Unconditional Election
Unconditional Election
James M. Boice & Philip G. Ryken
Election is an important measuring rod for someone’s theology, since an acceptance or rejection of this doctrine reveals at once whether a person is biblically correct on such other doctrines as the nature and extent of sin, the bondage of the will, the full grace of God in salvation, and more.
Unconditional Election - is it Biblical?
Got Questions
Unconditional election is a phrase that is used to summarize what the Bible teaches about the predestination—or the election—of people for salvation.
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The Freedom and Justice of God in Unconditional Election
John Piper, DTheol
The doctrine of God’s unconditional election is so different from what most of you grew up with that you not only have a hard time believing it is in the Bible, but also a hard time feeling that it is good news. So I am swimming against a doubly difficult current in these messages from Romans 9. On the one hand, I believe that is exactly the doctrine that Romans 9 teaches, and on the other hand, I believe that doctrine is very good news.
Divine Sovereignty vs. Human Responsibility
Ken Boa
In God’s higher rationality, things that we think must be either-or can in reality be both-and.
Unconditional Election
David N Steele & Curtis C. Thomas
The doctrine of election declares that God, before the foundation of the world, chose certain individuals from among the fallen members of Adam’s race to be the objects of His undeserved favor. These, and these only, He purposed to save.
The Doctrine of Election in Historical Perspective
G.C. Berkouwer, ThD
While not a complete survey of the history of the doctrine of election, Berkouwer explains that in all variations of thought over the centuries “there is nothing new under the sun.”
Election is Not Based on God’s Foreknowledge of Our Faith
Wayne Grudem, PhD
Quite commonly people will agree that God predestines some to be saved, but will say that he does this by looking into the future and seeing who will believe in Christ and who will not.
God is Sovereign in Salvation and That’s a Beautiful Thing
Jeff Robinson, PhD
Disputed and disdained though it may be, Predestination and its sibling, Election, are plainly taught in Scripture and every exegete must make peace with it.
Who Are the Elect of God?
Got Questions
Simply put, the “elect of God” are those whom God has predestined to salvation. They are called the “elect” because that word denotes the concept of choosing.
Predestination in the New Testament and St. Augustine
Peter Gilbert
An unpublished lecture, delivered at St. John’s College,
Augustine: Advocate of Free Will and Defender of Predestination
Brandon Peterson
Excellent detailed presentation. Recommended!
Does Man Have a Free Will?
John Calvin
In his very helpful book, The Bondage and Liberation of the Will, John Calvin stated that there are four expressions regarding the will which differ from one another.
Pastoral Thoughts on the Doctrine of Election
John Piper, DTheol
This is the teaching that God chose, before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4), who would believe and so be undeservingly saved in spite of their sin, and who would persist in rebellion and so deservingly perish because of their sin.
Augustinian Compatibilism and the Doctrine of Election
Phillip Cary
An excellent detailed examination (33 pages) of this subject.
Aquinas and Calvin on Predestination: Is There Any Common Ground?
Francis B. Cavalli
Interesing discussion. Detailed and meaty.
Corporate Election
Daniel B. Wallace, PhD
Professor Wallace of Dallas Theological Seminary refutes the concept of so-called corporate election and explains that the Doctrine of Election is individual in nature. Excellent answer!
Infant Election
Obbie T. Todd, PhD
Though scarcely preached from the Sunday morning pulpit, the subject of infant salvation is an intensely personal and pastoral issue deserving of proper treatment in the Baptist church. It is not so explicit in Scripture as to escape a measure of speculation, yet not so incidental a doctrine as to warrant “secondary” status.
7 Reasons God Takes Pleasure in Election
John Piper, DTheol
What Romans 8:28–30 teaches is that God really accomplishes the complete redemption of his people from start to finish. He foreknows (elects) a people for himself before the foundation of the world; he predestines this people to be conformed to the image of his Son; he calls them to himself in faith; he justifies them through that faith; and he finally glorifies them.
Election
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
If there were no other text in the sacred word except this one, I think we should all be bound to receive and acknowledge the truthfulness of the great and glorious doctrine of God’s ancient choice of his family.
But there seems to be an inveterate prejudice in the human mind against this doctrine; and although most other doctrines will be received by professing Christians, some with caution, others with pleasure, yet this one seems to be most frequently disregarded and discarded. In many of our pulpits it would be reckoned a high sin and treason to preach a sermon upon election, because they could not make it what they call a “practical” discourse.
Does God Predestine People to Hell?
John Piper, DTheol
There are many people for whom a “yes” answer to this question would have to mean God is unjust and he is not good. So a positive answer to that question is simply not possible for them. In fact, I would say if that is who you are, if God’s predestining who he saved and who perishes can only mean that he is unrighteous or unjust or not good, you shouldn’t believe, even if it is true. Only believe it if you see it taught in the Bible and if it does not undermine other true and important things taught about God in the Bible.
Divine Election
S. Lewis Johnson, PhD
Dr. S. Lewis Johnson gives an overview of the doctrine of election.
A Sermon Dr Johnson preached at Believer’s Chapel in Dallas where was the pastor for decades.
Romans 9-11 Isn’t About Nations and Your Free Will is a Myth
Jack Lee
Heralded by Calvinists as irrefutable proof of God’s sovereignty in salvation, Romans 9-11 is arguably the most theologically complex section in all of scripture. One can (and should) spend a lifetime considering the implications of these verses and what they mean for God’s plan of redemption.
Isn’t It Unfair for God to Choose Some and Not Others?
J. Ligon Duncan, PhD
Fallen human beings have a hard time swallowing the sovereignty of God. We have a hard time anywhere we bump into the sovereignty of God in Scripture or experience swallowing it.
Unconditional Election and the Invincible Purpose of God
John Piper, DTheol
Our aim is simply to understand and apply to our lives the reason Paul gives for saying to Rebekah, before Jacob and Esau were born or had done anything good or bad, “The older will serve the younger.” Why did God do this?
Who Saves Whom?
Michael S. Horton, PhD
In this article I want to offer some brief scriptural responses to the common objections concerning the doctrine of election. If one does not believe in the doctrine of unconditional election, it is impossible to have a high doctrine of grace.
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Who Chose Whom?
John MacArthur
The pervasive notion of skeptics and enemies of this doctrine is that the doctrine of election is unfair, and we’ve all heard that. But that of course is when you measure it by some feeble, fallen, human judgment. God is not to be measured by any human standard. Psalm 50 verse 21 says, “You thought that I was altogether like you.” What a foolish idea that is.
