Berkouwer insists that a proper understanding of theological language is
only attainable within the context of the obedience of faith. The
language of predestination may be understood as a form of expression
which the believer, who has willingly submitted to the authority of
grace, uses to confess his Christian faith. Set in this context, the
language of predestination need not be viewed as a form of determinism
which threatens to strip human experience of decisive significance.
Emphasizing that "he who has seen Christ has seen the Father" (John
14:9), Berkouwer maintains that the believer, in his encounter with
Christ, comes to know the revelation of God as something which is not
threatened by the idea of a hidden God whose secret cannot be known
(Divine Election, p. 124).
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