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Predestination

Unconditional Election

January 11, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

The biblical doctrine of election is God’s unconditional, eternal, immutable, particular, and effectual choice to save specific persons in Christ according to His own pleasure and not on the basis of foreseen faith or merit. This precious doctrine is the wellspring of every other salvific blessing believers experience for without election, other tenets of soteriology […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Election, grace, Predestination, Reformed, Sovereignty of God

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