The Doctrines of Grace Unconditional Election Grace Planned.pdf
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1. Foreknowledge speaks <strong>of</strong> God's Knowledge <strong>of</strong> Persons, not Merely Events.<br />
Amos 3:2 Matt. 7:23 Rom. 11:2-5 Psalm 1:6 Gen. 4:1<br />
Not make sense: never knew about you...<br />
2. Foreknown is Foreloved. Jer. 1:5 John 10:14,26-27 Rom. 9:13<br />
a. Illus S. Procter: before met; knew and loved<br />
b. God's eye was set upon us before we were born: Bride <strong>of</strong> Christ!<br />
3. God's Foreknowledge Involves the Accomplishing <strong>of</strong> His Eternal Purpose.<br />
Acts 2:23 4:27-28 I Pet. 1:2,20<br />
Cross: not God foresaw events beyond His control!<br />
Not make sense: God merely knew what would happen.<br />
4. Foreknowledge based upon Man's foreseen Faith Invalidates any Concept <strong>of</strong> God's<br />
Sovereignty in Salvation. Instead it Makes Man Sovereign!<br />
Arminianism takes election out <strong>of</strong> God's hand>puts<br />
into man's<br />
a. Because <strong>of</strong> man's total depravity, he would not choose God on his own.<br />
John 6:44,65 8:43-44 Rom. 3:11ff 8:7-8<br />
b. Faith itself is a gift from God which comes as a consequence <strong>of</strong> election.<br />
Eph. 2:8 Acts 13:48 16:14 Phil. 1:29 I <strong>The</strong>ss. 1:4-5<br />
Faith is not the one good work that distinguishes<br />
the saved from the lost.<br />
! Not the one condition <strong>of</strong> election: You are elected<br />
to faith! (result)<br />
Acts 13:48 Faith is the consequence <strong>of</strong> God's decree!<br />
c. Repentance also is God's gift. II Tim. 2:25-26<br />
5. <strong>Election</strong> Based Upon Foreseen Faith Does not Solve the Arminian's Concern<br />
Because Even in his view <strong>of</strong> Foreknowledge the Future <strong>of</strong> Every Person is still<br />
Predetermined!<br />
a. God allows people to be born whom he knows will<br />
choose hell<br />
b. He could prevent. Nothing can possibly happen to<br />
change their minds.<br />
C. Do the Elect have to Believe in Order to be Saved? John 1:12-13 6:37 Rom. 11:33-36<br />
Some give picture: we are drug to throne <strong>of</strong> grace<br />
kicking and screaming:<br />
No! God makes us willing<br />
1. Are We Puppets Pulled Unwillingly to God?<br />
2. Do we Make a Choice?<br />
God makes us willing: real choice. Illus: me courting<br />
CN >win her heart<br />
3. What is the Difference Between Predestination and Fatalism?<br />
a. Not blind impersonal chance (Islam)<br />
b. But loving good Father.<br />
c. Story Boetner: man overboard: if Allah's will he will<br />
live; perhaps God's will we<br />
throw him a<br />
rope.<br />
D. Is <strong>Election</strong> Unfair? Rom. 6:23 3:23 Matt. 20:1-16<br />
Swaggart: "I can't think <strong>of</strong> a more perverted<br />
discouraging, or sick theory.<br />
1. Not in Light <strong>of</strong> Mankind's Sin and Guilt. All deserve hell - wages<br />
a. Problem: assumption that everyone deserves oppty Heaven: not realize gravity<br />
<strong>of</strong> own sin and guilt. Demand My Rights?? You have 1 right<br />
in God's eyes<br />
b. No-one is robbed <strong>of</strong> the good he deserves.<br />
c. Some receive undeserved good. Illus: Philanthropist: give $ 1<br />
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