Predestination

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This paper expounds on the Calvinist ideology known as predestination, which holds that salvation comes from God and God alone and that our fate has been decided before we are born, and more importantly, before we have a choice. The paper also examines the ideology of religious thought that does not agree with predestination teaching and which acknowledges man's free will and its importance in determining our destiny. The religious philosophy of one of the most vocal challengers of Calvinism, Jacobus Arminius, is discussed and cited as an example of those who claim that man is responsible for his own salvation.

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"There are many believers who support the Calvinist theory today. Many popular Christian pastors adopt this point of view. For example, John MacArthur, pastor at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, writes, "Our Lord emphasized that God Himself is the determinative factor in salvation . . . it is God who either reveals the truth or keeps it hidden" (MacArthur 107-8). In addition, MacArthur also believes that faith itself is a gift from God rather than "something conjured up by the human will" (173). Mac Arthur is not alone is his support of this belief."

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