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Originally Posted by Spencer Collins
I do not subscribe to the theory of predestination,I believe it is "possible" for people to be "snatched" away.In fact,this happened to a close friend of mine.He and his wife were agnostics for many years. They got caught up in the 700 club,they became "believers" until the Bakers corrupted themselves.Anyway..they have returned to their agnostic ways.Was this predestined? I doubt it,more likely it was Satan who saw yet another opportunity.
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You may not believe in it, but that Bible speak about Christians being predested to be conformed to the image of Jesus.
Romans 8:29 (KJV)
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.
Romans 8:30 (KJV)
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.
No one can snatch God's children out from God's hands, which means if they went back to being unbelievers its because they were not really Christians at all.
John 10:29-30 (KJV)
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
predestinate,
Greek Word: προορίζω
Transliteration: proorizō
Phonetic Pronunciation: pro-or-id'-zo
Root: from <G4253> and <G3724>
Cross Reference: TDNT - 5:456,728
Part of Speech: v
Vine's Words: Determine, Determinate, Predestinate
from <G4253> (pro) and <G3724> (horizo); to limit in advance, i.e. (figurative)
predetermine :-
determine before, ordain, predestinate.