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Henry said:
I don't feel comfortable with the term "double predestination" because it seems to imply this (i.e. the Lord works in their life to send that person to hell the same way he does with the elect to send them to heaven.)
Henry,

It is true that God doesn't "predestinate" the elect and the reprobate in exactly the same manner. In the case of the elect, there is a "positive" intervention by God in that the Holy Spirit creates a new nature within them, thus radically transforming them which enables them to know, love and obey God. In the case of the non-elect, (reprobate) God predestinates them to the end to which they will naturally come due to their sinful natures. Providentially, God is active in their lives too but only to accentuate their depravity; i.e., he uses their evil dispositions for His glory and their further damnation. The classic example of this is in the crucifixion of Christ. (cf. Acts 2:23; 3:18; 4:27, 28) Those that physically participated in the accusation, trial and crucifixion of the Lord Christ were predestination/ordained that they should do so, exact in every detail. Yet, they did it most willingly and without compulsion.

R.C. Sproul has one of the best articles on this subject here: Double Predestination.

And, there are quite a number of articles on the broad subject of Predestination here: Predestination Index.

In His Grace,

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