Podcast
God's Sovereignty & Man's Responsibility: How Do I Know If I'm Elect? Don't Miss Jesus' Explanation with Hank
Dial In with Jonny Ardavanis
Speaker: Jonny Ardavanis, with Hank
April 6, 2026 · 37 min
Summary
Jesus teaches Nicodemus that salvation requires a miracle of God, not human merit or works—illustrated through the Numbers 21 bronze serpent story where looking to Christ alone provides eternal life. The sermon reconciles God's sovereignty in salvation with human responsibility to believe and repent.
Highlights
Nothing Mother Teresa did got her to glory. What Mother Teresa needs in regards to her standing before God is the same thing that the Milwaukee monster serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer needed. What's that? A miracle of God.
The Bible never says that sinners miss heaven because they wanted to turn to Jesus, but they were simply not elect. They don't go to heaven because it says they neglected a great salvation and did not repent and believe.
God is totally sovereign, but the responsibility of disbelief always lies in the hand of the sinner and not on God.