God Chose You Before You Chose Him - the summary
Some hate to read...I get that, here's a summary of my post on election
• Believers’ names are permanently written in the Lamb’s Book of Life and will never be blotted out. Revelation 17:8 – “Whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 3:5 – “I will never blot his name out of the book of life.”
• Humanity is spiritually dead in sin, not wounded or on life support; dead people cannot make choices. Ephesians 2:1 – “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins.”
• God makes believers spiritually alive FIRST, then draws them to faith. Ephesians 2:4-5 – “But God…made us alive together with Christ.” John 6:44 – “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.”
• Regeneration precedes faith; God must give spiritual life before a person can exercise saving faith. John 1:13 – “Who were born…not of the will of man, but of God.”
• Believers participated in their spiritual birth as much as they did their physical birth; they were utterly passive. John 3:3 – “Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• Faith is a gift from God that receives salvation, not a work that earns it. Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith…not a result of works.”
• If salvation depends on human will rather than God’s sovereignty, God is not truly sovereign over salvation. Romans 9:16 – “So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.”
• God doesn’t merely foresee who will believe; He determines who will believe according to His purpose before time began. 2 Timothy 1:9 – “Who saved us…because of His own purpose and grace, which He gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.”
• God chose believers based on His sovereign pleasure, not because they are special, smarter, or more spiritual. Romans 9:15 – “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
• Non-believers freely and completely deny Christ; they LOVED darkness and REFUSED to come to the light. John 3:19-20 – “The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light.” John 5:40 – “Yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have life.”
• God doesn’t force anyone to reject Him; He leaves them in their freely chosen rebellion without excuse. Romans 1:18-20 – “They are without excuse…who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”
• Even after experiencing God’s judgment in Revelation, non-believers persist in cursing God and refusing to repent. Revelation 16:9 – “They did not repent and give Him glory.”
• We cannot fully understand divine sovereignty, but we don’t need to understand it to appreciate grace. Isaiah 55:8-9 – “For My thoughts are not your thoughts…My ways higher than your ways.”
• Salvation is secure because God holds believers, not because they are holding on. Ephesians 2:4-5 – “God…made us alive together with Christ.”
• God is still working to give the gift of salvation to even more people.
To His Glory,
“NO MAN CAN BE THOROUGHLY HUMBLED UNTIL HE KNOWS THAT HIS SALVATION IS UTTERLY BEYOND HIS OWN POWERS, DEVICES, ENDEAVORS, WILL, AND WORKS, AND DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE CHOICE, WILL, AND WORK OF ANOTHER, NAMELY, OF GOD ALONE.” — MARTIN LUTHER
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So as a long time mature "elder" Christian I am familiar with all of this.. byway of Presbyterian evangelical church many years ago: leaning toward the predestination position which is supported biblically.. over and over. I will restack.. I couldn't get the PDF's but that is Ok. Have a blessed Sunday. I think there is a lot of truth .. in your excellent analysis those the verses that I was trained in while taking Evangelism Explosion by James Kennedy (Coral Ridge ministries in Florida) for six years, the foundational basis of how evangelicals and those eat the meat... having ears to hear and eyes to see.:) Praise the Lord.