• Foreknowledge
  • It means more than just knowing ahead
  • It includes determination and control
  • It is sometimes translated as "foreordained"
    • 1Pe 1:2, 20; Act 2:23
  • It is God's determination to carry out His plan to save His elect
• Predestination
  • The fact of it
    • It is Biblical — Eph 1:4-5
    • It is necessary
  • The purpose of it
    • To save the elect
    • To conform the elect to Christ
• Called
  • The necessity of the call — Eph 2:1-3; Rom 9:9-21
  • The irresistible call — Jhn 6:37, 44-45; 5:25; 1Co 4:7;
    Act 13:48, 16:14, 18; 9; 10; 11
• Justification
  • The definition: The act of God whereby He declares righteous those whom He has chosen
  • The transaction: A change from guilt and condemnation to pardon and acceptance
  • The basis — Rom 3:24; 4:25; 5:9
  • The results — Rom 5:1; 8:33-35; 4:5; 3:28; 8:1
• Glorification
  • The Glory of Christ — Heb 2:9-10; Phl 2:9-11; Rev 19:11
  • His Glory is our Glory — 1Pe 1:3-5; Rom 8:16-17
    • Phl 3:20-21; 1Co 15:51-53; Rom 8:29; Eph 2:7

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