TULIP in Reformed Theology
In general, Reformed theology includes any belief system that has its roots in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Naturally, the reformers themselves traced their doctrine back to Scripture, come…
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Biblical references on Predestination and Election
The concept of election is present throughout Scripture, from Creation to the coming of Christ and the present times. God always predetermined what would happen and chose peoples, ministry, apostles and believers to whom to grant the…
If you are doomed because they get busy?
Question: if you are predestined why get busy? in one way or another you will go through the "narrow door" and vice versa, if not predestined, every effort to tend towards God is useless, so nothing you do or do not do has…
St. Augustine on predestination
Many believe that predestination is Calvin's invention, when instead this biblical truth had already been introduced by Saint Augustine, one of the greatest Fathers of the Church lived between 300 and the 400 D.C.. He questioned…
Spurgeon: the doctrine of election or predestination
"But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God from the beginning elected you to salvation through sanctification in the Spirit and faith in the truth. To this he has also called you through…
The Sovereignty of God and the Election
God is sovereign. Sovereignty means that God is supreme in power and authority, which He does not ask of anyone, and that He can do what He wants when He wants.
I announce the end from the beginning, long before i say things not yet…
The Unconditional Election
La specie umana si trova in condizione d'essere totalmente depravata, priva d'ogni bene rispetto a Dio, and therefore fundamentally and irremediably condemned. La sua eventuale salvezza dipende esclusivamente dall'iniziativa di Dio, the…
Predestination is the Biblical?
Romans 8:29-30 tell us:
"Because those he foreknew, he also predestined them to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he may be the firstborn among many brothers; e quelli che ha predestinati li ha pure…
Predestination and foreknowledge of God?
Coloro che difendono il libero arbitrio dell'uomo nell'opera di salvezza di Dio, spiegano spesso la dottrina dell'elezione come segue: "It gave, before he created the world, he knew, dall'eternità, chi avrebbe ceduto allo Spirito Santo e così…