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Reprobation and God’s Sovereignty: Recovering a Biblical Doctrine is unavailable, but you can change that!

God’s right to judge humanity is written on the very fabric of human existence. The doctrine of reprobation—that is, the eternal, unconditional decree of God for the non-elect—is frequently misconstrued in both pastoral and theological literature. In Reprobation and God’s Sovereignty, Peter Sammons reintroduces this oft-misunderstood doctrine, revealing its relationship to divine sovereignty....

The second element of the decree of reprobation is known as predamnation.11 Predamnation “refers to God’s eternal will to decree to damn or punish with eternal death. This is distinct from actual damnation or punishment.”12 This is known as the positive side of the decree of reprobation, not because it is something optimistic, but because it is an affirmative choice of God to hold men accountable to justice. The fact that God determines to hold anyone according to the standard of his holy standard
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