God, Thats Not Fair

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God, Thats Not Fair!

• Predestination The Emotive Doctrine.

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Predestination The belief that a persons
eternal destiny is decided by God before Creation.

• When Why did God choose us?
• Why are some not saved?
• For whom did Jesus die?
• If everyone is predestined why bother with
  evangelism?
• How do we reconcile the Sovereignty of God with
  Human Responsibility?

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When Why did God Choose us?

• Before the Creation of the World Eph 14
• Does God Choose because He is Sovereign?
• Does God Choose because He knows from before
  Creation what our choice will be?

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Why are all not saved?

• This is classically presented as an Either/Or
• Either
• God hasnt chosen everyone.
• Or
• Everyone doesnt choose God.

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For Whom Did Jesus Die?

• Either
• Only those God chose.
• Rom 832-34 Jn 637-39 179
• Or-
• For Everyone.
• Jn 129 316 1 Jn 22 1 Tim 26

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Objection1

• If Jesus only died for the elect how can God be
  fair?
• Answer-
• God would have been completely Just in not saving
  anyone!
• 2 Pt 24 Rom 914-21

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Objection2

• If Jesus died for all, how can God be just in
  sending anyone to Hell?
• Interim Answer-
• Those who are punished never accepted Jesus.

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Conclusions

• The Bible reflects BOTH Gods Universal Love for
  the World AND His Particular Love for the Saved.
• The Bible tells us BOTH that God does the Saving
  AND that we have a duty to share our faith/
  evangelise. 1Pt 315,15 Mt 2819,20 Rom
  1014,15

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Antimony An appearance of contradiction between
conclusions which seem equally logical,
reasonable or necessary. Put down the
semblance of contradiction to the deficiency of
your own understanding
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A helpful verse to bear in mind is this The
secret things belong to the Lord our God but the
things that are revealed belong to us and our
children for everDt 2929 A God whom we could
understand exhaustively, and whose revelation of
Himself confronted us with no mysteries
whatsoever, would be a God in mans imagenot the
God of the Bible.