The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Predestination

1. If you are neither an Arminian or a Calvinist, then you of necessity remove yourself outside the the general definition of biblical Christianity at worst or indefensibly inconsistent and illogical.

2. To come to a proper and accurate definition of 'foreknowledge', one doesn't consult Webster's Dictionary but rather one uses "The Analogy of Faith"; i.e., comparing Scripture with Scripture, respecting context (near and far), etc. Arthur W. Pink has probably the best example of using the analogy of faith, allowing Scripture to interpret itself in his well-known article: Foreknowledge.

In its most basic form, 'foreknowledge'; God knows beforehand, exists because He has foreordained all things. God knows because He has determined what shall be. If this were not so then there would be existence of matter and events which exist apart from Him and His eternal counsel, making God subject to those things; i.e., God would have need to gain knowledge of things or events which He previously was not aware of. The result of such a view would be, of course, that God would not be Omniscient, an essential attribute of deity. I don't think you want to go there. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/giggle.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,