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Podcast: If Nobody Can Come to Jesus Unless God Draws Them, Isn’t Salvation Predestined?
John 6:64-65 sounds very predestination-y.
Is it? Greg considers the nature of God’s ‘drawing’ of us to Christ. Are those who are not drawn excluded due to some in God? Or something in those individuals?
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Tags: Grace, Predestination
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