Scot
Puritan Board Sophomore
I recently had a discussion with a pastor that gave me this view of predestination:
Ephesians 1:4 & 5 - According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will
Compare with:
Romans 8:23 - And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Adoption = Resurrection
Therefore, God is saying that when we believe we are predestinated to receive resurrected bodies. Predestination in the Bible is not talking about salvation. It's our choice and if we choose Christ, we are predestinated unto the adoption (resurrection).
Anyone heard this arguement before? It's a first for me (not that I'm buying into it).
Ephesians 1:4 & 5 - According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will
Compare with:
Romans 8:23 - And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Adoption = Resurrection
Therefore, God is saying that when we believe we are predestinated to receive resurrected bodies. Predestination in the Bible is not talking about salvation. It's our choice and if we choose Christ, we are predestinated unto the adoption (resurrection).
Anyone heard this arguement before? It's a first for me (not that I'm buying into it).