Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the
nations.
Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to
the image of his Son,
Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
them.
These past few days, writing about the will of God, has
reminded me of the prophet Jeremiah, and how the Lord knew him – even
before he was in his mother's womb, and he was sanctified by God as a
prophet to the nations. A similar foreknowledge and ordination of God
belongs to us who are under the New Covenant. God's foreknowledge of His
people is clearly stated in scripture. We were chosen in Him before the
foundation of the world to be holy and blameless, and created in Messiah
Yeshua (Christ Jesus) unto good works which He foreordained that we walk in
them. It is clear that a life of holiness and good works is an integral
part of our destiny in salvation, a fundamental aspect of His original plan
for each one of us.
This plan, instilled in us even before the foundation of the world,
seems to insure that good works will follow the believers in Yeshua. We
could never work our way into heaven, our salvation is wholly an act of God
– yet, just as Jeremiah's calling was foreknown and foreordained by God,
our ordination unto good works was too. Walking in good works is walking in
a manner worthy of our calling, it is powerful evidence for the genuineness
of our salvation, and it is walking in the will of God.
From the foundation of the world,
according to God's plan, you were created and ordained to live a sanctified
life filled with good works. If you walk in His will for you, when your
life is over, you may expect to hear these wonderful words: “Well done,
thou good and faithful servant!” (George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah)
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Afternoon Thoughts-You were foreknown and foreordained for a purpose!:
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