[boatbums]

And since God knew the outcome before we were made, he ‘foreknew’ us. And those he foreknew he predestined to be conformed to His Son...

And what I find so awesome in that is not only did God foreknow all things, but he also knows all the what ifs as well. Whew!!!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

If God saves according to what He "sees" happening in the future, then men are responsible for their own salvation and God is merely a rewarder of good behaviour.

But that's not what the Bible teaches.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." -- Ephesians 2:8-10