{"id":1196,"date":"2010-12-10T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/you-asked-for-it-follow-up-4\/"},"modified":"2022-09-11T18:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T22:29:17","slug":"you-asked-for-it-follow-up-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/you-asked-for-it-follow-up-4\/","title":{"rendered":"“You asked for it”, follow-up 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In November I taught a three-week series yesterday called \u201cYou Asked for It\u201d<\/a> at Oak Tree Community Church<\/a>. We asked our congregation to submit questions that they wanted me to answer during the series. Their questions could be about a Bible passage they don\u2019t understand, a Biblical topic they want more information about, or something in the culture they wonder if the Bible addresses.<\/p>

However, there were several questions I couldn\u2019t get to during the services, so I\u2019m posting answers here. I wondered if this one would come in, and I was not disappointed. And I like the method, too. Today\u2019s question consists of a single word:<\/p>

Predestination<\/p><\/blockquote>

Now, I assume the questioner wants to know what the Bible says about predestination in relation to salvation, i.e., is free will involved in salvation or is it all from God? However, when we search the Scriptures, we find that \u201cpredestination,\u201d  which simply means \u201cto predetermine or pre-plan,\u201d is not used for salvation at all. It is, in fact applied in only three ways. (I\u2019ve underlined our word in the following passages.)<\/p>

God\u2019s plan for Jesus\u2019 death<\/strong> \u2013 God had planned Jesus\u2019 death for sin long before it ever happened.<\/p>

\u201cFor indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand<\/span> would happen.\u201d Acts 4:27-28<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

God\u2019s plan for those who believe<\/strong> \u2013 God\u2019s goal for every Christian is to make us 100% perfect just like Jesus. Even though it seems slow-going now, God has promised that it will indeed happen. One of the steps in doing so was to legally adopt us into his family, something else that he decided upon long ago.<\/p>

\u201cAnd we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, because those whom he foreknew he also predestined<\/span> to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined<\/span>, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.\u201d Romans 8:28-30<\/a><\/p>

\u201cHe did this by predestining<\/span> us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will\u201d Ephesians 1:5<\/a><\/p>

\u201cIn Christ we too have been claimed as God\u2019s own possession, since we were predestined<\/span> according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.\u201d Ephesians 1:11-12<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

God\u2019s plan for the church age<\/strong> \u2013 God\u2019s plan regarding the Church was completely unknown in the Old Testament. This new plan wasn\u2019t revealed until God gave it to Paul, who wrote it down for us.<\/p>

\u201cNow we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before<\/span> the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.\u201d 1 Corinthians 2:6-8<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

I\u2019ll tackle the chosen vs. free will salvation question in another post.<\/p>

If you still have questions, we\u2019re still taking them. Just comment below or email them to questions@oaktreechurch.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Their questions could be about a Bible passage they don\u2019t understand, a Biblical topic they want more information about, or something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,36,31,118,35],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-1corinthians","tag-acts","tag-ephesians","tag-otcc","tag-romans"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In November I taught a three-week series yesterday called \u201cYou Asked for It\u201d at Oak Tree Community Church. 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