The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Predestination

1. God determined (decreed) the Fall. I'll repeat myself once again... There is NOTHING that exists which God has not decreed/foreordained by His eternal determinate council. God is absolutely sovereign and man is fully responsible in all things. BOTH truths are taught in Scripture.

- God's Indisputable Sovereignty

- CALVINISM...the Truth

2. Yes, there are those who profess to be Calvinists who reject double predestination. The result of rejecting this biblical truth is in the end a denial of the biblical God. You need to know that many who reject double predestination do not understand biblical double predestination but oppose what is a distortion of that truth.

Double Predestination (one of the most accessed articles on The Highway)

3. The crucifixion of Christ was NOT a rectification of the decree of the Fall. The Fall was decreed as part of God's one eternal purpose to demonstrate His holiness, justice, mercy, grace and love. Ephesians 1 and Romans 9 spell this out in great detail.

Yes, Adam had a "free-will" which is to be understood as the ability to do that which was according to his nature. Adam's nature was upright and had no predisposition toward evil. God gave Adam the ability to not sin, the ability to sin but not the ability to never sin [posse peccare - posse non-peccare - non posse non peccare]. When Adam sinned as the God-appointed federal head of the human race, he died (Gen 2:17); spiritually [immediate], physically [progressively], eternally [just judgment of God]. All of Adam's progeny suffered with him (Rom 5:12-18; 1Cor 15:21,22). The punishment God pronounced on Adam and thus the entire human race is known as "Original Sin". It consisted of two elements: 1. Guilt for having disobeyed God's law, and 2. the corruption of his nature aka: Total Depravity. All human beings at conception inherit the depraved nature and the guilt of Adam's sin is imputed to them.