Sentences with phrase «predestination means»

When we stop talking about what it means, about what predestination means, we've stopped understanding what it means to be Presbyterian... [We need to talk about] the kind of theological energy, the kind of theological positivism that is part of the Presbyterian heritage....

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It is a verb that means to have intimate knowledge beforehand of those whom God elected to salvation and it goes hand in hand with the word «predestination.»

God intimately chose His people, and this foreknowing is the foundation of His predestination, so if we were to translate the Biblical meaning of foreknowledge into Romans 8:29 it would read like this, «For those whom God intimately set His affection upon beforehand, He also predestined...» And this meaning is in sync with the rest of the Bible.

And even stranger, God himself can not change the outcome, and is himself trapped in predestination, which means that God is not all - powerful.

Neither of the examples given were chosen for «salvation», meaning your argument against double - predestination is shot all to hell (literally).

But if Paul is saying what you think He is saying, then this passage must be about double - predestination, first because they weer chosen before they had done anything good or bad, meaning they were in fact positionally neutral, and secondly, because they were specifically chosen for apoliea or destruction.

Remember in Ephesians 1:5 - 6, it says that God's predestination is to the adoption as sons, which we saw from history and from Scripture means that He has promised to make us His heirs?

Before we discuss what this verse is teaching on predestination, we should make sure that we understand what the word «predestination» means.

But since «to elect» simply means «to choose,» I believe we can take this passage as a key text on election and predestination, because the term «he chose us» is found in this verse.

This doctrine of radical freedom does not mean that every possible meaning of the doctrine of predestination is negated.

The ability to love implies, thirdly, that we risk our existence in a relationship where predestination, in the sense of determination by something less than person will, would destroy the meaning of love.

So just because someone identifies himself or herself as a Calvinist does not mean they believe in double predestination... and, conversely, just because someone thinks of election corporately does not mean that they can not think of it individually as well.

Which means that all those who do not accept Calvin's working - out of the doctrine of predestination, are not real Christians.

This means that He promises to make us holy through election and make us heirs through predestination.

I mean, are you going to get into election and predestination when you present the Gospel?

LOL!!!! You make words mean their opposite both when interpreting the bible (predestination scriptures) and when explaining how to read the bible (literal means not - literal... sometimes).

Much like the themes of Gattaca, Predestination is meant to challenge the viewer not only with plot but in self - reflection.

The directing Spierig Brothers — who, like Wan, hail from Australia, and previously helmed the more interesting Daybreakers and Predestination — keep Jigsaw moving briskly enough and don't wallow in mean - spiritedness in the manner of some previous entries.