Biblical predestination

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Biblical predestination
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The Teachings of John Calvin

• T otal depravity
• U nconditional election
• L imited atonement
• I rresistible grace
• P erseverance of the saints

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Total Depravity

• The idea that man inherited not only a sinful
  nature but sin itself from Adam and Eve thus
  meaning that all matter of human life even babies
  are born with sin and with a sinful nature, and
  that man is so fallen and so corrupted by that
  sinful nature that he is not capable of choosing
  God without an irresistible working of the Holy
  Spirit that is completely independent of mans
  will.

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Unconditional Election

• This working of the Holy Spirit is the selection
  of specific individuals who shall receive the
  grace of God. This work is due to nothing more
  than the divine will of God, and it is a will
  that man is by no means capable of understanding
  in any way shape matter or form.

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Limited Atonement

• The idea that yes, Jesus came to save, but He
  only came to save the ones whom He hath elected.
  In other words, the blood of Christ is not
  capable of saving the world but only the elect.

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Irresistible Grace

• The idea that man is unable to choose to reject
  the call of God if he has been chosen to take
  part in the group that God has elected

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Perseverance of the Saints

• This idea is far more popularly known as once
  saved always saved and it simply means that once
  chosen, there is no way to fall away from God.

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"In conformity, therefore, to the clear doctrine
of the Scripture, we assert, that by an eternal
and immutable counsel, God has once for all
determined, both whom he would admit to
salvation, and whom he would condemn to
destruction. We affirm that this counsel, as far
as concerns the elect, is founded on his
gratuitous mercy, totally irrespective of human
merit but that to those whom he devotes to
condemnation, the gate of life is closed by a
just and irreprehensible, but incomprehensible,
judgment. In the elect, we consider calling as an
evidence of election, and justification as
another token of its manifestation, till they
arrive in glory, which constitutes its
completion. As God seals his elect by vocation
and justification, so by excluding the reprobate
from the knowledge of his name and the
sanctification of his Spirit, he affords an
indication of the judgment that awaits them."
(Institutes of the Christian Religion,
translated by John Allen.)
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What is Biblical Predestination?

• God is not a respecter of persons, Acts 1034,
  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a
  truth I perceive that God is no respecter of
  persons
• It is a recognition of the difference between
  Foreknowledge and Predestination.
• God did not Predestine the who, He Predestined
  the how.

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Who can Take Part in Gods Grace?

• Acts 1035, "But in every nation he that feareth
  Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with
  Him.
• Matthew 1128, "Come to Me, all who are weary and
  heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
• 2 Peter 39, The Lord is not slow about His
  promises, as some count slowness, but is patient
  toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for
  all to come to repentance.

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Gods Plan of Salvation

• Hear Romans 1017
• Believe - Mark 1616
• Repent Mark 115
• Confess Matthew 1032
• Baptized Acts 238
• Remain Faithful Revelation 210

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