The Christian Conversation

This treatise affirms that predestination and divine grace are gifts from God, not based on human merits, and emphasizes that even the beginning and perseverance of faith are entirely God's doing.

Augustine explains that God's foreknowledge and predestination are the foundation of salvation, illustrating that God's election is rooted in His grace and sovereign will, not human effort.

He underscores that the most perfect example of predestination is Christ Himself, who was predestined by God's grace without merit, and that believers' salvation depends solely on God's gratuitous gift, which must be proclaimed and trusted in humbly.