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Bible Study John Calvin's Predestination.

Malachi said:
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29).
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Good. So those God knew would believe, He predestined a path of sanctification as described in Eph. 4"11ff.
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: ill we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:

God predestined a program of spiritual development for those who believe culminating in the attainment of the fullness of Christ.

What God did NOT do is predestine some for eternal life and the rest for an eternity of torture in the fires of hell.

iakov the fool
 
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