It seems that from all of John Calvin's teachings, it is quite possible that this debate over his doctrine of predestination has been discussed more than any other in history. In this essay I will explore Calvin's view of predestination, paying particular attention to the justice of predestination. Second, I will explain the purpose of election as understood by Calvin. Third, I will discuss the purpose of reprobation. So what is the basis of Calvin's view of predestination? One would say very simply that predestination is the doctrine that before God created humanity, God chose some for eternal life and condemned others to eternal damnation. At the heart of the argument is Calvin's view of predestination as completely unconditional in nature. Some have considered him unreasonable, but for Calvino he is abundantly kind. Calvin seems to say that the only basis of election is “the simple good pleasure of God.” God's election of individuals is not a merit, nor does it derive from divine foreknowledge. Freedom of will to choose life or damnation for those who come from God alone. He does not choose for eternal life on the basis of the individual's possibilities or on his foreknowledge of his future merits. Calvin seems to indicate that all the benefits God gives for the spiritual life, including election, come from a single source. That is to say that God chose who he wanted and before their birth he reserved for them individually the grace that he wanted to grant them. This leads us to recognize that the source of election is entirely in God. The elect cannot in any way cause it, if we consider how the elect come to know of their election. Calvin states that there are three signs of election: calling, justification, and sanctification. The presence... in the middle of the card... formed for the calamity" the source is not God, it is a human being through Adam, and therefore the punishment for sin is just. Calvin seems to present predestination not as an impending truth and painful, rather a fundamental component of the gospel itself. His belief in predestination is the culmination of the doctrine of sola gratis Calvin is determined to argue that salvation does not begin with faith, as Luther believed, but with election refers to election as the “parent of faith,” as Paul also stated. Calvin goes much deeper than Paul chose for us even before our existence and without any connection to our future faith , not simply forgiven because of our faith, because of “the mere pleasure of God.” The comfort this offers to the elect is that our “salvation flows entirely from the good mercy of God.””.”.