God’s Sovereignty, Man’s Liberty, Fatalism’s Despondency
The following is a lesson I taught some time back. Hopefully this will be beneficial for many who wonder about Calvinism, Human liberty and Fatalism. _______ Introduction: The goal of this short set of lessons is to address the serious difference between God’s sovereignty over all things and evolution’s and scientism’s fatalism. In this material I will address the Calvinistic understanding of God’s sovereignty, human free will, the mischaracterization and mistaken view of these, and how Calvinism differs from scientism’s fatalism. A Word of Caution from Westminster Confession of Faith 3.8 and Hodge : "The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care that men attending the will of God revealed in His Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election. So shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and admiration of God, and of humilit...