What does predestinated mean in Ephesians 1:11?
Predestinated in Ephesians 1:11 means the same as elected or called. It refers to being chosen according to the purpose of God, who works all things after the counsel of His own will. It is not based on human works but on His sovereign design.
Les teaches that 'predestinated' in Ephesians 1:11 is the same thing as elected or called. He reads it as being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His will—God's will. This fits God's sovereignty: everything began with Him, everything is in His control even today, and everything comes together according to His design. Les illustrates this with the analogy that every child born, every sperm brought in contact with every egg, is according to His divine purpose. He also connects it to II Timothy 1:9, where God saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works. So predestination is God's sovereign purpose, not human merit.
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
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According to what purpose does God predestine and work all things?
Predestination is according to the purpose of the One who works all things after the counsel of His own will, so everything comes together according to His design.
Is being predestinated the same as being elected or called?
In Ephesians 1:11 the word 'predestinated' means the same thing as being elected or called.