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For God so loved THE WORLD, that he gave his one and only son…
John 3:16
What is Predestination?
Predestination was popularized by John Calvin, a protestant that believed that God has already eternally chosen whom he intends to save.
To believe in predestination, is to believe in a non-free will. When first perceived, predestination seems very plausible due to an omniscient God. If God knows all, then it seems as if everything is truly predestined.
This is not the case.
I like to believe in a “post-destination,” which allows your thought-process to allow the ability of an all-knowing God, while also realizing that it is up to you to knock on Jesus’ door. Just because your boss scheduled you to work, it ultimately lies in your hands if you “knock on the door.” Paul states in 1 Timothy 2:3-4, that “This is good, and pleases God our savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth.”
The fact that people believe that some people are destined for Sheol, no matter the circumstance, is laughable.
Why is Predestination contradictory?
To believe in predestination, is to believe in an unjust and unmerciful God. Indirectly, you are believing that the Bible and the word is not for everyone, and that Jesus did not die for everyone. Did God not choose the underdogs for Israel? Did Jesus not die for ALL people’s salvation and sin? How can God be merciful if he only saves the one he chose?
If you were to ask Christians what the internal mission for Christianity would be, they’d probably respond with something like, “to spread the word to the ends of the earth and save as many people as possible.”
Wait, that’s weird, if predestination is real then what is the point if not all people can be saved? If they were predestined at birth to not make it to the Kingdom of Heaven, why spread the word? If the word is not meant for all then why externalize the faith?
If you believe in predestination, I challenge you to do the most despicable act you can and then justify to yourself that the act was in “God’s predestined plan.”
To choose predestination/non-free will is to choose victimhood.
The whole point of life is to internally change your ways through your own free-will. Matthew 7:7 states, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
YOU must find Jesus. If God forces you to the door and not vice-versa, wouldn’t he just do it for all people? What is the point of life without free-will? Just because God knew that Adam & Eve would eat the fruit, does not mean he forced them to sin.
That legitimately would make God imperfect.
Takeaways & Key Points
- If predestination is real, then Jesus did not die for all sins. You are spitting in Jesus’ face just like the pharisees
- If predestination is real, then God is imperfect. If not all people have the same ability to go to heaven, then God is unjust, non-merciful, and is leading you into sin because we are sinners.
- If predestination is real, then you are a timid victim who cannot take blame for anything. Every time you sin, you are indirectly blaming God because free-will is absent.
- If predestination is real, then there is no point of missionaries. If not everyone can make it, then there is no point to spread the word.
- If predestination is real, then there is no point in life.
Happy Easter, Jesus died and resurrected on this day for ALL PEOPLE.
Ave Christus Rex.
