April 21

The doctrine of predestination is one that is difficult to put into a box. The pressing question is, ‘If God already knows who will receive Christ and who will reject Him, how can God judge fairly?’ It seems to be an arbitrary decision on the part of the Almighty who is aware of what is to transpire.

But if we analyze it, we realize it’s not unfair as it may first appear. To have complete foreknowledge of a decision and to base the entirety of eternity on a person’s choice in the matter of accepting or rejecting Christ as Savior does not mean the individual did not have the choice to make.

How could an omniscient God not know? Of course He knows and He weeps at the knowledge of every heart that will ever reject His designated Savior. Because God has given man a free will, He won’t interfere with that even though neglecting to do so means a beloved one will elect to refuse Jesus.

It behooves each of us to be among those in Romans 8:30, of whom Paul says, “Those He predestined, He also called, and those He called, He also justified, and those He justified, He also glorified.” When we simply say ‘Yes’ to Jesus, we place ourselves among those predestined for redemption's glory!