Predestined And No Free Will In Just 2 Verses

In Him we also were made [God's] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will, So that we who first hoped in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and appointed to] live for the praise of His glory! Ephesians 1:11-12

Peace that passes all understanding can be found in these two little verses. The first Truth is that our Father knew us before we ever were and He still chose us. God knew every little detail of our lives; He knew every stupid thought and everything that we would ever do wrong. Our Father knew them before we ever did them and He still chose us. So all of the fear of we can lose what we have been given by Him goes right out the door, Romans 11:29.

The second Truth is that everything is worked out by our Father’s will, not our will. Probably the two biggest Truths that religious people want to fight me over are free will and predestination. Yet there are literally dozens of verses that say that we are predestined and that we do not have a free will that directs our lives. Thank God we don’t. Thank God that our Father’s will directs us, because if it were up to us, what a mess our life’s would be. You think that you have it bad now, just imagine if our Father left us on our own to decide where and what we would be.

Just remember these Truth’s: the Potter decides what the clay is going to be before He makes that pottery, and our Father is our Potter and we are His clay, Romans 9:21. The branch can only produce the fruit that the vine directs it to produce and only when the vine empowers it to, and Jesus is our Vine and we are His branches, John 15:4-5. A body part never acts on its own, it can only act after the head empowers and directs it to act, and Jesus is our Head and we are His body, Ephesians 5:30-32. These are glorious Truth’s and faith comes from us hearing them and peace that passes all understanding and full joy is found in them.