The Mystery of His Will: The Hidden Wisdom of God in Election Foreknowledge Predestination Calling Justification and Glorification

Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world (cf. Acts 15:18). The future is what God has already planned according to His own counsel and purpose. Long before God made the world he chose certain groups and individuals for Himself - to have a special relationship to Him. For example Abraham the nation of Israel the house of David and the prophet Jeremiah were all chosen beforehand by God according to His eternal purpose. According to the Bible Jesus Christ was elected and appointed of God as the last Adam and the man through whom He would save humanity and reconcile all things to Himself even before the world was made. Also by His foreknowledge members of the church which is the body of Christ were elected or chosen by God for Himself for a special task and destined to be glorified before the world began. Even though God has not made known what was in His foreknowledge that determined His elections in His Son Jesus the Bible is clear that Gods election is not partial random selection and neither is it upon any merits or holiness in the elected but upon His own sovereign will and grace. Further the loving-kindness of God forbids that God would elect and predestine certain groups or individuals to eternal damnation.