If, as one school of thought has it, God has sovereignly predetermined who will come to faith in Him by hearing His Word, are those whom He hasn't chosen to come to faith by hearing His Word, going to get a fair trial on Judgment Day?
Surely it is not fair for God to condemn sinners just on the basis that He has not chosen them for salvation. Therefore the question must be asked "Is the doctrine of Predetermined Reprobation compatible with the righteous and fair judgment of God?"
If whomever never acknowledges Christ as their Saviour and is capable only of wickedness and sin because God has created and predetermined them to do so, how is it possible for them to get a fair trial on Judgment Day?
Can any reprobate or unregenerate person who never comes to Christ justly claim that God never provided them with the means or opportunity to be redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb?
reprobate
(ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt)
adj
1. morally unprincipled; depraved
2. (Theology) Christianity destined or condemned to eternal punishment in hell
n
3. an unprincipled, depraved, or damned person
4. a disreputable or roguish person: the old reprobate.
vb (tr)
5. to disapprove of; condemn
6. (Theology) (of God) to destine, consign, or condemn to eternal punishment in hell
[C16: from Late Latin reprobātus held in disfavour, from Latin re- + probāre to approve1]
reprobacy n
ˈreproˌbater n
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Surely it is not fair for God to condemn sinners just on the basis that He has not chosen them for salvation. Therefore the question must be asked "Is the doctrine of Predetermined Reprobation compatible with the righteous and fair judgment of God?"
If whomever never acknowledges Christ as their Saviour and is capable only of wickedness and sin because God has created and predetermined them to do so, how is it possible for them to get a fair trial on Judgment Day?
Can any reprobate or unregenerate person who never comes to Christ justly claim that God never provided them with the means or opportunity to be redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb?
reprobate
(ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt)
adj
1. morally unprincipled; depraved
2. (Theology) Christianity destined or condemned to eternal punishment in hell
n
3. an unprincipled, depraved, or damned person
4. a disreputable or roguish person: the old reprobate.
vb (tr)
5. to disapprove of; condemn
6. (Theology) (of God) to destine, consign, or condemn to eternal punishment in hell
[C16: from Late Latin reprobātus held in disfavour, from Latin re- + probāre to approve1]
reprobacy n
ˈreproˌbater n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014