When there were transactions between the Father and Son, YOU were mentioned in particular; God the Father gave YOU by name to his Son.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
Predestination
To those who are elect and have the Spirit, predestination is the very sweetest of all doctrines, but to the worldly-wise it is the bitterest and hardest of all. The reason God saves in this way is to show that he saves not by our merits but by election pure and simple, and by his unchanging will. We are saved by his unchanging love.
— Martin Luther
Predestination
He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.
— Blaise Pascal
Predestination
The only people who believe are those who had been appointed to eternal life. God only grants the gift of faith to those who are predestined to salvation. He chose us, and to those he has he gives the power to believe.
— John Calvin