I recently heard that Calvinist believe that God Predestines Some For Heaven and Some For Hell!
"In Calvinism, men must be predestined and effectually called (regenerated/born again) unto faith by God before they will even wish to believe or wish to be justified."
Here is a quote from the Westminister Confession of Faith.
"God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death.
As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore, they who are elected . . . are effectually called unto faith in Christ by His Spirit working in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by His power. through faith, unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the elect only.
The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby He extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as He pleaseth, for the glory of His Sovereign power over His creatures, to pass by; and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of His glorious justice. (Chap. III — Articles I, III, VI and VII) "
This view is called also called Double predestination
Here is the way Wikipedia explains it:
"Calvinistic predestination is sometimes referred to as "double predestination."[2] This is the view that God chose who would go to heaven, and who to hell, and that his decision is infallibly to come to pass. This point of view simultaneously denies that God is the Author of Evil, but the issue is a very difficult point of the doctrine of predestination. The difference between elect and reprobate is not in themselves, all being equally unworthy, but in God's sovereign decision to show mercy to some, to save some and not others. It is called double predestination because it holds that God chose both whom to save and whom to damn, as opposed to single predestination which contends that though he chose whom to save, he did not choose whom to damn."
Those last two lines "as opposed to single predestination which contends that though he chose whom to save, he did not choose whom to damn", is what i would hold to to.
I believe yes God has predestined Our lives but he leaves it open for all to freely choose, and it is in our own will to make that move to follow him.
These View that God wills some to heaven and the rest to Hell, is on the verge of being called Heresy, and the sad fact is that alot of Christians Believe that this is true.
In some ways this belief is mad.
To say that God wills some to heaven and others to Hell is for starters Favourtism, you could say that God favors some for the glory of Heaven and Hates the rest and turns his back and lets the rest go to Hell?
That was harsh.......
Im not implying he turns his back on anyone, i Believe he is a Loving God, he does be angry, but that is agasint sin, and he hates when we rebel agasint what is best for us, And that is the Love of God, and Total Forgiveness of Sin, that his Son Jesus Christ bleed and Died for on the Cross.
I want to finish this post off with this wee thought...
If God did Will Some for Heaven and Some For Hell (i dont believe for a second he did by the way) but if he did, would that not make God out to be the author of evil as well?
I dont think so!! God is Pure Love, Pure God, He is Perfect and Blameless with no inperfection!
God bless you and Peace
Deu 32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
2Sa 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Deu 32:4 "The LORD is your mighty defender, perfect and just in all his ways; Your God is faithful and true; he does what is right and fair.
Heb 2:10 It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.
Heb 12:23 You have come to the joyful gathering of God's first-born, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.
1Jn 4:12 No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.
Deu 32:4 He is a rock. What he does is perfect. All his ways are fair. He is a faithful God, who does no wrong. He is honorable and reliable.
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