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Lots of confusion about the elect and the "predestined elect", and on and on..
The reason this simple doctrine seems to be so confusing.... is because of the way the scriptures are worded.
Its really simple tho... but it sounds complex because of the terminology.. But its not complex.
So, When trying to understand what it means to be "elect" or those who are "predestined" to be "conformed into the image of Christ".... is just a few questions needing to be addressed.
How does "elect" happen?....What is the START, what is the part that gets the ball rolling, and what is the end result?
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So let me give you a simple analogy.
Let say you are at the Fair. And you want to ride the Roller Coster.
So, you have a Ticket. And what does that ticket get you? What is the end result of that Ticket. = You get to RIDE.
So, lets insert this simple idea into...... 'predestined elect".........
The RIDE, is what you are predestined to do, or to become, its the end result.
The Elect is the person who is going to ride = what is predetermined to be a RIDE.
The Ticket is your FAITH that elects you to RIDE.
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So, lets look at it.
You are ELECTED by FAITH.
So what is the process ?
We are "predestined",..this means that there is an end result that is to be finished in the FUTURE.....that occurs through Salvation... which is...to be fully conformed into the image of Christ, ....that God foreknew would happen, because He knew before all are born who would ""by faith" be elected by their faith..
So....To be fully conformed into the image of Christ is what the "predestination" DOES or Completes.
How does that all sound if you simplify it?
It means that there is an end result to being born again.....And the end result has a name...."predestined".... And what is that as an end result? We, the born again are conformed into the image of Christ. We the ELECT, elected by FAITH. are Predetermined by God to reach a final conforming that starts by the FATH that elects us to be conformed.
In other words, FAITH that God's accepts to Save you, will take to to a final destination, and that is "predestined to be conformed".
With the final conforming as the Elect's being conformed into the "image of Christ".
God does not elect...>He forgives. Faith Elects.
God does not predestine you to be forgiven, but He.... according to foreknowledge, knows before we are born, who will be saved .
Salvation is a forgiveness and conforming GIFT. It exists as a 2000 yr old LIVING Redemption that begins and completes its purpose after the Blood Atonement is applied as a Gift = "Grace through Faith"... and this is how it ITSELF predestines you to be completed as fully conformed into the Image of Christ.
Faith ELECTS you to be conformed into the image of Christ, ... See that?
The born again are Predestined by Faith to be completed as "conformed INTO" the Image of Christ.
So, Salvation predestined to you END UP as THAT , which is the Election.....as that is what Salvation is predestined to do for everyone who is elected by FAITH.= Born Again.
Faith allows you to have access to the blood atonement that sets in motion what is pre-destined to occur to all who are born again in the END, which is the conforming of us into the image of Christ.
Salvation sets into motion for each born again person.... something that is "predestined" to occur once you are born again.....and that is , to be conformed into the Image of Christ. And God foreknew this will happen to all who are born again, as its only the born again who are conformed as this eternal destiny..
Where the confusion comes in is when a bad theology teaches that.: God Knowing a thing before it happens is the same as God causing it to happen., which is to teach that "foreknowing, is = to cause".
However the truth is......God does not cause you to be elected...(born again)...., Yet He absolutely knows ALL who will be Elected by FAITH, before you are born.
Lots of confusion about the elect and the "predestined elect", and on and on..
The reason this simple doctrine seems to be so confusing.... is because of the way the scriptures are worded.
Its really simple tho... but it sounds complex because of the terminology.. But its not complex.
So, When trying to understand what it means to be "elect" or those who are "predestined" to be "conformed into the image of Christ".... is just a few questions needing to be addressed.
How does "elect" happen?....What is the START, what is the part that gets the ball rolling, and what is the end result?
-----------------
So let me give you a simple analogy.
Let say you are at the Fair. And you want to ride the Roller Coster.
So, you have a Ticket. And what does that ticket get you? What is the end result of that Ticket. = You get to RIDE.
So, lets insert this simple idea into...... 'predestined elect".........
The RIDE, is what you are predestined to do, or to become, its the end result.
The Elect is the person who is going to ride = what is predetermined to be a RIDE.
The Ticket is your FAITH that elects you to RIDE.
---------------
So, lets look at it.
You are ELECTED by FAITH.
So what is the process ?
We are "predestined",..this means that there is an end result that is to be finished in the FUTURE.....that occurs through Salvation... which is...to be fully conformed into the image of Christ, ....that God foreknew would happen, because He knew before all are born who would ""by faith" be elected by their faith..
So....To be fully conformed into the image of Christ is what the "predestination" DOES or Completes.
How does that all sound if you simplify it?
It means that there is an end result to being born again.....And the end result has a name...."predestined".... And what is that as an end result? We, the born again are conformed into the image of Christ. We the ELECT, elected by FAITH. are Predetermined by God to reach a final conforming that starts by the FATH that elects us to be conformed.
In other words, FAITH that God's accepts to Save you, will take to to a final destination, and that is "predestined to be conformed".
With the final conforming as the Elect's being conformed into the "image of Christ".
God does not elect...>He forgives. Faith Elects.
God does not predestine you to be forgiven, but He.... according to foreknowledge, knows before we are born, who will be saved .
Salvation is a forgiveness and conforming GIFT. It exists as a 2000 yr old LIVING Redemption that begins and completes its purpose after the Blood Atonement is applied as a Gift = "Grace through Faith"... and this is how it ITSELF predestines you to be completed as fully conformed into the Image of Christ.
Faith ELECTS you to be conformed into the image of Christ, ... See that?
The born again are Predestined by Faith to be completed as "conformed INTO" the Image of Christ.
So, Salvation predestined to you END UP as THAT , which is the Election.....as that is what Salvation is predestined to do for everyone who is elected by FAITH.= Born Again.
Faith allows you to have access to the blood atonement that sets in motion what is pre-destined to occur to all who are born again in the END, which is the conforming of us into the image of Christ.
Salvation sets into motion for each born again person.... something that is "predestined" to occur once you are born again.....and that is , to be conformed into the Image of Christ. And God foreknew this will happen to all who are born again, as its only the born again who are conformed as this eternal destiny..
Where the confusion comes in is when a bad theology teaches that.: God Knowing a thing before it happens is the same as God causing it to happen., which is to teach that "foreknowing, is = to cause".
However the truth is......God does not cause you to be elected...(born again)...., Yet He absolutely knows ALL who will be Elected by FAITH, before you are born.