Foreknowledge of God In studying the covenant of redemption recorded for us in Rom. 8:28‑30 we are told of a people that God foreknew. This is a special and limited aspect of the foreknowledge of God. In future essays, … Continued
Elect on What Basis? In this essay we will consider on what basis God foreknew or chose a people to be his covenant people. One idea is that God looked down through the annals of time and saw … Continued
Elect Given to Christ In this essay we will look at how the elect were given to Christ and when and for what purpose they were given to Christ. First that the Father gave the elect to his … Continued
Lamb’s Book of Life We read of a time in the 10th chapter of Luke when the Lord sent out seventy disciples beside the twelve apostles to teach and preach in the cities of Judea. When they returned, they … Continued
The Seed of Abraham The word, foreknow, as used in Rom. 8:29, means to know or appoint beforehand. As we have previously studied, according to Eph. 1:4 God appointed or chose a people in Christ before the foundation of … Continued
Predestination In our study of the “covenant of redemption” which is set forth in Rom. 8:28‑30, the second action of God listed in verse 29 is “predestinate.” The five actions of God listed in v. 29 and 30 are … Continued
Predestination #2 The fact that God purposes, counsels, or wills to do something and then does it is readily apparent from a review of the scriptures: A. Isa. 46:10, 11 ‑ “Declaring the end from the beginning, and … Continued
Justified ‑ II In this essay, we want to consider the origin and extensiveness of sin and consider God as the apprehender of sin to bring us to judgment. In Rom. 5:12 we read, “Wherefore, as by one … Continued