understand the simplicity of the Truth of God

 PREDESTINATION BY FOREKNOWLEDGE

The Doctrine of Predestination has been misunderstood by many church-goers. 

While some would discard this Truth for some other traditional explanations, others would fight it as being from the pit of hell.

Carnal religious men, trapped in the framework of church traditions and theology, could never understand the simplicity of the Truth of God. 

How could they claim to believe in an Omnipotent and Omniscient God while denying Him the power to foreordain what He has foreknown.

Now, when God predestinates, He does not merely choose a sinner to make a Christian out of him, and leave another in his own sinful state to be cast into the Lake of Fire. 

No, certainly not, for that would make God unjust in His thoughts and actions. 

But God is a just God (Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 45:21). 

{Amplified Bible: Deuteronomy 32:4,“The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He.}

{Isaiah 45:21, New International Version;

 Declare what is to be, present it—

    let them take counsel together.

Who foretold this long ago,

    who declared it from the distant past?

Was it not I, the Lord?

    And there is no God apart from me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

    there is none but me. }

How could He be just if He picked and chose some to be His children and left the others to be condemned?

The answer lies in His foreknowledge of all things even before they existed. 

Being All-knowing, He was able to know who would and who would not accept His Gospel of salvation in Christ Jesus. 

For those who would, God then chose and predestinated them, in His love and according to the good pleasure of His Will, to be adopted as His children through Christ Jesus. 

Apostle Paul said: “For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 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.” – in Romans 8:29-30 .

“…but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to HIS own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.”– 2 Timothy 1:8b-9

Thank God for His Divine Purpose in us. Amen!

See, what had the ALL-POWERFUL God done? 

He predestinated, called, justified and glorified all those whom He foreknew BEFORE the foundation of the world TO BE CONFORMED TO the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. 

(Hence, we do not merely believe in the Doctrine of Predestination, but in the Doctrine of Predestination by Foreknowledge.) 

Apostle Paul was even persuaded that nothing — absolutely nothing — can separate the chosen ones from the LOVE of God which is in Christ Jesus. 

God's gifts and calling are irrevocable. 

(Read Romans 8:35-39; 11:29 { for God’s gifts and HIS call are irrevocable.}) 

{Romans 8:35-39; New International Version; ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;

    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[Psalm 44:22]

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[nor heavenly rulers] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.}

Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

HIS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS