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disease, he describes the normal progression of the disease.He basically is able to tell the future because he knowsb eforehand what will happ en. e doctrine of“foreknowledge,” if not redefined by Calvinism, goes a longway, though not all of the way, toward explaining the mysteryof how God could elect but man could choose. ere is moreto election than foreknowledge, but the fact remains thatGod’s Word teaches us that foreknowledge is involved, and itcannot be redefined to mean “foreordination.”In his attempt to redefine “foreknowledge” and to mold itinto “foreordination,” the Calvinist uses Acts 2:23, which saysthat Jesus was crucified “by the determinate counsel andforeknowledge of God.” e Calvinist claims that determinatecounsel and foreknowledge is the same thing, but it is evidentthat these are, in fact, two different things. e Calvinistpoints out that “determinate counsel” precedes“foreknowledge,” but what he fails to observe is the “and.”Acts 2:23 does not say that Jesus was crucified “by thedeterminate counsel which is the foreknowledge of God”; itsays that Jesus was crucified “by the determinate counselAND foreknowledge of God.” at God elects according toHis foreknowledge does not mean that He elects solelyaccording to His determinate counsel, and this fact does notmake God any less God.JESUS WARNED MEN TO HEAR HIS WORDPROPERLY OR BE JUDGED -- “Take heed therefore howye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; andwhosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even thatwhich he seemeth to have” (Lk. 8:18).Jesus put the responsibility for hearing His Word upon theshoulders of His listeners. If they would hear and make theeffort to seek God and understand, they would be givenmore. If they would not, they would be judged. ere is nosovereign election here.JESUS TOLD THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT THEYWOULD NOT COME TO HIM THAT THEY MIGHT71