Election and Predestination: The Sovereignty of God in Salvation
Sep 26, 2001 · But he doesn't have free will to determine, and he doesn't have free will to override. PASTOR MACARTHUR: So that even a believer is responsible for his own failures and sins, but gets no credit for doing what is right.
Does God give people free will? - Ligonier Ministries
Sinners think they have free will, but the Bible defines sinners as being in bondage to sin. It is a bondage to sin so profound that the only thing they can choose is which sin to commit. This transcript is from a live Ask Ligonier event with John MacArthur and …
John MacArthur: MY FREE WILL - YouTube
Sep 15, 2022 · Dr. John MacArthur is—far and away—America’s greatest Bible teacher. In 2015, I had a burning desire to understand what the Bible really meant, however, eve...
Answering the Key Questions About the Doctrine of Election - Grace to You
Jul 17, 2006 · JOHN: Yeah, if not the very first, it’s near the front, and it’s always basically the question of how can the doctrine of election relate to human choice or free will, as it’s often called by people, so it’s not just the doctrine of election itself, but how it …
John MacArthur Q&A's -- Freewill
Now, when you say that "...all your works and efforts mean nothing, you are nothing but a wicked sinner before God, and by his grace He will give you the free gift if you will bow down to Jesus, repent of your sins, believe in who He claimed to be, and submit to His commands, or Lordship," are you suggesting that there is something we must do ...
The Doctrine of Election, Part 1 - Grace to You
Arno Froese from another ministry writes, “The flawed theology of preselection - ” he calls it “ - is an attempt to eliminate man’s capacity to exercise his free will, which reduces God’s sovereign love to an act of a mere dictator.”
Free Will Doctrine VS Election Doctrine - iamforsure.com
Free will is not a biblical term because man’s will isn’t really free, it’s bound by sin, but you believe that when you became a Christian did you say to yourself, “Oh, I’m elect. I think I’ll get saved.” No! No you made a decision, you made a choice. So the Bible teaches God’s predestinated plan, God’s electing plan.
How can God be sovereign and man still be free? - Monergism
The will is in bondage to sin. Any consistent theologian who uses the term "freedom" usually is referring to that fact that while God sovereignly ordains all that comes to pass, yet man's "free choice" (voluntary) is compatible with God's sovereign decree. In other words the will is free from external coercion but not free from necessity.
Chosen But Free – The Biblical Doctrine of Election - Soul Food
Jul 3, 2019 · As one friend once told me, “We were predestined to have free will.” John MacArthur writes, The Bible is clear that “no person receives Jesus Christ as Savior who has not been chosen by God:” John 6:44; Romans 8:29-30; Romans 9:11, 14-15; Eph. 1:4-5; 1 …
John MacArthur Speaks on Predestination: A Rebuttal
Jul 9, 2013 · Yet, sadly, NOT ALL THE WORLD WILL RECEIVE his gracious gift (Ephesians 2:8-9) of salvation: John 3:36 (which clearly demonstrates man’s free will to accept or reject God’s gracious gift of salvation through believing in his Son, cf. Matthew 23:37; John 3:18) “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not ...
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