Have a blessed day, Otto
With all due respect to MacArthur, I suspect this is driven more by his wishful thinking than his exposition. If God could determine that, “Jacob I love, Esau I hate” before they had done anything good or bad, then we have a problem.
If men are elect before the foundation of the world, then some babies (fetal or born) are elect, some are not. It is no greater tragedy that a baby is lost forever than a full grown man is lost forever. And, if election is truly “unconditional”, then we have no argument either way.
If MacArthur were right, it would compel us to advocate for abortion, since the “age of accountability” has not been reached and we guarantee them a place in heaven. Why let them grow up and risk being lost for a hundred trillion years?
The judgment of God is perfect, whatever that is. I hope MacArthur is right...but I think he is mistaken.
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If we trust God to be the just God that we know he is, this article is pointless.