Called According to His Purpose
by John Piper
What then is the foundation of Romans 8:28? Where do those who love God find certainty that tribulation and distress will in fact work together for their good? The answer is that those who love God are also those who have been called by God, and that this call is based not on something as wavering and uncertain as my commitment to God but only on his eternal purpose of election by which he set his favor on me without any respect to my action at all.
Our confidence is based not merely on the fact that there is a promise in the Bible that he works out our good, but also on the fact that from all eternity God in his great mercy has chosen us to enjoy his banquet and has given us evidence of our election by calling into being a heart that loves Him.
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