In the Old Testament God chose Patriarchs, prophets and the nation of Israel, In the New Testament God chose the disciples for the sole purpose of making known to the world the coming of his Son Jesus Christ. The Old Testament points to the New Testament and the New Testament reveals Jesus Christ. There is no election or choosing of persons without a purpose.
God is NOT a respecter of persons, Romans 2:11, James 2:9, Ephesians 6:9, 1 Peter 1:17, Colossians 3:25, Acts 10:34.
The only one that was predestinated before the foundation of the world was Jesus Christ. God chose all of humanity in his Son Jesus Christ, Ephesians 1:4. Jesus is God's new Adam and our new humanity. All that come to Christ to be saved by him are "In Christ" and become part of God's new humanity, 2 Corinthians 5:17. They are the elect. God has chosen them to be part of his new humanity in Jesus Christ.
All that God does, he does in, by and through his Son Jesus Christ. There is no salvation for anyone outside of Jesus Christ. "There is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12. Not in the name of God. Not in the name of John Calvin. Not in the name of the pope. Jesus is the savior and he saves to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25.
God sees ALL THINGS in his Son Jesus Christ. As far as God is concerned sin, death and the devil have been destroyed, Romans 6:5-11. Because of the doing and the dying of Jesus we can now stand before God's holy court as perfect and complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10. Jesus now sits in heaven victorious over ALL THINGS, Colossians 2:15, as the "King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16
God is NOT a respecter of persons, Romans 2:11, James 2:9, Ephesians 6:9, 1 Peter 1:17, Colossians 3:25, Acts 10:34.
The only one that was predestinated before the foundation of the world was Jesus Christ. God chose all of humanity in his Son Jesus Christ, Ephesians 1:4. Jesus is God's new Adam and our new humanity. All that come to Christ to be saved by him are "In Christ" and become part of God's new humanity, 2 Corinthians 5:17. They are the elect. God has chosen them to be part of his new humanity in Jesus Christ.
All that God does, he does in, by and through his Son Jesus Christ. There is no salvation for anyone outside of Jesus Christ. "There is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12. Not in the name of God. Not in the name of John Calvin. Not in the name of the pope. Jesus is the savior and he saves to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25.
God sees ALL THINGS in his Son Jesus Christ. As far as God is concerned sin, death and the devil have been destroyed, Romans 6:5-11. Because of the doing and the dying of Jesus we can now stand before God's holy court as perfect and complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10. Jesus now sits in heaven victorious over ALL THINGS, Colossians 2:15, as the "King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16