Redefining Grace by Phill Urena

Author:Phill Urena
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768454512
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

In Ephesians, we are told we were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, and in His love, predestined for adoption. Many would argue this supports Calvin’s position on predestination, I disagree. Paul, being a Jew, would have seen this as a corporate predestination not individual. He is saying from before the foundation of the world, Christ was already the Redeemer. Theologian Greg Boyd shares this thought:

In keeping with the Jewish practice of his day, I think Paul was speaking of a corporate election in this passage. When Jews thought of election or predestination, they thought primarily of the nation of Israel. Israel as a nation was elected (not for salvation, but for service). But this didn’t mean that every individual born into Israel was part of God’s chosen people. Only those who kept covenant with God were considered “true Israelites.”1

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