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Originally Posted by mizpeh
Are we chosen by God's foreknowledge of the choice we would make to believe the gospel?
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 1 Peter 1:2
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom 8:29-30 |
We were chosen by Him before we could ever do anything about it. Our response to the Gospel is the expected (expected by Him) outcome from the working of His grace and His Spirit upon our hearts.
The choice was made by God when we were otherwise helpless to choose for ourselves. That is the magnitude of His grace. (see for example
Romans 9).
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