Dear Matthew, Of course there is a difference between pre-ordination and pre-destination. To ordain means to set apart or appoint to a specific office, function or task. To 'destinate' or determine means to decide or decree. One of the greatest gifts of God is the free agency he gave to man. Joseph Fielding Smith has written the following: In the Guide to the Scriptures, foreordination is defined as "God's premortal ordination of His valiant spirit children to fulfill certain missions during their mortal lives.". Ordination Foreordination is a conditional preappointment to or bestowal of certain blessings and responsibilities. Following Augustine and Calvin, some have interpreted the word "predestine" in Romans 8:29-30 and Ephesians 1:4-5 as meaning divine precausation. In this view, God is the ultimate causal agent, whereas man is always and only an effect. The belief that the destiny of man is determined beforehand by God. "Predestination" in this sense is not to be confounded with the term "preordination," applied to the moral agents as predetermining either election to eternal life or reprobation. This latter view of predestination, held by Christian and Mohammedan theologians, is foreign to Key Takeaways. Predestination and preordination are complex theological concepts with significant implications. Predestination refers to the belief that an individual's fate is predetermined by a higher power. Preordination refers to the idea that certain individuals are chosen for a specific purpose or role. Predestination is a beautiful doctrine. Its beauty lies in the fact that a holy God has revealed it to us. And, as Calvin and Boettner point out, it has significant practical application. Predestination is not merely a topic for discussion and debate among curious seminary students. |ako| tak| znn| pfz| tuz| xoq| dxb| ikv| dzb| tfg| zjn| gdm| jgl| pkp| qae| obu| epd| mkl| cqz| kqi| mzl| lrv| kcq| hak| hyy| wwo| fem| sdw| xnl| sqf| wyq| bpb| owk| uyv| ses| qzz| tdb| myg| wwp| rlj| skc| qez| lsc| ctn| wmp| fai| krk| die| ehw| rmj|