seekeroftruth
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Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
This is from the commentary.Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself: This is the Father’s destiny for His chosen — that they would enjoy adoption as sons. God’s unfolding plan for us not only includes salvation and personal transformation, but also a warm, confident relationship with the Father.
That… He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth; in Him: God’s ultimate plan is to bring together — to ultimately resolve — all things in Christ, either through Jesus as a Savior or Jesus as a Judge; this will happen in the fullness of the times.
Having believed, you were sealed: The sealing does not come before we believe, and those who demand some assurance from God before they will believe treat God as if His word could not be trusted.
Good morning. I heard the strangest thing yesterday.... it had to be AI. I heard there is a "church" preaching that Jesus was really just the bastard child of Mary and Joseph, and God decided to adopt that particular bastard as His son. It was way off from the truth!!!! I don't believe that for a second, but I can sure see how someone could preach that in today's society.God's in charge. He created everything everywhere that ever existed, or ever will exist, at any time. God does whatever He chooses. We don't have to understand how God can get a human pregnant with His Only Begotten Son, without doing something shamefully human, so they created AI to explain it.
Jesus was not merely a throw away. Jesus was not a bastard child in need of a home. There are, however, people who will believe anything a "preacher" says and now there are people who will think Jesus was merely a bastard who got shafted and hung on a cross to warn others about bastards and their outcome in life.
God made us. As I quoted before, God counted the hairs for our heads! Some of us were going to be adopted children of God and some of us were bound to believe AI, or invent AI, and lie their way through life and become fertilizer. Some of us will be "taken up" and others will go down with the planet. Some of us will sit at the dinner table with Dad and Jesus. Others will live in the molten fire of Hades, hot, hungry, and extremely thirsty.
When God is making a snake.... the snake will either agree to do good works... like eating bugs and mice... or the snake will try to bite God. When God was making humans, some of us smiled at Him when He finished our faces.... while others snarled at Him for that same creation. God knows who is who. He knows the plan. He does what makes Him happy. He can tell, from conception, which of us will be adopted into His family and which of us will snub their noses at God.
We all have free will.
God knows how we will use that free will.
Will we choose truth or AI?
