Foreknowledge and Free Will: Exploring a Bible Difficulty

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.

February 20, 2023 7

SCRIPTURES OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD: 1 Peter 1:1-2 “the chosen according to the foreknowledge of God”

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.

October 16, 2022 0

THE IMPLICATIONS OF DETERMINISM: What Controls Your Future?

Does determinism rule your life? How can we understand determinism, its implications, and God’s qualities? Wouldn’t determinism be nothing less than slander against Almighty God? Wouldn’t determinism mean that God is personally responsible for all the tragedies: sickness, pain, suffering, old age, and death?

September 26, 2022 0

Does God Foreknowing That Judas Iscariot Will betray Jesus, Predestine Him, or coerce Him to act Against His Free Will?

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.

June 11, 2022 3

EPHESIANS 1:4: How is it that Adam and Eve were blamed for their actions before the foundation of the world?

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?

May 30, 2022 8

EPHESIANS 1:4: Are some chosen (predestined) to eternal salvation, and others to eternal condemnation?

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.”

May 29, 2022 10

DAILY DEVOTIONAL, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022

EPHESIANS 1:4: Being “Chosen” raises the question of election or predestination. “Before the foundation of the world” means what? Are some chosen (predestined) to eternal salvation and others to eternal condemnation? Foreknowledge, predestination, foreordained, being chosen and more are explained.

April 19, 2022 0

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? Biblical Examination of Why God Permits Evil and Suffering

Explore scriptural reasons God permits evil and suffering, from free will to object lessons for creation.

January 11, 2021 5

THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL: Stand Firm

The Christians in Thessalonica were urged to adhere to what they had been taught. This passage can furnish no authority for holding the teachings which have come down from church leaders. No one should ever refer to themselves as a Calvinist, an Arminian, a Lutheran, a Wesleyan, and so on. You're either a Christian or you are not.

August 13, 2020 0

How Could Satan, Adam, and Eve Have Sinned If They Were Perfect?

Explore the mystery of sin in a perfect world: was it inevitable or a choice?

August 17, 2019 5

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