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The Promises of God: Part CCXCVI
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Sep 04, 2025
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:3-6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:3-6
Predestination has become a doctrine that confuses many who believe that God chose those He wanted but rejected those He didn't want. My own personal belief is that God knew us before time began and knew we would come to Him in the future.
Predestination, at its core, refers to God’s eternal purpose and foreknowledge concerning the destiny of His creation, particularly humankind. The Bible presents God as knowing and ordaining events beforehand. The term often highlights the relationship between God’s sovereignty and human free will. While some passages can seem challenging, a careful examination across Scripture shows a consistent theme: God sovereignly directs history and individuals toward His glory and purpose.
It's a complicated process of free will in us and God knowing the future of our salvation. For us, we are chosen to choose Him and be saved from eternal damnation, or not, and perish in ignorance!
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on the earth. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:7-12
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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