Is Predestination Fair?

Undeservedly Kind A common objection to God’s sovereign election is that it’s unfair for God to choose to save only some humans not based on any human condition but solely on God’s sovereign good pleasure. Paul directly answers this objection in Romans 9:14–18. He asks, “What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means.” So it’s wrong to infer that God’s sovereign election is unjust. And then to prove that there’s no injustice on God’s part, Paul argues, “For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’” Paul quotes Exodus 33 to prove that God can have mercy on whomever he wants. And what does Paul infer from that? He concludes, “So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.” Predestination Andrew David Naselli In this addition to the Short Studies in Systematic Theology series, Andrew David Naselli carefully examines the doctrine of predestination and encourages believers to respond in worship. So what’s decisive in whether an individual receives mercy is not human will or exertion. What is decisive is God, who has mercy. And then as further proof that there’s no...