PREDESTINATION

(See also Fatalism; Foreknowledge; Foreordination; Free Will)

“book of life” not proof of: it-2 251

conflict with free will: cl 178; w14 7/1 5; w05 1/15 4-5; w95 2/15 3-4, 6-7

conflict with God’s love: cl 178; w95 2/15 5-7

discussion: it-1 851-860; w09 4/1 26; g 2/09 12-13; g 5/07 12-13; w05 1/15 4-7; w95 2/15 3-7; rs 140-144

early Christians did not teach: it-1 859-860

foreknowledge differs: w95 2/15 5-6; rs 140-141

individuals not predestined: rs 141-144

Adam and Eve: rs 142

anointed Christians: w05 1/15 5-6; rs 143-144

Jacob and Esau: rs 142-143

Jehovah’s regret implies: it-2 776

Judas Iscariot: rs 143

meaning of term: w95 2/15 3

scriptures misapplied to support:

Genesis 25:23: rs 142-143

Deuteronomy 31:16-18: it-1 855

Ecclesiastes 3:2: ijwbq article 80; wp17.1 14; w09 4/1 26; w91 10/15 5-6; rs 138

John 6:64: it-1 858; rs 143

Acts 1:16-20: it-1 857-858

Romans 8:28-30: w95 2/15 3, 7; rs 143-144

Romans 9:10-13: it-1 852, 856

Ephesians 1:4, 5: it-1 852, 859; rs 144

2 Thessalonians 2:13, 14: it-1 859

1 Peter 1:1, 2: it-1 859

1 Peter 1:19, 20: it-1 858-859; w06 6/1 23-24

Revelation 17:8: it-2 468

unreasonableness: w98 8/15 30; w94 8/1 9

view of—

Augustine: w96 9/1 3-4; w95 2/15 3

Calvin: w98 4/15 4; w96 9/1 4; w95 2/15 4-5; sh 323; g87 10/8 6

Calvinists: w10 9/1 21; w10 12/15 6

Catholic Church: w95 2/15 3-4, 7

Luther: w95 2/15 4

Pharisees: w95 3/15 26

whether indicated in the stars: g 10/12 22-23