PREDESTINED
by Kevin V.
Rutherford
There are many things that God predestined. God predetermined that when the time was right He would send His son to redeem sinners (Galatians 4:4, 5). God predetermined that all of the faithful in Christ would be saved (Ephesians 1:3-11). But God did not create individuals in such a way that their eternal destiny was chosen for them.
The fact that mankind can make
decisions which will affect his eternal destiny is made clear throughout the
Scriptures. From the very beginning we
see that man had a choice (Genesis
While God can use the choices of men to accomplish His will, we are not to conclude that God made those choices for them. Furthermore, God’s knowledge of the mind’s of men, and of the ways in which they would react to a specific set of circumstances does not mean he forced them to react in that manner.
You are given the choice as to
where you shall spend eternity. The book
of Acts makes this obvious. The Gospel
was preached to as many souls as possible.
Some souls chose to obey the Gospel while others chose not to. Which are
you more like? God has predestined the
faithful in Christ to spend eternity in heaven.
Why not choose to be among them by obeying God (Matthew