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May 6, 2024 · Here are twelve powerful Bible verses about election: 1. Romans 8:28 – “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”. 2. Ephesians 1:4 – “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame ...
- Acts 13:48 ESV / 109 helpful votes. And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 88 helpful votes. But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
- Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 84 helpful votes. Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love.
- John 15:16 ESV / 81 helpful votes. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
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Confirming One’s Calling and Election. 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption ...
Nov 5, 2022 · Election is the act of God whereby in eternity past He chose those who will be saved. Election is unconditional, because it does not depend on anything outside of God, such as good works or foreseen faith ( Romans 9:16 ). This doctrine is repeatedly taught in the Bible, and is also demanded by our knowledge of God.
- Definitions & Theological Context
- The Gospel of John
- 1 Corinthians 1: Human Depravity and Divine Initiative
- The Ground of Election
- Election Ground For Praise
That God chose whom he would save is a common theme in Scripture. God’s eternal decree is all-encompassing, and salvation likewise is according to his own gracious purpose (Acts 13:48; Rom. 8:28-30; Eph. 1:11; 2Tim. 1:9). Those whom God saves are those whom he chose to save (Eph. 1:4; 1Thes. 1:4-5; 2Thes. 2:13-14, etc.). This, in brief, is the doct...
Jesus in the Gospel of John is particularly instructive in this regard: it presents the doctrine of election in terms of a people (God’s “sheep”) “given” by the Father to the Son and the Son as coming to save them. … you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out....
Many passages of Scripture affirm that election to salvation pertains not only to the church corporately but to each individual believer (Acts 13:48; Eph.1:4; 1Thes. 1:4–5; 2Thes. 2:13–14; 2Tim. 1:9; 1Pet. 1:1–2). In 1 Corinthians 1, for example, the apostle Paul traces the believer’s salvation back to its ultimate source in God: those who are save...
All this serves to answer the question of the ground of divine election. On the negative side, God did not choose, as some attempt to argue, on the basis of foreseen faith. That would be impossible because of human depravity and the world’s otherwise unanimous rejection of him. It would also be entirely out of keeping for “the one who works all thi...
Election, then, is massive ground for joyful, exulting praise, and this is how the biblical writers consistently treat the doctrine. It is an outstanding saving “blessing” of which we may sing: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing … even as he has chosen us … in love having predest...
Apr 19, 2016 · April 19, 2016 by: Sam Storms. This article is part of the 10 Things You Should Know series. 1. Election is a pre-temporal decision by God, a choice he made before any of us ever existed. God chose us in Christ “before the foundation of the world” (Eph. 1:4). God “saved us,” said Paul, “and called us to a holy calling, not because of ...
The mystery, we may be sure, had behind it supreme right and reason, but in a region which at present at least we cannot penetrate. Again, election never appears as a violation of human will. For never in the Bible is man treated as irresponsible. In the Bible the relation of the human and Divine wills is inscrutable; the reality of both is ...
