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Predestination and Free Will
Predestination and free will is a debate over whether salvation depends on God's election or on the human response. Calvinism, followed by Presbyterians, and the Arminian-Wesleyan tradition, followed by Methodists, Holiness churches, and Full Gospel churches, explain the question differently.
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- SoteriologyDoctrine & Theology
Soteriology is the branch of Christian theology concerned with how God saves people who are under sin. It encompasses such topics as grace and faith, justification and sanctification, and predestination and free will.
- Romans 9:18–23Bible Verses
In this passage Paul uses the analogy of the potter and the vessels to explain God's sovereignty in both showing mercy and hardening. It is one of the texts most frequently cited in the debate over predestination and free will.
- Jeremiah 18:1–10Bible Verses
A passage that speaks of God's sovereignty through the image of a potter reshaping a marred vessel and sets out the principle that God "repents" of calamity or blessing depending on how a nation responds. It is frequently cited in discussions of predestination and free will.
- Ezekiel 18:30–32Bible Verses
Ezekiel's call to repentance addressed to Israel during the Babylonian exile, declaring that each person will be judged according to his ways and that God takes no pleasure in the death of the one who dies, so the people should turn and live. The passage is frequently cited in preaching on repentance and in discussions of predestination and free will.
- John 6:37–40Bible Verses
John 6:37–40 is the passage in which Jesus says that he will not cast out those whom the Father has given him, that he will lose none of them, and that he will raise them up at the last day. It is frequently cited in discussions of the assurance of salvation, the perseverance of the saints, and predestination and free will.
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