DIVINE ELECTION
                                                              Blog #45 - 3/6/2020

Were you predestined to be saved (to inherit eternal life)? For instance, did God make that choice for you?

Saul made murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest to get permission to arrest people who belonged to the Way (Christians). He persecuted Christians. Saul approved and witnessed the execution of Stephen (Acts 7:54-60). How could a man like Saul have any hope that someday he could inherit eternal life?

According to the Bible, all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). All of us are guilty of breaking God's laws and, according to the Bible, the result of sin is spiritual death
(Romans 6:23). However, the Bible says God has given us a gift. He tells us if we confess our sins and, by way of His Holy Spirit, invite Jesus Christ into our lives, we are saved. That is, we have eternal life. The Bible also says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him, shall not perish (spiritually die) but have eternal life" (John 3:16, NIV). Jesus died for the world. The world represents all his human creatures.

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