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Hello everybody, it's me, Mr. Hall 23, back in our video. This is another video on commonly misunderstood, twisted, misinterpreted, and misused verses in the Bible. Today I'm going to be talking about Ephesians chapter 1 verse 4 which says, according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Now this verse is incorrectly used by Calvinists in order to teach the doctrine of predestination. The claim is that because the verse says that God has chosen us before the foundation of the world, that somehow proves unconditional election or the doctrine that God chose whoever is saved to be saved and that accepting the gospel is not by our own free will. But is this what the verse is saying? No. Okay, read it again. It says, he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. And then moving on to verse 5 and 6 it says, having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in thee beloved. So what is the scripture saying? Is it saying that God chose us to be saved before the foundation of the world? No, it's not. It's saying that God chose those who are saved, that would be us, that they should be holy and blameless and adopted as the children of God. That's the predestination that's going on here. And in addition, the Bible teaches that predestination of God is by foreknowledge. It says in Romans chapter 8 verse 29, for whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Once again, this verse has nothing to do with salvation, but rather our perfection as already saved believers. Okay, God knew who was going to be saved and who wasn't going to be saved, so therefore he destined those who would accept the gospel to be conformed to the image of his son, or as it teaches in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 4, that they should be the holy children of God. The Bible says in Philippians chapter 1 verse 6, being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. So is there is there a predestination taught in the Bible? Yes. But is it that God chooses who is saved and who isn't going to be saved? No, it's not. Okay, the Bible says in 1st Timothy chapter 2 verse 4, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. And then in 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 9 says, the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but as long suffering to us were not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Okay, so if it was all based on God's will and what God chose, then everybody would be saved. The Bible says that Jesus is the Savior of all men especially of those that believe. The Bible says in Revelation chapter 22 verse 17, and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. So it's our will to accept salvation, to accept the gospel. It's not by God predestinating who's going to be saved and who's going to be damned. We can either believe or not believe. It's our choice. We just have to make that decision. Predestination of the Bible has nothing to do with our salvation. It has to do with our perfection as already saved believers. So that's what Ephesians 4 or 1-4 is really teaching. So thank you everybody for watching and goodbye.