Vocab Quiz 3 Flashcards
Determinism
Makes God responsible for evil. (G748)
Election
God’s selection of some for eternal life (salvation). It is thus the positive side of predestination. (PPT)
Fatalism
The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.
Foreknowledge
awareness of something before it happens or exists.
Common Grace
Nonsaving grace that makes living in the world possible (G774)
Special Grace
Saving grace
Predestination
God’s choice of persons for eternal life or eternal death. (E920)
Preterition
reprobation or preterition is God’s choice to condemn some (PPT)
The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
Reprobation
reprobation or preterition is God’s choice to condemn some. (PPT)
Teaches that some of mankind (the elect) are predestined by God for salvation.
Total depravity
every individual is so sinful as to be unable to respond to any offer of grace. (E928)