(A)Predestination...
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"Predestination" is a long, impressive-sounding word with a certain awesome aura exuding from it. Being chosen or not being chosen has fascinated Christians since the first century.
John Calvin has been given far more credit than he should have had for dividing the population into the elect and non-elect, the saved and the damned. This has been so true many have forgotten -- or perhaps never known -- his brilliant understanding and appreciation of the sovereignty of God. In literally thousands of words he spelled out for us the majesty, magnificence, and magnanimity of God.
The most exciting thing of all about the word is that it represents an idea that really cannot be proved one way or the other. We can argue for a rigid predestination, but who can document such a doctrine? We can do the converse and state our case against it, but who can prove conclusively freedom of the will?
Of one thing we can be sure -- God is the alpha and the omega.
-- Lacy
"Predestination" is a long, impressive-sounding word with a certain awesome aura exuding from it. Being chosen or not being chosen has fascinated Christians since the first century.
John Calvin has been given far more credit than he should have had for dividing the population into the elect and non-elect, the saved and the damned. This has been so true many have forgotten -- or perhaps never known -- his brilliant understanding and appreciation of the sovereignty of God. In literally thousands of words he spelled out for us the majesty, magnificence, and magnanimity of God.
The most exciting thing of all about the word is that it represents an idea that really cannot be proved one way or the other. We can argue for a rigid predestination, but who can document such a doctrine? We can do the converse and state our case against it, but who can prove conclusively freedom of the will?
Of one thing we can be sure -- God is the alpha and the omega.
-- Lacy
