What are some of the challenges people have with the biblical teaching on predestination? Where do we see predestination in the Bible? What is the significance of God’s mercy and love in predestination? Why is it before the foundation of the world? Did he predestine some due to foresight? What’s the highest purpose of God’s predestination? These are just a few of the questions we discuss in this week’s episode. Join Shawn, Joel, Nathan, and Kyle as we sit down to discuss Westminster Confession of Faith 3.5:
Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, has chosen, in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith, or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or causes moving Him thereunto; and all to the praise of His glorious grace.
For More Resources On Today’s Topic Check These Books Out:
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Lorraine Boettner
Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God by John Calvin
Teaching Predestination by David Kranendonk
Election and Free Will by Robert Peterson
What are Election and Predestination by Richard Phillips
And…
Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof
Christ and the Decree by Richard Muller
Divine Will and Human Choice by Richard Muller
The Death of Christ by John Owen (volume 10 of Works)
“Some Thoughts on Predestination” by BB Warfield
The Jerusalem Chamber 