Because God's saints "disciple the nations" preaching and evangelizing the Gospel, even knowing that God will not draw all into Christ.
Discussion
Relevant.
The challenging reality for Christians is not knowing who has been selected for salvation, including themselves.
It is possible to be turned away at judgment day even as a lifelong "Christian" because man's ability to decieve himself is unmatched.
Aim to at least be a weeper that holds God blameless for your damnation.
Can you truly Love God and but be dammed?
One cannot truly love Christ without God's predestination.
One can decieve themselves as to their election.
The only (imperfect) sense that Man can have is in perseverance in sanctification and repentance; those whom God did not draw in will fall away to Sin; there life will not be progressively transformed like the Elect.
Aquinas teaches that predestination involves God’s active decree to grant efficacious grace leading to glory for the elect, while reprobation is passive God permits damnation due to the creature’s foreseen refusal of grace. This preserves divine mercy in election and justice in punishment, as reprobation stems from sin rather than God’s positive will.
Yes, Aquinas was a Thomist.
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Guess it really comes down to can you “reject God”, if you can’t we have no free will (either to accept or reject), and without free will there can be no Love.