Look at Romans 5.18, because the Calvinist's biggest argument, the predestination, is that
all doesn't really mean all. Right? Isn't that a great argument? When it says all, when
it says the Savior of all men, it doesn't really mean all. When it says that He died
once for all, and that He died for all men, and that He's the Savior, not of our sins
only, He didn't die just for our sins only, but also for the sins of the whole world,
He was only talking about the elect. Just certain people, and all doesn't really mean
all. Look at Romans 5.18 and tell me if you think all really means all. It says, therefore,
as by the offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness
of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Now here's what they'll
say, well all doesn't really mean all. Okay, well wait a minute. What about in the first
sentence? Therefore, as by the offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation.
Now are you saying that not all men are sinners? Because that says right there that by the
offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation. This is just like in Romans
5.12, wherefore, as by one man, sin entered into the world, and judgment came upon all
men, for that all have sinned. So does all mean all? Yeah, of course all means all. All
men have sinned. Adam sinned, and therefore all men are sinners. How about Romans 3.23,
for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Well, if all means all, then
look at the second half of the verse. Even so, by the righteousness of one, that's Jesus
Christ, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Even in one verse,
I guess all changed meaning in the verse, if you're a Calvinist, right? It changed meaning
halfway through the verse. It started out meaning everybody's a sinner, but when it
comes to salvation, oh, it's just for certain people. It's garbage. Calvinism doesn't hold
up. Let's look at what Romans 8 is actually saying, though. Get the real meaning here.
He says in verse 29, for whom he did foreknow, that's the key. God knew in advance who would
be saved. That's God's foreknowledge. So he says, for whom he did foreknow, he also did
predestined. So who did he predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son? Those
whom he foreknew. And those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image
of his Son. So he didn't say, it's your destiny to go to heaven and your destiny to go to
hell. He said, no, I foreknew the believer and I decided to predestined him to be conformed
to the image of Jesus Christ. That was the destiny that he came up with. Not a destiny
of who would be saved and who would not be saved, but the destiny of the believer is
to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. That will take place at the resurrection.
What the Bible calls the first resurrection. When you are resurrected from the dead, the
Bible says that in a moment, and a twinkle in the eye, you will be changed. And we will
bear the image of the heavenly. We will bear the image of Jesus Christ. Our body, Philippians
3.21, will be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the work he whereby is
able even to subdue all things unto himself. And so the Bible is clear here, it says, whom
he did foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son. That he
might be the firstborn among many brothers.