Soteriology · Intermediate
Election and Foreknowledge
Before the foundation of the world, God chose in Christ to save all who believe, according to His perfect foreknowledge, and predestined them to be conformed to the image of His Son.
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What you'll learn
1
Define election, foreknowledge, and predestination from Scripture.
2
Explain how God's sovereignty and genuine human responsibility fit together without determinism.
3
Describe the Calvinistic and Arminian interpretations in terms their adherents would recognize.
4
Explain why the non-Calvinistic Baptist view is neither Calvinist nor Arminian.
5
Read Romans 9, John 6:44, Acts 13:48, and Ephesians 1 in context.
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