One thing, in particular, keeps resonating with me: I am greatly loved by my Heavenly Father. I've known that for the majority of my life. Until pretty recently, when I heard people talk about how much God loves me, my thought was, "of course He does, that's His job; He's supposed to love me." I'm pretty sure that line of thinking has kept me from really understanding just how much He does love me. Last week, while doing the required reading for class, I caught more of a glimpse of my Father's great love. Here's what I read:
Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen, in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith, or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or causes moving Him thereunto: and all to the praise of His glorious grace.I know that predestination and election are controversial topics among many people. That isn't the primary point here. The point is, God chose me, before the foundation of the world, to be His daughter, and it wasn't based on Him knowing that I would choose Him (would I really have, anyway?) or on anything good in me (apart from Christ there is no good in me). For some reason, He chose me. WOW!!! How humbling and how awesome! I am greatly loved!
(Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 3, number 5; Scripture proof texts: Eph. 1:4,9,11, Rom. 8:30, 2 Tim. 1:9, 1 Thess. 5:9, Rom. 9:11,13,16, Eph. 1:6,12)
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