What is predestination according to Romans 8:30?
According to Romans 8:30, predestination means God, before anything was created, knew the believer and where he would be in the Body of Christ. By His foreknowledge He chose us in Christ before creation, and He already sees us as glorified, as He sees Christ in all His glory.
Les explains that Romans 8:30's predestination refers to God's foreknowledge before creation: He knew the believer and where he would be in God's Body of Christ, choosing us in Christ before anything was created. Les notes this teaching has thrown a curve at many people. He also sets against it the broad invitations of Scripture—'whosoever will may come,' 'Christ tasted death for every man,' and Paul's statement in 2 Corinthians 5 that if He died for all, then all were dead—meaning Christ died for the whole human race, every man, woman, and child born into Adam's family. On the other side are verses saying you were chosen before the foundations of the world and cannot come to God unless He calls you. Les says these two facets or doctrines cannot be reconciled because they are beyond us. The context also states God has already glorified us and sees us as He sees Christ in all His glory.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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What is predestination according to the Bible?
Predestination means that God, before anything was ever created, knew the believer and where he would be in God's Body of Christ.