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"T.U.L.I.P." is an acronym for the five scriptural points of the doctrine of salvation
which was the result of the Synod of Dordt in the 1618. The reason for this synod
was to address the 5 points of doctrine which the Arminian Remonstrants presented to the
Reformed Churches of Europe.
The acronym stands for:
T. Total Depravity
U. Unconditional Election
L. Limited Atonement
I. Irresistable Grace
P. Perserverance of the Saints (believers)
Additionally:
God's Sovereignty
Reprobation
Here is a list of scripture proof texts that lead to the rejection of the Arminians':
TOTAL DEPRAVITY
Genesis 2:16-17 Adam's death for disobedience
Romans 5:12 That same death passes upon us
Ephesians 2:1-3 Necessary for us to be quickened who were dead
Colossians 2:13 Necessary for us to be quickened who were dead
Psalm 51:5 David a sinner from conception onward
Psalm 58:3 Wickedness from birth
John 3:5-6 New birth necessary to enter kingdom
Genesis 6:5 The thoughts of man's heart only evil continually
Genesis 8:21 The heart evil from youth
Ecclesiastes 9:3 Hearts are filled up with evil
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all else
Mark 7:21-23 Evil acts come from a depraved heart
John 3:19 Men love darkness rather than light
Romans 8:7-8 The mind is set against God and cannot please him.
1 Corinthians 2:14 Unregenerate cannot understand spiritual things
Ephesians 4:17-19 dark understanding & hardness of heart
Ephesians 5:8 We also were once darkness
Titus 1:15 The unbelievers very minds and consciences are corrupt
John 8:44 The will of the unbeliever is to do devil's will
Ephesians 2:1-2 following the prince of the power of the air
2 Timothy 2:25-26 captured by the devil
1 John 3:10 children of the devil
1 John 5:19 world in the power of the evil one
John 8:34 everyone who sins is slave to sin
Romans 6:20 slaves to sin
Titus 3:3 slaves to sinful passions
2 Chronicles 6:36 true of entire human race
Job 15:14-16 man cannot be clean
Psalm 130:3 nobody could stand if the Lord marked iniquity
Psalm 143:2 no living man is righteous before Lord
Proverbs 20:9 none can say they made their heart clean
Ecclesiastes 7:20 not a just man on earth
Ecclesiastes 7:29 not created that way, but fell
Isaiah 53:6 all have gone astray and each has gone astray
Isaiah 64:6 even righteous deed like a polluted garment
Romans 3:9-12 all are under the power of sin
James 3:2, 6, 8 unable to bridle any passion
1 John 1:8, 10 if we say we have no sin we are self-deceived
Job 14:4 impossible to bring a clean thing out of an unclean
Jeremiah 13:23 Cannot change ourselves
Matthew 7:16-18 a bad tree cannot bear good fruit
Matthew 12:33 Must make the tree good for fruit to be acceptable
John 6:44 No one can come apart from being drawn
John 6:65 Coming must be granted by the father
Romans 11:35-36 We cannot give a gift to God
1 Corinthians 4:7 If you are different, it is because God made you that way
2 Corinthians 3:5 We are not sufficient of ourselves (this deals with Paul's call
to the ministry primarily, of course)
2 Timothy 3:7-8 never able to come to a knowledge of truth
Titus 1:12-13 Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Titus 1:15-16 even their mind and conscience is defiled... reprobate
James 2:10-11 offense in one point of the law renders one guilty of the entire law
James 3:12 no fountain can bring forth both salt water and fresh.
Psalm 22:29 none can keep alive his own soul
UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
Deuteronomy 10:14-15 God set his heart in love = chose
Psalm 33:12 God chooses his own heritage
Psalm 65:4 Chosen to dwell in his courts
Psalm 106:5 God's chosen ones
Haggai 2:23 God chose Zerubbabel
Matthew 11:27 Only the one the Son chooses know the Father
Matthew 22:14 Many are called, but few are chosen
Matthew 24:22, 24, 31 days shortened for the elect the elect cannot
be deceived gathering of the elect
Luke 18:7 God will vindicate his elect
Romans 8:28-30 Called according to God's purpose
Romans 8:33 These (28-30) are God's elect
Colossians 3:12 God's chosen ones
1 Thessalonians 5:9 God has destined us to obtain salvation
Titus 1:1-2 to further the faith of God's elect
1 Peter 1:1,2 the exiles who were chosen and destined
1 Peter 2:8,9 some stumble because they were destined to,
but others are a chosen race who have been called.
Revelation 17:14 Those with Christ are called and chosen and faithful
Mark 13:20 God did the choosing
Ephesians 1:4 It was done before the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:8 God chose people, not just a plan
Revelation 17:8 God chose people, not just a plan
Romans 9:11-13 God's choice not based on anything creaturely
Romans 9:16 Not based on man's will or man's exertion
Romans 10:20 God found by those who did NOT seek him
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 God chose the foolish, weak, low and despised
specifically so that no flesh could boast that ANY PART of their salvation was from them.
2 Timothy 1:9 not by our works, but because of his own purpose
Ephesians 1:11-12 Works are the result not the cause of election
Ephesians 2:10 Works are the result not the cause of election
John 15:16 Apostles did not choose Christ, but he chose.
Acts 13:48 Those who were ordained believed.
Acts 18:27 Those who believed did so through grace
Philippians 1:29 Granted to us to believe
Philippians 2:12-13 God wills his pleasure in us
1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 Because chosen, the word came in
power of Holy Spirit and not just words of men.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 God chose them from the beginning to be saved.
James 2:5 God has chosen the poor to become rich to faith
Election is NOT salvation, but is unto salvation
(Romans 11:7, 2 Timothy 2:10; etc)
Exodus 33:19 God's mercy based on his will
Deuteronomy 7:6-7 (esp. 7) chosen-ness not based on something good in the chosen.
The doctrine of election is really the biblical doctrine of the sovereignty of God
as it applies to the doctrine of salvation.
Deuteronomy 7:6 God chose the nation of Israel for no good thing in the nation.
Luke 6:13 Jesus chose disciples whom also he named apostles
John 17:16 A group of men belonged to the Father and he gave them to Christ
Acts 9:15 Paul was also a chosen vessel, as were the other apostles
Exodus 33:19 God will be gracious to whom he pleases
Deuteronomy 4:37 chosen-ness based on being beloved
Joshua 11:20 Decisions of the wicked are result of God's hardening
Job 23:14 God does that which he has appointed
Psalm 65:4 The man is blest who is chosen to enter God's house
Jeremiah 1:5 God knew Jeremiah before he was formed in the womb
Matthew 20:16 external call not the same as election
Matthew 25:44 The kingdom prepared for some people from foundation of the world
2 Timothy 1:11 Paul appointed a preacher, an apostle, a teacher
2 Timothy 2:10 Paul endures all things for the elect's sake
2 Timothy 2:19 The Lord knows them that are his
Hebrews 2:13 Behold, I and the children God gave me - applied to Christ
John 17:2 Christ gives life to those who were given to him by the Father
Ephesians 1:5 God predestinated us to adoption according the
good pleasure of his will.
LIMITED ATONEMENT
The issue of the atonement is not the WORTH of it. The death of Christ is of infinite worth.
When we use the term "limited" we are referring not to the value of the atonement,
but to the scope of it. Some Calvinists have therefore preferred not to use the term
"limited atonement," realizing that all but universalists limit the atonement either
in respect to its intention or in respect to its power. If it is limited in respect to
its intention, then it does not apply to all men. If it is limited with respect to its
power, then it does not apply to all men. If it is limited with respect to its power,
then it does not actually save, but merely makes salvation a possibility. Now I have
no problem with the term, because it fits the acrostic TULIP quite nicely. Nevertheless,
a lot of ink has been wasted attacking and defending this particular doctrine when,
in fact, the attackers often did not understand what they were attacking, but simply
bristled at the idea of anything pertaining to Christ being "limited." The issue in
the doctrine of limited atonement is: Who did Christ actually redeem, anyway?
1. Christ came not merely to enable men to be saved, but actually to save them.
Matthew 1:21 He shall save his people from their sins
Luke 19:10 Christ came to seek and to save what was lost
2 Corinthians 5:21 he was made sin for us
Galatians 1:4 Christ gave himself to deliver us.
1 Timothy 1:15 Jesus came to save sinners
Titus 2:14 He gave himself for us to redeem us.
1 Peter 3:18 Suffered to bring us to God
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Christ died for all who die to sin
Ephesians 5:25 Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.
Acts 20:28 Christ purchased the church with his own blood
Isaiah 53:6 The Lord has laid our sins upon Christ
Ephesians 1:7 We have actual redemption
Hebrews 1:3 Sins are actually purged.
2. As a result of Christ's work, his people are reconciled to God, justified,
given the Holy Spirit who regenerates and sanctifies them. All these blessings were
actually secured by Christ.
Romans 5:10 we were reconciled by the death of God's Son
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 God reconciled us to himself by Christ
Ephesians 2:15-16 Christ abolished enmity of ordinances and
reconciled us to God by the cross.
Colossians 1:21-22 Christ reconciled us by the body of his flesh through death
Hebrews 2:17 he made reconciliation for the sins of his people.
1 John 2:2 Christ is propitiation for sin
1 John 4:10 his Son the propitiation for our sins.
3. Christ secured righteousness for his people
Romans 3:24-15 Redemption secures justification
Romans 5:8-9 Justified by his blood
1 Corinthians 1:30 He is made to us wisdom, righteousness,sanctification & redemption.
Galatians 3:13 Christ made a curse for us
Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the power of darkness.
Hebrews 9:12 blood of Christ obtained eternal redemption
Hebrews 9:15 death is redemption of transgressions
1 Peter 1:18-19 redeemed ... with the precious blood
1 Peter 2:24 he bare our sins
4. Christ, by his atonement, secured the gift of the Spirit, which includes
regeneration and sanctification and all that is involved with them.
Ephesians 1:3-4 all spiritual blessings based upon being chosen in Christ
Philippians 1:29 even suffering "given" to us in behalf of Christ
Acts 5:31 God gives repentance and forgiveness
Titus 2:14 Christ gave himself for us - to redeem and purify.
Titus 3:5-6 Washing of regeneration and renewing of Holy Spirit
Hebrews 10:10 Sanctified by the offering of the body of Christ
Ephesians 5:25-26 Christ gave himself for the church to sanctify and cleanse it.
1 Corinthians 1:30 wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and righteousness from Christ
Hebrews 9:14 Christ's blood purges our conscience from dead works
Hebrews 13:12 Jesus' blood sanctifies his people
1 John 1:7 Christ's blood cleanses us from all sin
5. Jesus laid down his life for his sheep. They are those who are made to hear his
voice (i.e. obey his voice) and follow him.
John 10:11 the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep (by implication:
not for wolves or goats.)
John 10:14 he knows them and is known by them
John 10:15 lays down his life for his sheep
John 10:16 other sheep which he must bring - they too shall hear his voice
John 10:26 his detractors did not believe because they were not of his sheep
John 10:27 his sheep hear his voice and follow him
John 10:28 the sheet shall never perish
6. Jesus, in his high-priestly prayer, prayer not for the world but for those given
to him by the Father
John 17:9 Christ prayed for those given to him out of the world (cf.v.6)
John 17:20 Christ prayed also for those who would believe on Christ
7. Paul traced all the blessings which the saints inherit (including redemption)
back to the fact that they were chosen in the eternal counsel of God. (Ephesians 1:3-12)
Ephesians 1:3-4 all spiritual blessings (and redemption is a spiritual blessing)
are ours based upon God choosing us in Christ before the foundation of the world
...to sanctification as well as justification.
Ephesians 1:5 God predestinated us to adoption according to the good
pleasure of his will
Ephesians 1:7 Our redemption is secured by his blood -as also forgiveness of sins.
- Jesus was sent into the world by the Father to save the people that the Father
had given him. None of them shall be lost.
John 6:35-40: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine
own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him
that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him,
may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
IRRESISTIBLE GRACE
(Efficacious call/regeneration/irresistible grace)
The gospel extends a call to repent to everyone who hears its message
(Acts 17:30) It promises salvation to all who repent and believe.
Yet, because men are dead in trespasses and sins, men do not respond
to the gospel call. Men, of themselves, are both unwilling and unable savingly
to respond to the gospel call. No amount of external pleading, bargaining, threatening,
or promising can cause blind, dead, deaf, rebellious sinners to bow the knee to Christ.
Such an act is totally contrary to man's nature. There is, for the elect, an inward
call by the Holy Spirit attached to the outward call of the gospel. This is sometimes
called regeneration, being "born again or from above,"a new creation, etc.
For the purpose of our acrostic it is called "irresistible grace."
50 passages that teach Irresistible Grace:
John 1:12-13 born (again) not by man's will, but God's
John 3:3-8 flesh begets flesh -Spirit begets Spirit wind/Spirit blows
where it will
Titus 3:5 according to his mercy - washing of regeneration
1 Peter 1:3 Begotten according to God's mercy
1 Peter 1:23 Born of incorruptible seed by Word of God
1 John 5:4 Born of God
Deuteronomy 30:6 Lord himself circumcises our hearts
Ezekiel 36:26-27 The Lord gives anew heart and enables by his Spirit
Galatians 6:15 Nothing we can do avails - only becoming a new creature
Ephesians 2:10 We are created unto good works
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 We are new creations - old passed, new come
John 5:21 The Son quickens whom he will
Ephesians 2:1,5 Quickened who were dead
Colossians 2:13 dead in sins; quickened by Christ
Matthew 11:25-27 hid from wise - revealed to whom Christ will
Luke 10:21 same as above
Matthew 13:10-11 Given to some to understand - others are hardened.
Luke 8:10 same as above
Matthew 16:15-17 flesh and blood did not reveal -special blessedness
John 6:37 all the Father gives shall come
John 6:44 No man can come except the Father draw him; and Christ will raise up
John 6:45 everyone who has learned (been disciple) from the Father comes
John 6:64 Jesus knew from the beginning
John 6:65 no man can come
1 Corinthians 2:14 natural man cannot know spiritual things
Ephesians 1:17-18 God gives spirit of wisdom - eyes of the understanding enlightened.
Acts 5:31 Jesus gives repentance to Israel
Acts 11:18 God has also granted repentance to the Gentiles
Acts 13:48 As many as were ordained to eternal life believed
Acts 16:14 The Lord opened Lydia's heart
Acts 18:27 believed through grace
Ephesians 2:8-9 faith a gift of god
Philippians 1:29 it is given to us to believe
2 Timothy 2:25-26 God may give repentance to the acknowledging of the truth!
Previously captive to devil at his will Romans 1:6-7 the called of
Jesus Christ = beloved of God
Romans 8:30 predestinated then called then justified then glorified
Romans 9:23-24 prepared for glory, then called.
1 Corinthians 1:1 called to be an apostle by God's will
1 Corinthians 1:9 called by God the faithful
1 Corinthians 1:23-31 not may wise, etc.
Galatians 1:15-16 Paul called when it please God
Ephesians 4:4 Those in the body called in hope
2 Timothy 1:9 called according to his purpose and grace
Hebrews 9:15 called; receive the inheritance
Jude 1 sanctified - persevered - called
1 Peter 1:15 calling - holy
1 Peter 2:9 called from darkness to light
1 Peter 5:10 called to eternal glory
2 Peter 1:3 given us all things ... hat called
Revelations 17:14 those with Christ are called, chosen, faithful
Isaiah 55:11 God's word accomplishes what he pleases
John 3:27 nothing received except from heaven
John 17:2 gave eternal life to as many as thou hast given
Romans 9:16 not of him that willeth or runneth
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 it is God who gives increase
1 Corinthians 4:7 who makes you to differ? cannot glory!
Philippians 2:12-13 God works in you both to will and to do
James 1:18 of his own will begat he us
1 John 5:20 Son of God gave us understanding
John 17:6 Christ manifested himself to those the Father gave him out
of the world.
2 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 4:12-13; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 12:2;
Hebrews 13:21
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
This doctrine has sometimes wrongly (by both advocate and enemy) been referred to as
"once saved always saved." That is a very poor way of looking at it, however.
In reality, what the doctrine teaches is that the elect are kept in faith by
the Spirit of God. It does not teach that if we quit believing (trusting)
Christ that we are still Christians. This doctrine does not teach that all who
profess Christ are certain of heaven. Rather, it teaches that all true believers
will continue (though there may be periods of doubting, etc) in faith
- and because they persevere they are secure. Neither is this doctrine identical
with assurance. Many may be true Christians who still lack assurance of God's love
and others may have a false assurance who are really not God's children at all.
This hardly "exhausts" the texts that demonstrate that believers are kept by
the power of God unto salvation, but it should be enough to demonstrate that the doctrine
is drawn from Scripture and not simply used as a cloak for lasciviousness (though there may
be some who use it that way, it will condemn them in the judgment).
Isaiah 43:1-3 whom the Lord redeems he also keeps
Isaiah 54:10 the kindness of the Lord shall not depart from his covenant people
Jeremiah 32:40 God will not depart from his people and will not permit them to
depart either
Matthew 18:14 Jesus seeks and restores the wandering sheep and it is not the
will of God that one should perish
John 3:16 believers will not perish
John 3:36 believers have life - unbelievers have wrath
John 5:24 He who hears and believes shall not come into condemnation
John 6:35-40 no wise is the believer cast out
John 6:47 the believer has everlasting life
John 10:27-30 they (the sheep) shall never perish
John 17:11 Jesus' prayer for the Father to keep believers
John 17:12 none lost but the one Scripture said would be lost
John 17:15 Proper understand of "keep" is "keep from evil."
Romans 5:8-10 if justified, how much more shall we be saved.
Romans 8:1 There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8:29-30 whom he foreknew ... he also glorified.
Romans 8:35-39 nothing can separate us from the love of God
1 Corinthians 1:7-9 Christ shall confirm you unto the end
1 Corinthians 10:13 God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to withstand
2 Corinthians 4:14-17 we do not henceforth live to ourselves but to Christ
Ephesians 1:5 predestined unto adoption, not just justification
Ephesians 1:13 sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise
Ephesians 1:14 earnest of our inheritance as purchased possession
Ephesians 4:30 we are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day
of redemption
Colossians 3:34 when Christ appears, we shall also appear
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 God will faithfully preserve us blameless unto the coming of Christ
2 Timothy 4:18 God will preserve us to his heavenly kingdom -from every evil work
Hebrews 9:12 Christ has obtained an eternal redemption for us
Hebrews 9:15 those who are called will receive the promise of the inheritance
Hebrews 10:14 by his offering he has perfected the sanctified forever
Hebrews 12:28 we receive a kingdom which cannot be moved
[present active participle]
1 Peter 1:3-5 our inheritance is reserved for us, for we are
kept by the power of God unto salvation
1 John 2:19 If they had been of us, they would not have departed from us
1 John 2:25 the promise of God is eternal life
1 John 5:4 whatever is born of God overcomes the world
1 John 5:11-13 those who have the Son may be certain of eternal life
Jude 1 those that are sanctified are also preserved
Jude 24,25 God is able to keep us from falling
2 Timothy 1:12 God keeps what is committed to him against that day
2 Timothy 2:21 we are prepared for good works
2 Timothy 4:7 Paul's history - he kept the faith.
Titus 3:8 those who believe should be careful to maintain good works
Philemon 21 Paul's confidence in Philemon's obedience
Hebrews 2:10 Christ bring many sons to Glory (not merely justification).
Hebrews 2:14-15 the devil destroyed as the one with power of death and thus
God's children delivered
Hebrews 3:6 we are demonstrated to be of the household of
God only as we hold unto the end
Hebrews 3:14 See Hebrews 3:6
Hebrews 6:9-12 perseverance accompanies salvation
Hebrews 6:17-20 God's counsel, by which we are chosen is immutable
(see Ephesians 1:11)
Hebrews 7:25 Jesus saves us to the uttermost
Hebrews 10:22-23 we have assurance that we will hold fast to our profession because
God is faithful
Hebrews 10:39 we are not of those who draw back. i.e. those who draw back are a
different set
1 Peter 2:12 encouragement to good works that will glorify God
1 Peter 2:15 Such good works are God's will (see verse 12)
1 Samuel 12:22 God will not forsake his people
SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
Acts 2:23 Christ was delivered by God's determinate counsel and
foreknowledge
Acts 4:27-28 Herod, Pilate, Gentiles and people of Israel gathered to do
whatever God's counsel determined
Matthew 10:29 God's determination of minute details of providence
Psalm 103:19 God rules over all things
Daniel 4:35 God does whatever he will - none can stay his
hand or question his will
Isaiah 59:1 God's hand is not shortened that it cannot save
Exodus 15:8 The Lord reigns for ever and ever
Deuteronomy 10:17 God has no regard for persons
Deuteronomy 32:39 God kills, makes alive, wounds, heals and none can deliver
1 Samuel 2:6-8 God makes poor, makes rich, brings low, lifts up, pillars are the
Lord's
1 Chronicles 29:11 All in the earth and heavens is the Lord's
1 Chronicles 29:12 riches and honour come from the Lord - his hand
rules over all
2 Chronicles 20:6 none is able to withstand the power and will of the Lord
Job 9:12 God does whatever he will and none can question him
Job 36:22-23 God lifts up by his power and none can say he has worked iniquity.
Psalm 10:16 The Lord is king forever and ever
Psalm 22:28 The Lord is the governor among the nations
Psalm 47:8 God reigns over the heathen; he sits upon his holy throne
Psalm 66:7 He rules by his power forever
Psalm 75:7 God exalts one and puts down another
Psalm 115:3 God has done whatsoever he pleased
Psalm 135:6 whatsoever the Lord pleased - that did he
Ecclesiastes 9:1 all things are in the hands of God
Isaiah 40:23 God brings princes to nothing and judges as they were vanity
Isaiah 45:7 God creates light, darkness, peace, evil; he does it all
Jeremiah 10:10 The nations shall not abide the indignation of the Lord
Jeremiah 18:6 Israel is as clay in the hands of the potter
Jeremiah 27:5 God's gifts given to whom it seemed good to him to give them.
Lamentations 3:37 A human cannot say something will come to pass unless decreed by God.
Daniel 2:21 It is God who gives wisdom and knowledge
Matthew 11:25 God hides truth from some and reveals it to others
Matthew 20:15 God is free to do with his own as he will
Luke 10:21 God hides truth from some and reveals it to
others because it seems good in his sight.
John 19:11 Even Pilate's power came from God
Romans 9:19 None is able to resist the will of God
Revelation 4:11 All creation for Christ's glory
Job 23:13 God does whatever he desires and no one can
turn him from it.
"JUSTICE TOWARD THE WICKED"
(Reprobation)
Psalm 7:11 God is angry with the wicked every day
Psalm 11:5 God hates the violent one
Genesis 6:5-7 God's determination to destroy the wicked
Genesis 19:13 God's destruction of the wicked is on account of their wickedness
Deuteronomy 31:17 God's anger is kindled against the evil doer because he is wicked
1 Samuel 3:14 Eli's house shall not be cleansed with sacrifice or offering forever
Psalm 81:11-12 God gives people up to walk in their own counsel - hardening
Isaiah 6:9 Hearing without understanding and seeing without perceiving
Isaiah 6:10 Judicial hardening of non-responsive
Isaiah 29:9-12 Lord has closed the eye of those he will punish
Jeremiah 6:30 Reprobate silver is rejected - so these are
rejected by God.
Jeremiah 7:16 Do not pray for the reprobate
Hosea 5:6 The iniquity of the people is such that God has withdrawn from them
Matthew 13:14-15 Isaiah's prophecy fulfilled in not understanding God's kingdom
Mark 3:29 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is never
forgiven
John 10:26 They believed not because they were not of
Christ's sheep
John 17:12 The son of perdition was lost in order to fulfil Scripture
Romans 9:21-22 some vessels are fitted for destruction by the
potter
Romans 11:7 the rest were blinded (literally hardened)
2 Thessalonians 2:11 God will send strong delusion, causing the wicked to believe a lie,
so that they might be damned.
Jude 4 men ordained to condemnation
Isaiah 19:14 The Lord led Egypt astray
Exodus 9:16 Purpose of Pharaoh being raised up
Proverbs 16:4 God created the wicked for the day of evil
Luke 8:10 parables spoken so that some will not see and
thus be hardened
Psalm 28:5 God will destroy those who refuse to understand his word
- Compiled by Richard Bacon
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