God’s Will & Man’s Will: Predestination, Election, & Free Will

by Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum

Publisher:

Ariel Ministries

, 2014

Overview

The age-old antinomy still rages today. If people are really able to make moral, meaningful decisions, then somehow they must be able to act against God’s will. But if people can act against God’s will, then how can God be said to be sovereign? In other words, how can we be both free and predestined at the same time? Dr. Fruchtenbaum offers a balanced and biblical plea in this engaging study that examines the issues of God’s sovereignty in relation to human responsibility.

Contents

Top Highlights

“ We choose our salvation freely, but cannot lose it once we have it” (Page 9)

“We believe God holds us morally responsible for the choices we make, and He expects us to make moral decisions. If we are not able to make any moral decision, if we really do not have such a will, it is inconsistent for God to hold us responsible for choosing things that He Himself predestined us to choose.” (Page 4)

“He elected the elect based upon that foreknowledge. This view emphasizes human freedom. Humans are totally free to either reject or accept God’s choice.” (Page 5)

“Calminianism is primarily Arminianism with one key difference: eternal security” (Page 9)

“why in this view, faith must precede salvation; faith precedes regeneration” (Page 10)

Product Details

• Title: God’s Will & Man’s Will: Predestination, Election, & Free Will
• Author: Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Publisher: Ariel Ministries
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: God › Will; Free will › Religion--Christianity--Soteriology; Predestination › Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781935174424, 9781935174301, 9781935174318, 1935174428, 1935174304, 1935174312
• Resource ID: LLS:GODSWILLMANSWILL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:19:41Z

About Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum

Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum (1943– ) is a messianic believer and founder and director of Ariel Ministries, an organization dedicated to evangelism and discipleship of Jewish people. He earned his doctorate from New York University and his MTh from Dallas Theological Seminary, and he studied at Jewish Theological Seminary and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

As a child, Dr. Fruchtenbaum was trained by his father in Orthodox Judaism, but at age thirteen he came to believe that Jesus is the Messiah. He worked as a missionary with the American Board of Missions to Jews (known today as Chosen People Ministries) and served as editor of their monthly publication, The Chosen People.

Dr. Fruchtenbaum is the author of Ariel’s Bible Commentary: The Book of Genesis and the eleven volumes in the Ariel Ministries Messianic Collection, and he is the coauthor of How Jewish Is Christianity?: 2 Views on the Messianic Movement.