"We were predestined according to God's purpose," Ephesians 1:11.
God foreordained. God planned beforehand. What did God predestine? That anything ever worth happening throughout time and creation, that all things would happen in Christ. In Him. So. God's chosen people, God's elect, would be those people who first hoped. In Christ. Ah! And, too, God's chosen would also be those people who heard the gospel and believed. In Christ. Was this a spur of the moment decision? Oh, No! Not at all! God established this destiny on his forever plan. His work plan. To work what? All things. To work according to his purpose. What purpose? The purpose of God's own will. To accomplish what he wanted to do. In Christ.
We visit today with a brother or sister, elect in Christ, having freely believed in him. And, together, we live for the praise of God's glory.
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