Sovereign Grace of God - Basic Elements of Predestination

SOVEREIGN GRACE OF GOD Concerning 'The Gospel' LORD JESUS CHRIST Grounded In Biblical Truth
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The ETERNAL and UNCHANGEABLE program of God that he determined in himself.. based on His wise and holy counsel for His own good pleasure and glory

(1) God determined and decreed all things before the foundation of the world, even the crucifiction of Christ.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

declairing the end from the beginning, my counsel shall stand.. and do all my pleasure

What God decreed before in eternity concerning our lord..was fullfulled in human history

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

The First Cause (GOD) being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,
and the Second Cause (MAN) ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: are shown in the above verse

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, ARE ALL THINGS: to whom be glory for ever. Amen

God is not only the first cause of general things but also the first cause of good things and evil things

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

The First Cause (GOD) is shown in verse 21, the Lord gave and then hath taken away. Yes as we read the verses leading up to this; Satan did all these things to Job, but he was only the Second Cause

5: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

God does not create a moral evil. This word can also be translated into; clamity

Man Can’t explain all that. If he tries to explain it, man will bleed it of all it's truth.

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

God is the first cause of sinful acts; he does not become in any way the author of sin nor is he responsible for sin. He does not force men to do evil things. Man Freely and Willfully does them on his own

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God:

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

The Greatest sin ever commited; "Killing God". But God determined that Christ would be slain, but the blame was put firmly on the shoulders of man. Man was not forced into doing it

19: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

9: Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10: Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

11: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Every event in history is brought about to bring about God's plan and God's eternal program. Nothing happens by chance or outside the sphere of devine providence. (random chance, accident, fate, quincidence,)

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

This Doctrine of Predestination helps show that the Bible was written by GOD. The Doctrine of Predestination is Foreign to man's way of thinking. The Human mind would never conceive a doctrine like this. It is Objectable to man’s way of thinking. The desire in every single person is to be in charge without any outside influence. All false religion is created by man and you will not find one of those religions that teaches this doctrine.

No one can not be an apostle today. In order to be qualified to be an apostle they had to be an eye witness; From John the Baptist until Christ arose from the dead. God ordained the false prophets to prophetzice falsely. Only look for Aihab and only him..

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

The man drew his bow at a chance (at a venture), not aiming at anyone, just drew at random and struck the King of Israel and hit him the only place that could kill him, between the joints of his armor. God took a random shot, from a normal man, and directed it to the exact spot He wanted it to go.

We are never helpless victims of circumstance. We never need to worry about the fickle finger of fate..

The Plans of God are usually accomplished through natural and ordinary means. God used a common foot soldier, not an angle, to shoot the arrow to fulfill His plan.

God controls the outcome of every war and battle. Man prepares for the battle but the outcome is from the LORD's wise counsel and plans are STILL required.

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. so we don’t fall into fatalism.

All the Stupid decisions I made during my life, God used all those decisions to bring me to exactly where I am at today. God brought me to exactly where he wants me.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.