Predestination

Is predestination fact or fiction? That is a question discussed over and over though out the ages. If you read the bible logically we can get a flavor of what God Plans and what God controls.

Everything that had been made He made. That is very clear through out the bible. However, it is also clear that in every human being there are two parts that depend on each other. One is the body which most people understand and the soul or spirit that we all have whether we are Christians or not.

The prophets tell us many times how their soul was placed in the body sometimes before they were conceived. That soul is dependent on the body to make good decisions for the soul’s well being both now and for eternity. Our ability to make decisions is a key to predestination. We can either make decisions or we can’t. If we can make decisions the predestination doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

Another thought is God creates the good things and also the bad things. We are taught that God is love. We are taught that God loves everyone. The idea that God loves every one of us and creates bad things to happen to us is a contradiction in terms.

Does God use bad things that happen to His advantage. Yes He does. It happens over and over. Can God predict the future? Certainly He knows when bad things are going to happen because He know what Satan is doing all the time. He know men are weak and will sin if Satan has his way. However, causing men to make the decision to see does not follow, I my opiinion, good Christian thinking.

We have to believe He wants people to come to heaven. If that is true He would not make them have an opportunity to sin. If you follow the predestination idea through it would not just be an opportunity to sin, but God forcing us to sin. If predestination is a fact then we have no choices and therefore we could not make the decision to be saved and follow Jesus’ teachings.

My God that loves me would not let that happen to anyone.