Many people believe that everything that happens to them, whether good or bad, has already been determined by a kind of superior force. John Calvin, a religious reformer of the 16th century, wrote: "We call God's eternal decree petition, by which he has determined what he wants to do with each man. For He does not create them all on the same condition, but He ordains some for eternal life, and others for perpetual condemnation. End of quote.
But is it really God who decides beforehand our actions and final destiny? What does the Bible really teach? Some people who believe in predestination reason as follows: God is omniscient, that is, he knows everything, even what is going to happen in the near future; he knows what each human being will do with his life, and the exact form and timing of his death. According to them, when someone has to make a decision, he inevitably decides what God has already foreseen and predetermined; otherwise, God would not be all-knowing. Surprising, isn't it?
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It would appear from scripture that God not only knows who will receive eternal life but they were chosen before the foundation of the world.
(Ephesians 1:4-6 NIV) For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love {5} he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- {6} to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Not only that, God also designed people who wouldn't accept Christ.
(Romans 9:21-24 NIV) Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? {22} What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction? {23} What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory-- {24} even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?