Zion Rest Primitive Baptist Church                                                         

What is their position on predestination?

    They believe that God has predestined a great number to be conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8:28-30).  While some object to this doctrine because they say it is unfair, Primitive Baptist rejoice in it, for they see that had it not been for predestination, the whole human family would have been lost forever.  Predestination is not the thing that condemns a man, or puts him in a ruined condition, but the very thing that gets him out of such a state.  Predestination concerns not "what" but "whom."  It is the great purpose of God to lift a people up from sin and corruption and make them like Jesus Christ.

Do you not then teach that some might want salvation but could not have it because they are not one of the elect?

    No, the man who wants salvation already HAS it.  The man who hungers and thirst (desires it) after righteousness is a blessed character (Matthew 5:2-6).  A person who has not been born again doesn't fear God, and he doesn't love God; therefore we conclude that the man who wants salvation, fears God and loves God is a subject of grace (Romans 3:11, 18; 1 John 4:10) and has already been born again.

Why then do you preach, if you are already sure that all of the elect are going to be saved in Heaven?

    For the comfort and instruction of the Lord's people (Isaiah 40:1-2, 9; Ephesians 4:11-16), so they will know how to live a life that glorifies God.

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