By contrast, the Augustinian view of double predestination is asymmetrical. It is called a positive-negative view of predestination. This view holds that God does a positive work in the lives of the elect whereby He intervenes to rescue them from spiritual death by making them alive and creating faith in their souls. With respect to the reprobate, God does not do a positive work by creating fresh evil in their hearts and forcing them to reject Christ. Rather, He does a negative work by merely passing over them. He performs what is often described in the New Testament as a type of divine
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