| Predestination |
| It is vital for us to put our minds towards understanding the meaning of the word predestination. It is made up of two parts [1] Pre means before. [2] A destination is a place we go to. Predestination is a place, or, in this specific instance of usage, a person [Jesus]. God decided before creation, that it was His plan, during our temporal life, to take us to Him. He committed Himself, subject to us hungering and thirsting after righteousness to His satisfaction, to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. He gives us free will to respond to His voice. God is a God of incredible greatness; so it is astonishing, considering this fact, that only a small remnant respond to Our pure Friend of Friends, Jesus Christ's meek and humble voice. |
Whilst reading Jeremiah 29:11 we can confirm that this plan of Gods mentioned above is the very plan that God has in view in this verse. When God says in the book of Genesis "Be fruitful and multiply" this informs us that God is a God who adds beauty to us.
Adding is a form of multiplication. Eating from the Word of God will always "add" to the quality of our life! Go on! I can see that you are hungry. Open your heart to God's Word and enjoy God's company!
"The foolish man has said in his heart that there is no God." See Proverbs 14: 1
The mistake of the fool is that He is not looking for teachers outside of himself and his fellowman. God is Teacher! For our purposes of learning we can validly rewrite the following: 'The fool has said in his heart, there is no teacher other than mankind!
God is mankind's healer. Anyone without an intimate relationship with almighty God will believe he or she has to look to mankind as his or her healer. How tragic it is to ignore the very best teacher and healer available!
Everybody that lives is a teacher of some description. The prostitute who offers her body to a never seen before man is teaching that this behaviour is acceptable.
This is false teaching since her behaviour is undignified. Her client is in error. God is righteous. He is a teacher of righteousness. Our goal in life is to be called into God's service to be a teacher of righteousness.
When Jesus said, "Go ye into the World and preach the Gospel." His desire is for us to want and "fight" to do this. As we continue to hunger and thirst for righteousness He will equip us to do this spiritual work.
Until we are saved to a Christian walk we are always rewriting Scripture and complaining how difficult the Holy Bible is to understand.
Having grown very fond of heaven's cuddly cook, I have decided to become his student. I have a confession to make. I don't know alot about His cooking. Seriously, deciding to become a student under the guidence of a teacher requires us venturing forth trust.
The more we practise becoming students in our everyday life the more likely it will be that God will allow us to become serious students under His life-changing tutelage.
Step forward in faith, intrepid readers, and you too will become an avid fellow searcher for Truth like me and possibly soon my teacher!