It is my goal, God willing, to begin a series of topics that will explore the depth of several scriptures related to those below. For this post, I would just like to have the information up and for your consideration. Please pray and look up these passages. Read the surrounding context. Meditate over what Paul is saying to us in both Romans and Ephesians. Let the Holy Spirit teach you. When you read this what comes to your mind. Please, do not skim through it, please pay attention:
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.” –Romans 8:28-30
“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: 1-6
The last few words in this scripture in Ephesians answer questions that are relevant to the Christian identity.
Ø What
o We were chosen in Christ
Ø When
o Before the foundation of the world
Ø Who
o We were predestined for adopted sons by Christ to God
Ø How
o According to the ‘good pleasure of HIS Will!
Ø Why
o To the praise and glory of HIS grace
o By which HE made us accepted in the beloved
Do you find yourself objecting to any of this? Do you find an exception to any of this? How do you see yourself in this?
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