Predestination

– PLUCKING THE PETALS OF JOHN CALVIN’S TULIP –

Every false doctrine has a series of Bible verses that are pulled together as support. Today we will examine the proof texts used to support the TULIP doctrine of Unconditional Election.

Ephesians 1:4, “…just as He choses us in Him before the foundation of the world…”

This and other texts speak of God choosing us from the foundation of the world or from the beginning (cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:13). Apart from their context, such verses might lend validity to the Calvinist position, but a text out of context is a pretext.

– PLUCKING THE PETALS OF JOHN CALVIN’S TULIP –

This TULIP doctrine is perhaps better known as Predestination. It is introduced by the Westminster Confession in this way:

God from all eternity did by thhe most wise and holy counsel of his own will freely and unchangeably ordain what soever comes to pass…