Salvation is to Service.
The two can't be separated.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
The two can't be separated.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
The word chosen and election are interchangeable in many verses of Scripture. There can be a choosing unto God's purpose, that is apart from salvation. Such is the case with Judas, he was chosen to fulfill the purpose of God. So too, with Pharaoh, who was raised up so that God could manifest His power and establish His name. (Rom. 9:17).
However, as you know, in Eph. 1:4&5, God chose us (Elect believers), in Christ to be Holy and without blemish, having foreordained us unto adoption as sons... Therefore, God elected us to this purpose. How could one possibly be Holy and adopted as sons without salvation first, as FreeGrace2 attempts to imply? Foreordination and adoption, presupposes a group elected by God. Therefore, this group must be known before they can be foreordained or predestined. Likewise, it presupposes that this elected group must have salvation. This is common sense.
FreeGrace2 and his foolish claims that election is not to salvation, stands alone in this interpretation. I know of no commentary, of any writer, worth his grain of salt, that has ever made such a claim or attempted to uncouple the Doctrine of Election from the Doctrine of Soteriology. He has made Scripture a personal interpretation against the warnings in Scripture.
2Pe 1:20 knowing this first, that no spoken word of scripture is of private interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 For no spoken word ever came by the will of man: but men spoke from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
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