"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love"(Eph. 1:4).
I give thanks to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ , praying for all of you daily, that your faith be strengthened in these times of ever increasing apostasy and grave error.
What a Savior we have in Jesus. Through him "once saved always saved" is a God enforced truth. We believe the beautiful gospel. So many of us have walked the path of doubt as to our salvation after conduct unbecoming a saint. And because of a lack of bible study, or the failure of good counsel, we have found ourselves between a rock and hard place.
1 John 5:
"11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
"Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." 2 Timothy 2:19
"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ..." 1 Pet. 1:2
"Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will" Eph.1:5
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom.8:29-30
We need to know that we have been chosen in Him in order to stand for God today. This assurance will make a world of difference in our life.
The elect are the whosoever will and the non-elect are the whosoever wont according to His purpose.
Predestination means that when God saves you He will see you through to the end.
This is all about our sanctification, our spiritual development. It is the work of God in the heart and life of the believer.
We need to know that we have been chosen in Him in order to stand for God today. This assurance will make a world of difference in our life.
1 Cor.1:8
" 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The point is that God has ordained to redeem a remnant of humanity to salvation. These elect individuals were chosen before the creation of the world, and their salvation is complete in Christ. As Paul says, “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified” (Romans 8:29-30).
Chaim, least
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