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Reprobation is that eternal and sovereign decree of God whereby in contrast to those whom He has elected, He justly leaves the others in the misery of their sins which they willingly embrace as enemies of the truth, and to whom is reserved eternal perdition. These two doctrines are not equal in sign
There is no election without reprobation, notwithstanding certain Primitive Baptists and Plymouth Brethren to the contrary. They put it this way: “An election of some to life does not imply an election of some to death”. (The Bible Doctrine of Election, T. P. Simmons, Bapt. Bible Bk. Hse, Ashland, K
Election is God’s sovereign, eternal, and gracious decree to ordain and save some to eternal glory in Christ and in the way of faith. Reprobation is God’s sovereign, eternal and righteous decree to ordain some to eternal damnation as punishment for their sin. Election: Rom. 8:29, 20; Eph. 1:3, 4,
To quote my pastor, “Election and reprobation are not flip sides of the same coin.” Reprobation serves election. Just as a builder uses scaffolding to construct a building, so the reprobate serve the building of God’s spiritual house. Just as a farmer sows his field and waters it with an eye to the
Election is the eternal good-pleasure of Gods will to save some men through the means of faith in Christ to eternal glory. Reprobation is the eternal good-pleasure of His will to condemn others to eternal damnation. (Essentials of Reformed Doctrine, p. 9, Rev. Hoeksema). Difficulty under a). Certain
Reprobation is God’s sovereign, eternal and righteous decree to ordain some to eternal damnation as punishment for their sin. Election: Rom. 8:29, 20; Eph. 1:3, 4, 11; II Tim. 1:9; II Thess. 2:13-15; John 6:37, 39, 65; 10:27-30; Rom. 9:15, 16, 23. Reprobation: Prov. 16:4; John 10:26; Rom. 9:17, 21,
There is such a relationship between election and reprobation, Biblically now, that to lose reprobation is to lose election as well. This exposes the current attack on reprobation for what it really is: an assault on the Reformed doctrine of election. It is election that must go. The enemy is stabbi
Augustine (354-430), Gottschalk (c.805-869), all the reformers, the great divines at Dordt and Westminster, and innumerable saints and theologians through the ages have insisted on these doctrines, yet very few in our day of doctrinal indifference and decline accept the truth of election, much less
In unconditionally electing, God “passes by” the reprobate out of wrath for his sin and lays His gracious redeeming hand on another whom He calls His Chosen. The unconditionality of this act is shown to the one elected to eternal life in that his direction was no different than the reprobate who was
The Reformed doctrine of reprobation is that God has eternally decreed, "out of His sovereign, most just, irreprehensible and unchangeable good pleasure," that certain, definite members of the human race will not be saved by Him, but that they shall perish in their unbelief and other sins.³ Reprobat