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If God always gets his will, why isn’t everyone saved? That question sounds simple until you chase it all the way down into predestination, foreknowledge, “many are called and few are chosen,” and what we really mean when we say salvation is by grace alone. We follow the logic wherever it goes, including the uncomfortable places where human pride wants to sneak back in and take credit for faith.

From there, we dig into how the Holy Spirit, regeneration, and effectual calling fit into the salvation story. We talk about justice, mercy, and why “fairness” is a tricky word when the baseline assumption is human sin and moral inability. Along the way we address objections about free will, being a “robot,” and the claim that God’s decree is arbitrary, pushing instead toward a view where Christ’s work is complete and our confidence rests on what he did, not what we can do.

Then the conversation turns explosive: could Jesus have sinned? We debate Hebrews 2, Romans 8:3 to 4, the meaning of “tempted,” and why orthodox Christology says Jesus is fully God and fully man without dividing his natures. We also explain why the impeccability of Christ is not a technical sidebar, but a doctrine tied to worship, assurance, and the very reason Christians say we need a Savior at all.

If you care about Christian theology, Reformed versus Arminian questions, biblical interpretation, and the identity of Jesus, this is a must-hear. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves hard doctrine, and leave a review with your answer: does temptation require the ability to fall?

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