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account the fact that the truth of predestination is presupposed and assumed in everything that Calvin writes. It is impossible to understand anything which Calvin says in any part of the Institutes without realizing it is written in the context of and presupposing the truth of sovereign and dou
relationship of the doctrine of predestination developed by Beza or Zanehi to that of Calvin. Rather the question must be raised in terms of the influence of Calvin and his contemporaries upon a developing Augustinian theology the roots of which extend into the middle ages, indeed, back to Augustine
I! ,I "l -=I it I \ ., Even the day of judgment is said to be predestinated: When explaining from the book of Job: "A lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, prepared for the time appointed" (Job 12:5) he (Gregory) says: "With respect to those des- pised lamps, the time predestinated is t
Predestination is the foundation of the antithesis. The Mother Promise grounds predestination—and therefore the antithesis—in Jesus Christ. God gave his mercy and grace to certain persons in Jesus Christ, electing those persons to salvation and faith in Christ. Likewise, he withheld from other certa
Infra- and Supra-lapsarian are two views, both acknowledged to be Reformed, of the decree of Predestination. The terms are derived from the Latin: supra, i.e. above, infra, i.e. below and lapsus, i.e. fall. By these terms is expressed, that predestination is before the decree of creation and the dec
The point which should not pass our notice is that both the decree of election as well as the decree of reprobation belong to predestination. Predestination includes far more than the decree of election unto life eternal for some men. Predestination is that decree of God which also includes the dec
He brings to pass. The second aspect of predestination has to do with the future life, and includes glory and reward. The two fit together in that the life of each elect person is intended to bring him to glory and the specific reward God had determined for him. Bradwardine maintains that predestina
Unconditional Predestination (double predestination, election and reprobation) is also indisputably set forth in the Word of God. God has elected us unconditionally, not because of foreseen faith-see Ephesians 1:4. Notice in this passage that God chose us, not because of our holiness, but that we sh
Especially for the sake of the young reader, also for any readers who may never have had the benefit of instruction in this doctrine, proof that it is entirely scriptural is in order. This series, we hope, may come into the hands of some who know very little about this truth, but who are willing to