"We are this and that because God chose US [to be] in Him before the foundation of the world. And God also "predestined US to be adopted as his sons through Christ Jesus". It wasn't Jesus who was predestined to be adopted.
There's nothing you won't do to support your personal version of the Gospel, is there?
There's nothing you won't do to support your personal version of the Gospel, is there?
So Jesus is the key here.
Why are we anything?
We are in Jesus is why.
Jesus is who is predestined.
Jesus is the Plan of Salvation to make us holy, blameless, and adopted sons.