Friday, September 20th

If someone were to say to you, a person is predestined at birth either for heaven or for hell, are you confident that you'd have a Biblical response?  When someone talks about being predestined, they are referring to the doctrine where some people are chosen to be saved and some are chosen to go to hell,  but neither has a choice in the matter.  The ones who promote this doctrine believe that God chooses who He will accept and who he will reject, and it has nothing to do with personal accountability.  Predestination is a false doctrine, girls, and you need to understand why.  It is true that hell is a real place and people are going there, but no one has to.  The Gospel is for whosoever will (Romans 10:13).  This is not a conclusive list but just a few references where the Lord makes it plain that His gift of salvation is for whosoever will:

Matthew 10:32
Acts 2:21
I John 4:15
Revelation 22:17

Remember, if someone is willing to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus in genuine repentance for salvation, He is willing to save them.  If you're willing to ask, you're part of the whosoever will.  Don't be misled, girls; no one is predestined to be eternally lost or eternally saved.   Where someone spends eternity is based solely upon a personal decision to either accept or reject Christ as Savior.  However, once a person chooses to accept Christ as Savior, that person is predestined to be conformed into the image of Christ according to Romans 8:29.   

Scripture Reading for the Day:

Proverbs 20
John 21