IF GOD IS TRULY GOD, HE IS SOVEREIGN
OVER ALL THINGS, OVER ALL DECISIONS. IF GOD IS TRULY GOD, THEN HE CHOOSES
WHO GOES TO HEAVEN AND WHO DOESN'T.
Here is the classical doctrine of predestination- explained and illustrated by scholar-theologian-author R. C. Sproul.
Predestination isn't just for Calvinists, Sproul says. It's for all biblical Christians. It doesn't create a whimsi- cal or spiteful picture of God, but paints the portrait of a loving God who provides redemption for radically cor- rupt humans.
Sproul suggests that there is mystery here, but not contradiction. Point by point, Sproul examines the Scriptures and refutes the naysayers. We choose God, but only because he has opened our eyes to see his beau- ty.
We love him because he first loved us