Truth For Life Daily Program The Chain of Salvation (Part 2 of 2)
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Nov 7, 2025 Discover the profound idea that understanding bad news about sin enhances the joy of good news in faith. Explore God's relational foreknowledge and the divine plan of predestination. Learn how the Holy Spirit acts as a seal for believers, guaranteeing their inheritance. Alistair contrasts human love with God's self-originating love and emphasizes the importance of hearing the gospel for salvation. The discussion culminates in the comforting doctrine of election, highlighting that salvation solely rests in Jesus Christ.
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Foreknowledge Means Relational Choice
- Alistair Begg explains 'foreknowledge' as God's relational foreordination, not mere factual foresight.
- This foreknowledge expresses God's choosing people by love before they ever knew him.
Spouse Analogy For Divine Love
- Begg uses a spouse-love analogy to show God loving before meeting us to illustrate divine initiative in love.
- He contrasts human attraction-based love with God's self-originating love: "I loved you because I loved you."
The Chain Illustrates God's Saving Purpose
- Romans 8:29–30 shows a chain: foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified, describing God's saving purpose.
- Begg links this chain to Ephesians 1 and the Spirit's sealing as evidence of being in Christ.
When given the choice, many prefer to hear good news before bad to soften the blow. When it comes to faith, though, we’re unlikely to understand how good the good news is until we grasp the bad news. Find out why on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.