Do Presbyterians believe in predestination?
Answer Hello Holly, Not only do Presbyterians but Christianity in general believed in predestination before Jakob Arminius. There is no question that an honest reading of the bible teaches it. Look at Eph. 3:11. This eternal purpose of God is what we call, in Bible terms, predestination. Here are some other scriptures. Matt. 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Rom. 8:29,30 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Eph. 1:3, 6, 11 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath
