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God predetined those He forenew.

God’s foreknowledge Everything is within God’s knowledge “Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.” See also 1 Ki 22:14 ; Da 2:28 ; Mt 24:36 What God knows he ordains Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient…

1 Peter 1:1-2 I’m not a fan of roller coasters. From my point of view, it seems crazy and risky to ride them. In recent years, however, I’ve slowly overcome this fear (or hesitation) by riding them as I have opportunity, including my most recent ride on the Sponge Bob Rock Bottom Plunge at Mall of America.…

Peril and Providence We went through a few questions rather quickly last time as we were ending the study. There was a comment about God’s decisions involving risks at times. How is that appropriate? If God knew (knows) what was going to happen - and if he predestines the events - where’s the risk? Perhaps…

Acts 2:22–24 (ESV) — 22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified…

Introduction Therefore Series: Audacious truths about what it means to be a Christian. Let me be honest with you guys. Sometimes, when my sin seems overwhelming; when the circumstances in my life seem overwhelming; I am tempted to think that God doesn’t love me. I am tempted to think that perhaps I have…

1 Peter 1 Good morning church! 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:…

Evening 16th Oct 2022

When someone asks, “Who are you?”, how do you respond? Usually we give our name, or maybe whose family we belong to. Sometimes we might say, “I’m a teacher”, or “I sell shoes”, or “I take care of my children”. Do these things really say who we are though? Our name is just a label, and our occupation…

Irrevocable Calling Irrevocable, cannot be rescinded, recalled or undone We are in Romans 11 this morning. Romans 9-11 is a wonderful section of Romans which covers some important concepts for believers. It builds upon all that the Spirit teaches us through all that he inspired Paul to right concerning…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Whenever faith clings to the promises of God, doubt is always lingering in the back of our mind, constantly asking the serpent’s question in the garden, “Did God really say?” How striking to think that we must…

Background of I Peter The Author Peter , an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, AUTHOR PROFILE: PETER • Simon, a fisherman, who followed John the Baptist until his brother Andrew introduced him to Jesus • Name changed to Peter…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Whenever faith clings to the promises of God, doubt is always lingering in the back of our mind, constantly asking the serpent’s question in the garden, “Did God really say?” How striking to think that we must…

We’re starting a new series this morning where we’re going to be looking at the the book of First Peter. As we do that, I want to give you a bit of background on this letter written by the disciples of Jesus. First, this is the same Peter who was a fisherman when he was called and left his nets, who…

Life is filled with the unexpected. Romans 8:24–30 (KJV 1900) 24 For we are saved by hope : but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it . 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:…

Romans 11:1-10 We have been going through the book of Romans verse by verse, and today we begin chapter 11, which is the last of this section where Paul makes parenthetical statements about Israel. In Chapter 11 Paul talks about Israel’s Calloused Heart. But not all of Israel is calloused - there is…

The Facets of Salvation Study Four The terms that relate to God’s election of the saints can at times be confusing for the routine reader. Although there are different distinctions for each term used that is important to understand, the reader must be careful not to over emphasize one over the other.…

Identity We learned in V 49 that Jesus at the age of 12 knew His Identity Knew He was the Son of God and His mission was to be doing His Fathers Business He was in the temple when Mary and Joseph found Him Jesus did not understand why they were looking all over for Him when the only place he should be…

We are the elect Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Peter’s intro is a little confusing the elect the Dispersion The audience is easy: Northern Turkey Date is probably just before Nero’s persecution according…

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they…

KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL Several phrases in , that have puzzled interpreters become more understandable in light of what we’ve been discussing. In the serpent (Hebrew: nachash ) says to Eve: “For God ( elohim ) knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall…

Yet again, I have the privilege of opening up the Bible and preaching through another of its 66 books. It’s one of my very favorite things to do. It affirms what we believe about the Bible: 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,…

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken…

Having established that God works all things together according to His will & Purpose And Foreknows & predestines those who receive His mercy & justice according to His will & purpose Because of the total depravity of the will power of humanity to choose to be saved We will see how God saves according…