1.  Who is described as God’s elect in Isaiah 42:1-3? (I Peter 2:6)

2.  Were the children of Israel elected as God's special people? (Genesis 25:22-24; Deuteronomy 4:37; 14:2)

3.  Why were they destroyed and unable to enjoy the blessings of their special covenant? (Romans 10:1-3)

4.  Did God try to keep them from being lost? (II Chronicles 36:15-16)

The Possibility of Apostasy

  1. Why are we to take heed to the warning of I Corinthians 10? (I Corinthians 10:12)
  2. Why did the apostle Paul discipline himself? (I Corinthians 9:27)
  3. Which people deserve a punishment worse than death? (Hebrews 10:26-31; 11:4-6; II Timothy 2:18)
  4. What happened to the Galatian Christians? (Galatians 5:4; 4:19; Titus 3:7)

Conditional Election

1.  How are we to make our election sure? (II Peter 1:10)

2.  What is the basis for God’s change in judgment? (Jeremiah 18:7-10; II Corinthians 5:10)

3.  Does God want people to be lost? (Ezekiel 18:23, 32; II Peter 3:9)

4.  Why are some people lost? (Matthew 23:37; John 5:40)

5.  What is one condition of salvation? (John 3:15-18, 36)


God's Sovereignty and Man's Will

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Introductory Reflection

  1. What should be man's primary goal of this life?
  2. Why did God make man?
  3. Does God have free will?
  4. How does our views of God's sovereignty and man's will affect our spiritual lives?

The Character of God

1.  Is God a just and fair god? (Deuteronomy 32:4; Romans 2:11)

2.  Can God lie? (Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:17-18)

3.  Can God, or the Bible, teach conflicting doctrines? (I Corinthians 14:33)

4.  How is God a jealous god? (Deuteronomy 4:23-24)

5.  What characteristics of God are exhibited in II Peter 3:9 and Ephesians 2:4?

6.  What characteristics of God are exhibited in Ephesians 5:6; Romans 1:18; and Hebrews 10:29-31?

7.  Does God have any of the characteristics of darkness or evil? (I John 1:5)

The Dilemma

  1. Is God sovereign? (Isaiah 40:13-14; I Timothy 6:15-16)
  2. Can man oppose God's will? (Isaiah 43:13)
  3. Who created and designed man? (Isaiah 45:9-10)
  4. Is man encouraged to choose God's will? (Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 24:15)

Predestination?

1.  Has God predestined those who will go to heaven? (Ephesians 1:3-5)

2.  What basis was used to determine those who would be predestined? (Ephesians 1:3-4)

Unfulfilled Decrees of God

1.  Did God's decree of Jonah 3:4 come to pass? (Jonah 3:4,10)

2.  Did King Hezekiah die as God prophesied? (II Kings 20:1, 5-6)

3.  Did the events regarding David happen as God prophesied? (I Samuel 23:11-13)

4.  If God cannot lie, how can these otherwise false statements be explained?

Unconditional Election?

1.  Has God elected the saved? (I Peter 1:2; 2:9)

2.  Can the elect earn their salvation? (Ephesians 2:8-10)

Examples of Election