peter’s readers have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father (1:2). The word foreknowledge is a compound word meaning to know beforehand. One of the attributes of God is His omniscience, His complete knowledge of the world and time.
Foreknowledge is the concept of knowledge regarding future events. The Problem: If God knows, then He knows everything. So then, God would know what will happen tomorrow, next year, or one thousand years from now. Furthermore, an omniscient being is never wrong. Therefore, it seems that it would follow that whatever God knows will happen in the future will happen in the future. Below we will unravel this supposed problem.
How is it that Adam and Eve were blamed for their actions before the foundation of the world (predestination) when they had not been created yet? Doesn’t that violate God’s principle of justice?
Are some chosen (predestined) to eternal salvation and others to eternal condemnation? The 16th-century Reformer John Calvin wrote: “We define predestination as the eternal design of God, whereby he determined what he wanted to do with each man. For he did not create them all in the same condition but foreordains some to everlasting life and others to eternal damnation.”