Predestination or Free Will? Why the Bible Won’t Let Us Choose | Romans 3 Explained

Send us Fan MailHow can God-fearing, Bible-studying Christians read the same Scriptures and reach completely different conclusions about predestination and free will? And what should we do when the Bible seems to teach both God’s sovereignty and genuine human responsibility?In this Romans 3 explained teaching, we look at why the answer may not be choosing one side and explaining away the other. Romans 3 brings us directly into the question of how sinners are made right with God, why no one has any reason to boast, and how God’s grace and our responsibility to believe fit together.Paul declares that the righteousness we could never produce has been revealed through Jesus Christ. But Romans 3:22 also contains a fascinating phrase that can be understood as emphasizing either faith in Jesus Christ or the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.That tension opens into a much larger biblical question.Throughout Scripture, God acts, God initiates, God shows mercy, and God makes us alive. At the same time, people are commanded to believe, repent, obey, endure, and remain faithful.This teaching explores:Why Romans 3 destroys every reason for human boastingFaith in Jesus Christ and the faithfulness of Jesus ChristGod’s role in initiating salvationHuman responsibility to believe and obeyPredestination and free willBiblical warnings about unbelief and falling awayWhy humility matters when doctrines are difficult to reconcileWhy Scripture must remain above our theological systemsWe should believe everything God has revealed and remain humble enough to accept that truths we cannot fully reconcile may be perfectly reconciled in the mind and purposes of God.Join the Skool community: https://www.skool.com/estero-ekklesia-1658Support the Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2394920/support Support the show