to the praise of His glory

There is much talk about predestination and the doctrines of grace these days. In fact, it is nothing new. It has been something argued and discussed for decades. Much of that argument surfaces out of Eph 1. Honestly, I believe in being predestined. It is not something I need to debate. However, I do believe that we have missed the purpose of that teaching. When you dig deeper into that passage, you will find that the entire purpose for the talk on predestination is to the praise of His glory. Wow, what a thought...set apart for His glory. Not just set apart. It isn't about elitism or some who are not chosen, it is about God choosing so that He gets more GLORY. Which defines our purpose-our lives are to be to the praise of His glory. We are chosen, set apart and saved for HIS GLORY. We are HIS to the praise of His glory. We have an inheritance, have been redeemed, sealed and sanctified to the praise of His glory.
We can sit and argue about predestination...but God doesn't get any glory in that and the whole point was to the praise of His glory.
Anyways....Eph 1 tells us that all things are summed up in Christ. So, why are we debating-isn't it time we stop arguing over misunderstood doctrine and begin to live the purpose behind it....summed up in Christ-to the praise of His glory.



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