divine predestination Quotes

By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man

The sanctity proceeds out of the belief... that ancient principle where God says "before you were formed in the womb I knew you," and so for the first time in my public life I sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life.

Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it.

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.

Before the world was made, when it was only darkness and mist and waters, God was well aware of Lake Wobegon, my family, our house, and He had me all sketched out down to what size my feet would be (big), which bike I would ride (Schwinn), and the five ears of corn I'd eat for supper that night.

The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity.

You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.

The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity.

No marketing plan is ever going to bring in one soul that was not ordained by the Lord to be saved in the first place.

Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.

All things being at God's disposal, and the decision of salvation or death belonging to him, he orders all things by his counsel and decree in such a manner, that some men are born devoted from the womb to certain death, that his name may be glorified in their destruction.