For Those Who Say America Isn't a Christian Nation
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What about Free-will?
Can an all knowing God (Psalm 147:5) create something that
He already knows what it will do, without creating it to do exactly that ?
If so, how ?
That ladies and gentleman is what we call a paradox. It CAN'T HAPPEN!
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Here are just a few Bible passages which prove PREDESTINATION in the Bible. They all apply perfectly.
Ephesians 1
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Romans 8
28 And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also
called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them
he also glorified.
Acts 13
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad,
and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life
believed.
2 Thessalonians 2
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Ephesians 1
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance,
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after
the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians 2
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
them.
Proverbs 16
9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD
directeth his steps.
Job 23
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for
me: and many such things are with him.
1 Corinthians 7
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the
Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
Psalm 139
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Proverbs 20
24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then
understand his own way?
Matthew 24
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the
disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?
and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Revelation 17
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that
dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of
life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and
is not, and yet is.
Revelation 20
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book
of life was cast into the lake of fire.
John 6
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which
hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no
man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Acts 2
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall
call.
Proverbs 19
21 There are many devices in a man's heart;
nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Proverbs 16
33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole
disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Job 14
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Acts 17
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Daniel 11
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and
he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak
marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the
indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
2 Timothy 2
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's
sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with
eternal glory.
1 Peter 2
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they
were appointed.
Jude 1
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who
were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace
of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Psalm 65
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest
to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied
with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
2 Timothy 1
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Acts 2
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Psalm 37
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD:
and he delighteth in his way.
Matthew 25
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world:
John 15
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the
world, therefore the world hateth you.
Revelation 13
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship
him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
Matthew 20
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of
my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on
my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to
them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Acts 4
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel
determined before to be done.
Acts 10
41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen
before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the
dead.
1 Peter 1
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation
of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Jeremiah 1
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and
before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee
a prophet unto the nations.