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Ephesians 1:11
Excerpted from: Free Will or God's Sovereignty?

This whole first chapter of Ephesians is filled with confidence and hope, encouraging us with what God has done and is doing. Here, Paul wades into the hotly-contested realm of predestination, mentioning it twice. The Amplified says, “He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children.” For verse 11, the Amplified says, “we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose.”

Now, the timid commentators say this is talking about the saints as a group, or the church in general, meaning that it was predestined only that there would be saints—that there would be a church. That is as far as they will go, and it is a very cautious way of looking at it.

As we know, names are very individual. There are specific names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and this says they are written from the foundation of the world. This indicates that when Paul says we are predestined to adoption and predestined according to God’s purpose, he isn’t just talking about the church as a group. There are specific names written.

There is no point at which God can know a name this many years in advance, but one more year would be too much for Him. As we saw, He declares the end from the beginning. If He has purposed it, He will also do it. God demonstrated His foreknowledge with Cyrus, and there is no scriptural explanation for why He could not also choose some from the foundation of the world and write their names in His Book. He works all things according to the counsel of His will, and His foreknowledge is beyond our comprehension.

Ephesians 1:3-12
Excerpted from: Jesus in the Feasts (Part Five): Tabernacles

That is what He is working toward, making us all one in Christ and that we could all be glorified in Him, as part of Him.

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The Model Prayer (Part Five): Your Will Be Done

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Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 7)
Wilderness Wandering (Part 1)
Wilderness Wandering (Part 2)
Living by Faith: God's Sovereignty
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Fully Accepting God's Sovereignty (Part 1)
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Deuteronomy and History
Deuteronomy and History
His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Part Two)
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God Works in Mysterious Ways (Part Four)
God's Will
Wilderness Wanderings (Part Two)
Hebrews (Part Fourteen): Chapter 2, A Mind Bending Purpose (Part Three)
Five Easily-Neglected Doctrines
God's Workmanship (Part 1)
A Misunderstood Characteristic of God
Think on These Things
Unleavened Bread and the Holy Spirit (Part Two)
Hebrews 2: God is Present
The Purpose of the Church
Growing Into Liberty
Deuteronomy (Part 2) (1994)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 1)
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The Sovereignty of God (Part One)
The Sovereignty of God (Part Eight)
The Sovereignty of God (Part 11)
God's Workmanship (Part 1)
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Unity (Part 6): Ephesians 4 (C)
Two Contrary Visions
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