PREDESTINATION
(See also Choice; Destiny; Fatalism; Foreknowledge; Free Will; Karma)
Adam and Eve not predestined to sin: w85 3/15 31; w53 306, 340-341, 347-350; w51 31-32; w48 222
advocates of predestination: w84 7/15 3; g83 1/8 14-15; qm 294; g61 6/22 29-30; g57 6/8 5; qm55 294; g54 8/22 6; w53 302-304, 359; w52 278; rm 247
astrology: g83 1/8 14; g54 8/22 6; w53 301
Bible view: g80 9/8 4; po 94; g74 7/8 27-28; w73 488; ad 594-600; w70 469-478; ms 390-394; w54 27; g54 8/22 7-8; w53 254-255, 313-314
“book of life” (Re 3:5) does not imply: ad 1203; g55 9/22 29-30; w53 307; w47 204
congregation of God:
members not predestinated: w84 7/15 6-7; w70 477-478; w53 310-312, 337; nh 158-159, 169; lg 130; w44 218-219; ki 291-292; w43 22, 100; w40 86; w30 52
Cyrus not predestinated: ad 598; w53 339
different from foreknowledge: g57 6/8 5-8; g54 8/22 7-8; w53 336-351; w51 31-32; w48 222-223
discussion: w84 7/15 3-7; g83 1/8 14-16; g57 6/8 5-8; w54 297-302; g54 8/22 5-8; w53 301-315, 336-351
effect of belief on people: g83 1/8 15
free moral agent: w70 469, 475; w65 361-362; ms 393; g62 10/22 7-8; w61 79; g57 1/22 18; g57 6/8 6; w54 297-302; g54 8/22 8; w53 312-314, 348-350; w51 31-32
individuals not predestinated: w84 7/15 5-7; ad 597-599; w70 474; g57 6/8 5-6; g54 8/22 7-8; w53 254-255, 304-307, 310-311, 336-337; ki 291-292; wl 93; w40 86
Jacob and Esau: w84 7/15 5-6; ts 58-59; w70 474-475; g54 8/22 8; w53 338; w43 255
Jesus Christ: ad 599; w70 476-477; w53 309, 339; nh 159
Judas Iscariot: w84 7/15 6; ad 598-599; w70 475-476; g54 8/22 8; w53 339
nation of Israel: w84 7/15 5; w53 336-337
origin: g83 1/8 14; ad 599-600
scriptures misapplied to support: