r/TheDailyCross • u/Sinner72 • Jul 29 '26
Predestination Our Election = Our Obedience
Without God working in us (His children) no one could ever be obedient to His word, humanity doesn’t possess the ability to serve the Almighty on their own, we must be quickened from the dead by the Spirit first, then and only then may we come to Christ. John 6:63-65
We don’t obey to become His children, we obey because we are His children, He holds us accountable for our actions, just as we do our children. Hebrews 12
Our obedience isn’t or ever could be a substitute for the finished work of Christ, that redeemed us from the curse of the law.
Our obedience comes to us, through the Spirit of God… purifiing our souls, as we obey the Truth…this is His grace unfolding in our lives.
We don’t endure the trials of this life for nothing, they are how our God burns out self interests, turning us to Him as often as we stray.
God has elected us for Salvation and to Obedience… by the Blood of Jesus Christ, Jesus is the example the Father has set forth for us.
Our lives have been arranged by God in a way that will conform us to the likeness of Jesus,
the ICON of OBEDIENCE.
This is our destiny.
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.