ScottA
Well-Known Member
The only difficulty here is the timing.
This is God's creation. Do pots elect themselves, do pancakes? Of course not! It is He who has elected all according to His will - He is the Potter!
The timing then, is also relative to God, rather than to men. When Paul explained that we come "each in his own order" he was speaking of our doing so while the worlds clocks are ticking. But time is a part of God's creation - God on the other hand, is not. Which means, that His elections were all "before the foundation of the world." And this, this "each in his own order" manifestation, is simply the telling or enactment of what was written of what has occurred "before the foundation of the world."
God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. As far as He is concerned - from His timeless perspective...so are we.
This is God's creation. Do pots elect themselves, do pancakes? Of course not! It is He who has elected all according to His will - He is the Potter!
The timing then, is also relative to God, rather than to men. When Paul explained that we come "each in his own order" he was speaking of our doing so while the worlds clocks are ticking. But time is a part of God's creation - God on the other hand, is not. Which means, that His elections were all "before the foundation of the world." And this, this "each in his own order" manifestation, is simply the telling or enactment of what was written of what has occurred "before the foundation of the world."
God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. As far as He is concerned - from His timeless perspective...so are we.