Divine Decrees
Predestination
Theology Proper · 4 verses
Predestination is God's eternal purpose according to the counsel of His will, whereby He has chosen some persons to everlasting life and passed by others. This divine predestination is wholly unconditional, not based on any foreseen faith or works, but flowing solely from God's sovereign good pleasure. It is the eternal foundation of the believer's assurance.
Scripture References
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,”
“(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
“And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”