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Predestinate   Listen
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Predestinate  v. t.  (past & past part. predestinated; pres. part. predestinating)  To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect. "Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son."
Synonyms: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.






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"Predestinate" Quotes from Famous Books



... God belongs the blessing of justification. "Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified."[545] Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. It was when, in the exercise of Covenanting, he accepted of the promise of God, that he was thus blessed. All who believe ...
— The Ordinance of Covenanting • John Cunningham

... 29, 30, it is written: "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren. 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." How are we justified, ...
— A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Mueller - Written by Himself, Third Part • George Mueller

... this doctrine is deduced are those Scripture texts which have the authority of the Apostle Paul, such as these: "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world;" "For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate;" "Jacob have I loved and Esau have I hated;" "He hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth;" "Hath not the potter power over his clay?" No one denies that from these texts the Predestination of Calvin ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI • John Lord



Words linked to "Predestinate" :   theological system, certain, predestine, sure



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