Instead of asking “Why doesn’t God save everybody?” we should be amazed that He saves any sinners.
DID GOD HATE ESAU?
We may observe that the very objection Paul anticipates in Romans 9:14 clearly proves that God elects some and passes by others.
… AND AS MANY AS WERE APPOINTED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED
Arminians believe that God is careful to elect only those whom He foresees will elect themselves.
HISTORICALLY, CALVINISTS HAVE BEEN THE HARDEST-WORKING AND MOST EFFECTIVE EVANGELISTS IN ALL CHRISTENDOM
A man in Texas accused and convicted of murder, said to the judge, “I was predestined from all eternity to do it.” To whom the judge replied, “So be it, then I was predestined from all eternity to order you to be hanged by the neck, which I now do.”
WHO KILLED JESUS?
The death of Jesus is presented by the apostle Peter as resulting from the interplay of divine decree and human freedom.
MAN DOES NOT HAVE A MORAL FREE WILL
Behind what most people mean by “free will” is a myth that man is by nature impartial and therefore able to choose rightly between good or evil.
HOW GOD CARES FOR THE ELECT
God has regenerated and called His people to a state of grace; they cannot fall away from that state, but will certainly persevere to the end and be eternally saved.
GOD’S CARE FOR MANKIND
God determines when, where, and under what circumstance each individual shall be born, live, and die — or whether we shall be male or female, white or black, rich or poor, wise or otherwise.
GOD’S GOVERNMENT OVER ALL THINGS
There are many things in creation that we think of as merely “natural” occurances. Yet Scripture says that God causes them to happen.
THE AUTHOR OF PROVIDENCE
God is in control of all circumstances of life. There is no such thing as “luck” or “chance.”
THE NATURE OF PROVIDENCE: PART 2 OF 2
God has established physical laws by which the universe is governed. Our Creator is not governed by any of these “natural” laws – He transcends them.
THE NATURE OF PROVIDENCE: PART 1 OF 2
Some people tend to view God’s work as ending with creation, but the Scriptures tell us otherwise.
