Ephesians 1:3-6
“3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 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:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
Oh what glorious words! What a wonderful thought! To know God chose His people before the foundation of the world. To know He loved us even when He knew how wicked we would be. God planned our adoption into His family before He created the earth. And it was all made possible by the sacrificing of His Son, Jesus Christ. Oh what a price God the Father paid to seal the adoption of the children He so dearly loved. He offered His only begotten Son as the sacrifice that would give all of God's elect eternal life.
Yet, there are those who will deny the very doctrines of election and predestination and of the adoption. These wonderful doctrines are taught so clearly by God Himself in His Word. To deny these doctrines is to deny the very sovereignty of God. To assign a man's name(Calvin) to these doctrines is blasphemy against God Himself. These are God's doctrines. Not John Calvin or any other such man.
These doctrines were obviously taught by Christ Himself in His earthly ministry. They were taught to the early churches by the Apostles and others. They have been taught by Baptist since the First Church in Jerusalem and were taught by every church the Apostle Paul wrote letters to. And yet today God's very elect refuse and deny the blessed teachings of election and predestination and adoption because these doctrines don't give man any authority over his own will.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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