Questions tagged [predestination]
Questions about biblical texts relating to the concept of predestination
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Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Mark 12:6, Matthew 21:37 Luke 20:13) - Does it imply that God did not send Jesus to Die?
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants (also call the Parable of the Landowner, etc.) is related in all three synoptic gospels with only minor variations. What struck me recently in reading it again is ...
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Deep contextual Comparison & Contrast of Isaiah 6:9-13 to Mark 4:10-12 (esp. in regards to seeing & hearing but Not comprehending)
Isaiah 6:9-13 to Mark 4:10-12 seem quite similar. One difference is that Mark 4:10-12 does specify (Mark 4:11) "outside" when referring to people who are Not Jesus Christ's followers along ...
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What are the implications of 1 Peter 3:20 in terms of the scope of the Flood Judgement?
1 Peter 3:20 says that, after the crucifixion, Jesus preached to:
[those who] sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing......
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What does “chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world” mean?
Ephesians 1:4 NASB
“just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.
What does it mean to be chosen in Christ? How was this choosing ...
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What is the deeper contextual meaning of Mark 4:11's "outside"?
Mark 4:10-12
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 As soon as He was alone, [a]His followers, along with the twelve,
began asking Him about the parables. 11 And He was saying to them, “To
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Why would God create vessels of wrath prepared for destruction (Romans 9:21-22) if He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11)?
Ezekiel 33:11
11 Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways,...
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Does John 6:37 indicate that predestination does not contradict a person's ability to make a responsible choice?
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
(John 6:37)
πᾶν ὃ δίδωσίν μοι ὁ πατὴρ πρὸς ἐμὲ ἥξει, καὶ τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ ἐκβάλω ἔξω,
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Exodus's hardening heart of Pharaoh similar to Romans 1:24 & Romans 1:26's claim that God gave over women & men to their homosexual lustful sex acts
I suppose this is question to challenge the Calvinists/ Reform Baptists/Presbyterians who support the predestination doctrine.
Romans 1:24 & Romans 1:26's claim that God gave over women & men ...
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Do Malachi 1:2-3 & Romans 9:13 refer to God Loving Jacob & God Hating Esau as hyperbole or a figure of speech, not Calvinism/predestination doctrine?
Calvinist/Reformed Baptists often cite the the following verses associated with Jacob being selected as opposed to Esau as examples of supporting the Doctrine of Calvinism/Predestination(i.e. ...
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Why did Jesus create Judas only for the predestined purpose of being doomed to destruction - based on [Colossians 1:15-20] + [John 13:27, 17:12]?
The new testament teaches Judas as a disciple/creation of Jesus is sadly never forgiven/blessed/prayed for in return for his devotion to Christ's commandments in John 13:27. - Although a creation of ...
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A key question to ask of the "Good Shepherd" discourse of John 10
In John 10;1-16, 25-29, does someone become Christ's sheep when he hears his voice, or does he hear his voice because he is his sheep?
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Is God's foreknowledge (1 Peter 1) compatible with the belief in libertarian free will?
Foreknowledge is mentioned twice in the first chapter of 1 Peter. The first instance is found in 1 Peter 1:1-2 regarding the elect exiles:
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect ...
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Do the 'vessels of wrath' have libertarian free will? Romans 9:14-24
Romans 9:14-24 (ESV):
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I ...
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If an individual sins because God "hardened their heart", does that make God the direct responsible of the sin (i.e. a sinner)? [closed]
In the Bible we find passages such as:
Exodus 7:3-4
3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, 4 he will not listen to you.
Exodus 11:9-10
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Why did God LOVE Solomon over all the more legitimate sons of David, before He was Born?
When David was old and Adonijah his son proclaimed himself King, Nathan the Prophet rushed to Bathsheba and gave her wisdom to go in to the King and save her life and the life of her son Solomon – and ...
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In Romans 11:15, whose "loss" is it and whose "bounty"?
In working on a related question I realized that there it was unclear to me who was the subject and who was the object in this verse:
Rom 11:15 KJV - 15 For if the casting away of them be the ...
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Proverbs 16:33, why the but? and outcome vs justice
Most translations say something like,
People cast lots, BUT God determines all outcomes.
What is the justification of the Contrajunction BUT?
And why is 'outcomes' related to the lots, as ...
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Who did God's will in Acts 4:27, 28
The NKJV reads:
For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever ...
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Did Paul imply that the Jews had the capacity to believe in Romans 9:32?
In the passage to follow, Paul explains why most of the Jews remained unsaved. He writes:
"Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over ...
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In Acts 13:48, had those who believed been "appointed" or "readied and prepared"?
Reading Acts 13:48, the greek text reads:
ἀκούοντα δὲ τὰ ἔθνη ἔχαιρον καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ
ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον
With implicit commas (according to ...
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Does 1 Peter 2:8 suggest humanity is destined or called to purposes set by God?
When reading 1 Peter 2:8 (NIV) I misinterpreted the meaning of 'destiny' when applied to the non-believers:
and, "A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They ...
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What does πρόγνωσις mean and how would you translate in Acts 2:23
In Acts 2:23 we read: τοῦτον τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ἔκδοτον διὰ χειρὸς ἀνόμων προσπήξαντες ἀνείλατε.
προγνώσει seems to be fairly consistently translated as 'foreknowledge' but ...
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