Is there a denomination which espouses hard-determinism?
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I am aware of exactly one church in my town which strictly follows determinism, I do not know its denomination, but it is a Chinese church. My wife attended when she first came to the country because she wasn't very good at English, and this was the only Christian church she could understand.
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The closest answer I can think of to your question would be Reformed theology. (Calvinism being the one everyone knows). Teaching the Sovereignty of God in a serious manner. Where he is completely sovereign over all things especially with an eye towards saving sinners (by his will alone).
Here is a link to a teaching by R.C. Sproul, a well known Reformed teacher, on the topic of God's sovereignty Sproul link
But elsewise, I think you should really re-examine your interpretation of this particular scripture.
John 3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
I think the idea of "giving all things into his hand" is much more along the lines of God placing Christ above all things, and giving "everything" to him. as the King of King's and Lord of Lords.
Ephesians 1:20-22 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
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John 3:35 says that God has placed everything in the hands of his Son. After his resurrection and before Jesus ascended into heaven to return to his Father, Jesus said that all authority in heaven and on earth had been given to him (Matthew 28:18). If these verses prove that human behaviour is also in the hands of Jesus, or that he controls human behaviour, then we must all be robots, incapable of exercising any form of free will. Those verses do not support “hard determinism.”
“Hard determinism (or metaphysical determinism) is a view on free will which holds that determinism is true, and that it is incompatible with free will, and, therefore, that free will does not exist.” Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_determinism
After spending a considerable amount of time looking for any denomination that supports “hard determinism” I drew a blank. However, I am aware that a few Protestants support a form of hyper-Calvinism:
“Hyper-Calvinism is the belief that God saves the elect through His sovereign will with little or no use of the methods of bringing about salvation (such as evangelism, preaching, and prayer for the lost). To an unbiblical fault, the hyper-Calvinist over-emphasizes God's sovereignty and under-emphasizes man's responsibility in the work of salvation... The gospel of the hyper-Calvinist is a declaration of God's salvation of the elect and His damnation of the lost... Hyper-Calvinism takes a biblical doctrine, God’s sovereignty, and pushes it to an unbiblical extreme. In doing so, the hyper-Calvinist downplays the love of God and the necessity of evangelism.” Source: https://www.gotquestions.org/hyper-calvinism.html
Please be aware that hyper-Calvinists are not a denomination, and that very few Christians take this radical position with regard to election and free will.
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