Statements of Faith - Predestined For Adoption

 

EPHESIANS 1:5

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. 

Romans 8:14, 30

For all who are led by The Spirit of God are sons of God.

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

Ephesians 1:11

In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

    You want to know God's will for your life? Pay attention: God loves you and wants you to be in His family, so He formulated a plan of salvation that would apply to all men and women in all nations. His plan of salvation through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ may seem foolish in the sight and understanding of mankind, but to those who believe on The Name of The Only Begotten Son of God, we have become His children by faith: we have believed the evidence without seeing the end result. 

PREDESTINED: To pre-establish boundaries

    God has set in order the things which must be done to accomplish the purpose He has set forth.

    Predestined does not mean that God does want some saved; it means He has chosen all to be saved through His plan of salvation. But not all will be saved, for each of us has a choice to make in this life while we draw breath. Jesus died on the cross to save all of us, and rose from the grave to give each of us eternal life through Him. However, some have found this message of the cross and the empty tomb to be mere fantasy, for they do not believe God is real. Living under false pretenses then, they cannot fathom that God's Word is real and true. 

    But we who do believe pray for those who don't. We pray that God will ahold of you whatever it takes. We pray for your salvation, that you will come to a point of believing on The Name of Jesus Christ, for "There is no other Name under heaven by which men can be saved." (Acts 4:12).

     Buddha cannot save you. Allah cannot save you. Mary cannot save you. Vishnu cannot save you. Shintoism, Taoism, Sikhism, Caodaism cannot teach you The Way of The Lord, which is paramount to living a separated, holy life. None of these can intercede on your behalf with God. Only Jesus saves. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash away sins. Only the resurrection of Jesus Christ can give you new life in Him. 

    God sent His Son to save us, and He sent His Holy Spirit to change us, to bring us into a state of holiness that we might see God and live. God sent His Son to give us eternal life, and He sent His Holy Spirit to lead us to Himself. 

    This is God's will for our lives here and now and after death. This is The Gospel of salvation by which all must be saved. Are you in that 'all'? Come to Jesus and be made clean. Come with me to the cross and see my Jesus. Come to the empty grave and see where my Jesus is not. Come and hear what The Spirit has to say. Let God have His Way in you, just as He is having His Way in me. Teaching me to surrender, to let Him lead me all the way home. 

    Let me reiterate here: we are all predestined by God to be saved, but not all of us will be saved, for the established boundaries which God has set forth to be saved are judged by many people to be foolish and delusional. 

    What decision will you make or have you made for Christ? 

I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS  - Lydia Walker

Heart & Soul - - Chosen In Love

 

Ephesians 1:4, 5

"For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will.

*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 4309

Predetermined: to predetermine, to foreordain

From the Greek word 'proorizó' (pronounced pro-or-id'-zo). To pre-determine limits (establish boundaries).

    This word 'predestine' sure gets a lot of bad press. Some people think it means God has chosen only so many people to be saved, when in fact God has chosen everyone to be saved. Sadly, not everyone will be, but that is their choice, not God's. It simply means that God has set up the means by which we become His children. And that means, that Way is His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. John 14:6 "Jesus answered, “I am The Way and The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

CHOSEN BY HIM

    Before the foundation of the world, the Word tells, we are chosen in Christ. Those who come to salvation through faith in the blood of Christ to wash away our sins are the saints, the born again, the prophets and anyone who believes God is Savior and the means of salvation. The Book of Hebrews outlines a few Old Testament people who had righteousness credited to their account because of their simple, faithful (faith-filled) lives. I call it The Hall of Faith.

    We are chosen in Him, in Jesus Christ. We are chosen by God to be His people simply because we believe Him, we trust Him. 

CHOSEN TO BE HOLY IN HIS PRESENCE

    We are chosen by the Holy God to be a holy people. We are chosen to be set apart from the rest of the world. We are chosen to be sacred, different. We now have a Christ-like nature because Christ lives in us, changing us, growing us into Himself.

CHOSEN TO BE BLAMELESS IN HIS PRESENCE

    We are chosen by God to be without blemish or spot. For sin cannot exist where God is, so God's people must be spiritually clean. A feat which can only be accomplished by God's transforming power through His Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit Who leads us to God. It is the Spirit Who reveals the Truth of God's Word to us. 

CHOSEN IN LOVE TO BE GOD'S CHILDREN

    The most beloved verses in the Bible tell us that God loves us so much He sent His Son to die for us and save us from eternal damnation and punishment for sin. 

    John 3:16-18

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

CHOOSING GOD

    Are you one of the 'whosoevers'? Have you believed in the Name of the Son of God for your salvation? I am a whosoever. And you can be a whosoever, too. God has chosen you in His love to be a member of His family. Listen to the stirrings of your heart. That's the Holy Spirit calling you to salvation. That's the voice of God calling you to come near and stay by Him. Today is your opportunity to choose God just like He chose you.

    God chose us in Love, we need to choose God in Love. God chose us in Christ; in Christ we need to come to God. God's Word is God's Way. In Christ we are made holy, we are made blameless, we are made perfect. Now is the time to answer the call of God on your life. Hear the Word of the Lord and be made complete in Him. 

    

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