GODS ETERNAL PURPOSE

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GODS ETERNAL PURPOSE

• ROMANS 828-30

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Romans 828-30
28And we know that all things work together for
good to those who love God, to those who are the
called according to His purpose. 29For whom He
foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to
the image of His Son, that He might be the
firstborn among many brethren. 30Moreover whom He
predestined, these He also called whom He
called, these He also justified and whom He
justified, these He also glorified.
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Loved Jn1724
C A L L E D
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Monergism vs. Synergism
Kitten vs. Monkey Theology
Gods enabling those who will cooperate.
God does it all vs.
Calvinism Maintains that
God does it all
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CALVINISM
Matt 1913-14 181-3 Acts 1034, Ezek. 1820-23
I Tim 24 II Pet 39 I Tim 25-6, Heb 29, I
Jn 22 Acts 751, II Cor 61, Heb 1029 Heb
64-6, II Pet 18-10
T U L I P
Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited
Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance
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Monergism vs. Synergism
Kitten vs. Monkey Theology
God enables those who will cooperate.
God does it all vs.
Deuteronomy 529, Psalm
7841 818-13
Matthew 2337-39 John
539-40
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WHO ARE FOREKNOWN ?
Psalm 1
Godly
Luke 8 12-15
Honest and good heart
John 3 19-21
Come to the light
II Thess. 2 9-12
Love and believe truth
John 7 17
Wills to do His will
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All words designate same persons.
(verses 29-30)
To identify one is to identify all.
28 And we know that all things work together for
good to those who love God, to those who are
the called according to His purpose.

• FOREKNOWN
• PREDESTINED
• CALLED
• JUSTIFIED
• GLORIFIED

Love is a Command! Mt.2236-40
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What it means to love God

• Obedience I John 53, Jn. 1423
• Faith
• Repentance
• Baptism into Christ (Gal. 327)

Those in Christ are the elect, chosen
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Other Scriptures

• Ephesians 13-8
• John 1016 (Note vs. 3-4)
• Acts 189-10