Re: the rich man. Yes, many are called.
Few are
chosen.
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the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.”
Kaleo
1 Peter 1:2
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”
Acts 2:23
“Him, being delivered
by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.”
Look, it's really clear in God's own words.
God created all that exists after he wrote the names of his Elect in his book of life.
Only one tree was forbidden in the garden. If Eden was paradise why would one fruit be there that God foreknew, because it was his creation, would condemn the human race due to it being consumed contrary to God's command to Adam.
But clearly God's will overcame Adams. Imagine if our will could ever counter what the will of God predestined.
And after that, sin entered the world through that one man.
How did sin come to exist in the first place? Is anything that exists of any source but of God? Is there a single passage that tells us we can choose and overcome God's will?
Why did God send Satan to be lord of this world after Satan went to war to try and take God's place in Heaven? Losing that chance in Heaven, why did God grant him lordship on earth?
God is forgiving? Why didn't he forgive Eve? And Adam? And finally destroy Satan who went to destroy his creation , us, in Eden?
If Satan couldn't act against Job without God's permission, he couldn't act in the garden without that either. That's how the serpent knew which tree from which to tempt Eve.
Bible: All things are of God. Predestined according to his will. As on earth as it is in Heaven. God didn't foresee the war in Heaven.
Predestined. According to God's will ,purpose, and seal for his own glory.
We can make a choice that overcomes that?
No.