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Mar 30, 2023 · God is the one who calls and elects, so the believer’s calling and election are already “sure” from God’s point of view; therefore, the command for believers to diligently make their calling and election sure must refer to the believers’ point of view. God wants us to have assurance of our salvation, and the best way to do that is to ...
- John 15:16 ESV / 172 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.
- Ephesians 1:4-5 ESV / 157 helpful votes. Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
- Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 113 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.
- Romans 8:28-30 ESV / 112 helpful votes. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Confirming One’s Calling and Election - 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. 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 in the world caused by evil desires. For this very ...
- Brief Overview of Romans
- Jacob and Esau in Romans 9
- The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart in Romans 9
- The Potter and The Clay in Romans 9
- Romans 9 and Election
- Romans 11 Supports This Reading of Romans 9
- Election, Romans 9-11, and The Theme of Romans
It is first of all helpful to recognize the overall message and meaning of the book of Romans. Despite what some think, Paul’s letter to the Romans is not about justification, or even the righteousness of God. It is not about how great God is or how to go to heaven when we die. Instead, Paul’s letter to the Romans is about how the gospel “saves” be...
In the first part of Romans 9, Paul uses three biblical examples to show that God’s election of people and groups is to service. The first example is Jacob and Esau, and it is important to note that both Jacob and Esau were elected, or chosen, by God. It is often assumed that only Jacob was chosen by God, but Paul clearly indicates that God chose t...
The same truths are then applied by Paul to why God raised up Pharaoh during the Exodus events. The way Paul structures his argument in Romans 9:14-18, Paul shows that Pharaoh too was chosen, or elected, by God. But this says nothing about Pharaoh’s eternal destiny. Romans 9:14-18 is not referring to where Pharaoh will spend eternity. Instead, God ...
Paul uses the image of the potter and the clay from Jeremiah 18 as his third example of how election works. There are numerous interpretive issues with this portion of Paul’s argument, which I explain in more detail in my book, (#AmazonAdLink) The Re-Justification of God. In that book, I propose that the following translation of Romans 9:22-24 best...
So Paul believes that election can be both corporate and individual, and that election is not to eternal life, but to service in this life. Paul illustrates this teaching on election by pointing to Jacob and Esau and the nations that came from them, the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, and God’s choice to use both honorable and dishonorable vessels to...
Paul returns to discuss election in Romans 11. Here are the pertinent texts: As seen in the discussion above about Romans 9, the entire discussion in this part of Romans is about how God’s promises to the church can be trusted, since God’s promises to Israel seem to have failed. Since Paul argued near the end of Romans 8 that nothing can separate u...
This understanding fits perfectly with Paul’s overall theme in Romans about the gospel as the power of God unto salvation for all believers. Remember, salvation is not about believing in Jesus for eternal life (though that is a central part of the gospel), but is also about living with purpose and significance as members of the new creation in this...
Sep 26, 1993 · The reason most of the English versions change the word order and put the word "chosen" at the end of the list of five Roman Provinces is so that it is more obvious that the phrases of verse 2 define God's election. Verse two defines election with three phrases: first Christians are elect "according to the foreknowledge of God the Father."
Confirm Your Calling and Election. 3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him () who called us to [] his own glory and excellence, [] 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become () partakers of the divine nature, () having escaped from the corruption that is in ...
The doctrine of election traces the “decision” to save back to God himself in eternity past and affirms that he, not man, determined who will be saved (Eph. 1:3-6). Scripture affirms often that God’s sovereign rule is universal and that his predestinating decree is all-inclusive. Election to salvation is one aspect or dimension of that ...
