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Predestination is one of the most misunderstood concepts in theology. Often perceived as a deterministic doctrine, it’s crucial to see it not as a limitation of free will but as an expression of God’s omniscient wisdom and unconditional love. Before the foundation of the world, God intimately knew you and had a glorious purpose for your life. This purpose is like a divine signature etched on your soul, guiding you toward a destiny that transcends time and circumstance. Understanding predestination doesn’t mean abandoning personal responsibility or resigning yourself to fate. Instead, it offers a framework through which to view your life as purpose-driven, empowered by God’s eternal perspective. Every decision, every path, and even every challenge you encounter are opportunities to align yourself with this divine purpose, allowing you to live from a place of peace, fulfilment, and spiritual abundance.
Jesus did a complete work at the Cross. It was a work that manifested in time, but the reality of that event took place before the world was made. Revelation 13:8. God does not see uncertain futures. He creates futures, and the courses of this world. There will be no delay. It will happen in the exact time it is designed to happen because nothing created can hinder its Creator from causing His plan to come to pass. As far as the Father is concerned, it has already happened, and simply the manifestation is what we will see take place.
Set yourself on eternal things, not on worldly stuff. Cuz you’re dead to this world, and you’re hidden with Christ in God. – Colossians 3:2,3. As you’re living in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit also. – Galatians 5:25. The Father, in his infinite love and manifest wisdom, put us in Jesus in order to save us. Jesus is our salvation. He’s not some external entity working in conjunction with humanity, independent of creation. Creation was made for and through Jesus – in Him and by Him. He is everything. The Father put everything in His Son. Creation is held together by Him. Colossians 1:16,17.
The purpose of Jesus coming into this world to save us, was to restore us back to the Father. The Father is life and He gave Jesus to have life in Himself. Our communion and oneness with Him is Life. When we were separated from God by a nature that was not His, we were dead. There was no life in us. In God’s reality, anything that is not in oneness and communion with Him is dead. He is life.
Jesus died, was buried, He rose to life, ascended to Heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father! Even when we were dead in sins, He raised us back to life together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus – Ephesians 2:5,6. Everything Jesus went through… we went through! He became us in all that He suffered, and also in His resurrection and ascension. We were IN Him when He went to the cross. He in us and we in Him. This is our reality today. We are seated with Him at the Father’s right hand.
Living in the Spirit is about consciously living by the leading of the Spirit – it’s about living in the knowledge that you’re in Him and He’s in you. It’s about resting in Him. It’s about letting Him be the source of information, direction, relationship, giftings, etc. Being born again is when the Spirit becomes one with you through the Word you received. Unless you are born of Water and Spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom of God. The Spirit is Life – abundance of Life! He is Eternal Life. We received eternal life when we believed Jesus.