21. Predestination (Romans 9)
Periodically in Thrive's Romans series, we're pausing to take up a "hot potato in Romans"—a topic that is culturally "hot" and hard to handle. In this talk, Michael Bouterse, Thrive Harbor's local director, takes on the topic of predestination based on Romans 9. Far more than just a doctrine to be grasped cognitively, predestination is both personal and practical, providing believers with a joy, assurance, and freedom, in that their salvation rests not on anything they are or have but on God's sovereign choice.
Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include Romans 8:38-39; 3:10-11; 10:8-21; John 10:28-29; 3:16; Hebrews 13:5, 8; Isaiah 53:6; Ephesians 2:4-5; Genesis 50:20; Proverbs 16:1, 9; and Exodus 1:22.