There were times in my life when I was fully opposed to the notion of God's foreknowledge in the sense of who will and will not be saved. Then I read the Bible. There was a brief moment when I began to lean more toward the opinion that God does not truly allow for choice, but instead predetermines who would be saved. Then I read the Bible. Here is the truth about Election and Freewill...I don't understand how they coincide, but they do. Here's what I do know: the transcendent, self-sufficient, self-regarding God of the Universe who created all things and holds all things together has grace upon sinful, wicked, disobedient, pathetic man. God cannot be in the presence of sin because he is the epitome of perfection, therefore we must consider the kindness AND the severity of God. Man deserves hell. period. We deserve the total and eternal separation from the magnificent presence of God. But God, in His grace and mercy, saw fit to send His son to die for our sins on the cross and to rise again because He loves us and for His glory and name's sake. This is what I understand in regard to the tiring debate between Calvinists and Armenians and everyone in between, that it is about the GRACE of God. It is by grace we are saved through faith, not of ourselves so that no man may boast, it is a gift of God. Whether we are simply granted the gift or if we accept the gift ourselves, the key is that it is grace.
PS: Sorry I have not blogged on here in a while. I have been blogging on http://www.subsurfacetheology.blogspot.com
