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Living in the Light of Future Glory -  1 Peter Ch. 1 -According to the foreknowledge of God the Father  and Before the Foundation of the world

Section Two - Page 1

The Believer is loved and elected of God for all eternity His existence began in the will and love of God and all the attributes and emotions of God, being eternal, the believer has had therefore an eternal existence in the past in the mind of God, as he will have an eternal existence in the future in the presence of God.

 a). According to the foreknowledge of God the Father (v2)

 The Believer is loved and elected of God for all eternity His existence began in the will and love of God and all the attributes and emotions of God, being eternal, the believer has had therefore an eternal existence in the past in the mind of God, as he will have an eternal existence in the future in the presence of God.

His brief existence in time is comprised of the fact that

1. Hears the gospel and has become a follower of the Lord

2. This should be evidenced by his true spiritual life lived in the Spirit of God

3. Through his life and word boldly preaches the word of the Lord

4. His life is a life of holiness and separate from the world and its ways

5. He awaits his calling, to be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so returns to that Divine bosom from where he was first conceived in the mind of God.

 “Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world. Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be his through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before him”. (Eph 1:3-4)

 b). Before the Foundation of the world

Those who are saved have become eternally united with Christ Jesus.

Through God’s sovereign will, before the creation of the world and therefore independent of human influence and apart from any human merit.

“He had been chosen by God before the creation of the world and was revealed in these last days for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from death and gave him glory; and so your faith and hope are fixed on God”. (1 Pet 1:20-21)

He is to be holy and blameless before Him. “He chose us for Himself to be the praise of His own glory”.  It reveals both a purpose and a result of God’s choosing those who are to be saved. “Unrighteous persons are declared righteous, unworthy sinners are declared worthy of salvation.  A perfect righteousness which places believers in a holy and blameless position before God.

Next  - -   Section 3   -    By the sanctifying work of the Spirit

Conclusion  -  The outcome of our faith, the salvation of our soul.

 The Believer is loved and elected of God

for all eternity

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