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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman
Okay, I know there are some smart people out there so I have to ask the question.....seriously, because I don't know.
I do know this however, God is omnipresent, God is omnipotent, and God is omniscient. Because I know these things I am confused about "predestination".
Does God "know" who is going to go to heaven and who is going to go to hell? If God already "knows", then what difference does it make if we serve Him or not? Is it because we don't "know"?
Somebody give me a good thought out answer and not just some "pat" answer.
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There is only ONE predestinated: the Lord, Christ Jesus.
No [(man] has been predestined to be lost or saved, as it pertains to
salvation. What WAS predestined is man's salvation: and that only by
the faith of Jesus Christ.
Yes, God KNEW man would sin. We can see this as He spoke to Adam
and Eve:
"...on the day that you eat thereof, dying you shall die."
Did you see? God didn't say that
if Adam would eat of the fruit of the
knowledge of good and evil; in effect, He said
when...! And not only
that, but the tree was placed in the garden BEFORE Adam and Eve were
created and formed. But here's a couple of scriptures:
According as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Now those who will be saved, will be saved by
choosing to be saved,
even as He has given us the free will to choose life, instead of death.
"Choose therefore life, that you and your seed may live."