1:5
We were “predestined for adoption to sonship” “in accordance with His pleasure and will”. Now some folk get all hung up about predestination. The first thing to note is that the Bible does not get hung up about it all. As far as the Bible is concerned it isn’t a problem! The Bible teaches two things very clearly, the absolute sovereignty of God, and human responsibility. Now we cannot work out how these two things can both be true. We should stop worrying about it, and live in the light of God’s sovereignty. God works in and through our lives to make us into the sons He wants us to be. And all this takes place “through Jesus Christ”.
1:6
This is all to the praise of His glorious grace. It will be seen that the most wonderful thing in the world is the grace of God and its effects. His grace solves no end of otherwise intractable problems. And He has freely given this grace to us in “the One He loves”, i.e. in Jesus Christ.
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