Predestination and being chosen in Him are not the same things. Predestination happens after the foreknowing. Once you are foreknown then God sets your destiny to be conformed to the image of His Son. Predestination is connected with being Christ like not being saved, all though that is part of our salvation. To be saved is to know the Lord and for the Lord to know us. The Lord knows us in all that we are including our sinfulness. When we come to God through the cross we come just as we are and confess our sins. The Lord knows our sinfulness and he knows our failures. That is part of Him knowing us even though He knows no sin.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:10:22 +0000