We believe, according to the scriptures, that the Lord our God is a God of purpose, absolute and unalterable purpose. Before the world began, Almighty God sovereignly purposed all that ever comes to pass in time. Nothing in this world is left to chance. Everything is moving toward the predetermined end of God's eternal purpose with absolute, precise accuracy.
Even a casual reader of Holy Scripture has to face this fact: The God of the Bible is a God of purpose. The above passages plainly state that the Triune Jehovah is a God of purpose, and clearly teach several things about the purpose of God:
1. The purpose of God is eternal.
2. The purpose of God includes all things.
3. The purpose of God has for its peculiar design the everlasting benefit of God's elect. Everything that God has purposed is for the ultimate, spiritual, and eternal benefit of his covenant people.
4. The purpose of God is immutable and sure.
[Don Fortner]
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Isaiah 46:10 … Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Psalm 33:11 … The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Proverbs 19:21 … There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Isaiah 14:24 … The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Romans 8:28 … And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Acts 4:28 … For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Ephesians 3:11 … According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
2 Timothy 1:9 … Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,❤
