[FatherofFive]

God does not prevent anyone from coming to Him.

So yes or no - those who are not predestined can be saved?

[FatherofFive]

So yes, those who are not predestined can go to heaven.

The predestined go to heaven

Those not predestined can accept God's grace, or reject it.

God knows what we will choose. But the choosing is our choice, not His.

Otherwise, Phil 2:12 would be meaningless - "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

[HarleyD]

So yes or no - those who are not predestined can be saved?

There are people who are saved and there are many who are not. Scripture teaches that it is God who hardens the heart so that they cannot come to Him.

Mat 13:13-14 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'"You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive."

Scripture also teaches that it is God who opens the ears to hear and the eyes to see.

Luk_10:22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

So, does this sound to you like predestination? Can anyone know who God is that God does not choose to reveal Himself to?

Every Christian who has ever been, it has been because God has chosen to reveal Himself to them. And like Moses drawn to the burning bush or Paul on Damascus Road, we submit to His loving call.

[Gamecock]

Anyone can come to God and be saved.

The question is who wants to without the working of the Holy Spirit?