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| Posted 6/28/2001 5:24 PM (GMT -6) |   |
05/09/01 3:56 PM
single predestination?
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I just learned about the Lutheran view of predestination, as articulated in Article XI of the Formula of Concord. I’m curious to know what all you consistency fans (aka hobgoblin busters) make of this one:
1) Lutherans make a distinction between God’s eternal foreknowledge and God’s predestination.
2) They affirm God’s eternal predestination of the elect, but deny God’s eternal predestination of the damned—in other words, “single” predestination.
3) They base this conviction on the revealed Word, and forbid speculation on the hidden God.
4) They believe the revealed Word clearly teaches a universal offer of grace.
5) The resistance of the human will is the reason for damnation, not “some kind of deception.”
Rather than considering this formulation to be an explanation of predestination, Lutheran’s treat it as instructions that they are to preach the gospel but not condemnation.
who ya gonna call?
hobgoblin busters
GDG
Posted Originally From: Christus Victor Ministries
Mephi2K
05/09/01 5:29 PM
Single predestination? No Problemo.
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Hmmmm...lessee...
You have two categories of human beings: saved and damned. One cannot be both or neither. God predestines all the saved people. But NOT the damned people. Therefore, God knows exhaustively who will be saved because he predestined them to salvation. But the number of damned people is up in the air somewhat. To be sure, it's like a person who looks at a chess board and knows exhaustively where the white spaces are, but doesn't know where the black spaces are.
Hey, makes plenty of sense to me. No problem at all. It's a wonderful mystery of light that we can all embrace that shows the grace and mercy of our Lord. Mystery. Such a wonderful word!
Paradoxically Yours,
Anti-Meph
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