Whose will does God work all things after according to Ephesians 1:11?
Ephesians 1:11 teaches that God works all things according to the counsel of His will. The passage asks whose will and answers: His. This identifies God's will, not man's, as the counsel behind all things, confirming His sovereignty and control.
Les explains Ephesians 1:11, where believers have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His will. When the text asks, "Whose will?" the answer is "His"—God's will. Les stresses the sovereignty of God: everything began with Him, and everything is in His control even today. He says everything comes together according to His design, using the analogy that every child born and every sperm brought into contact with every egg is according to His divine purpose. He then turns to II Timothy chapter 1 to ask what His divine purpose is under His sovereign will, noting that God saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works.
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.