The Five Steps of an Anointed Life, Foreknowledge

 God foreknows you before you are conceived

Good morning. Welcome, today. I want you to be sure of this one thing. You are not an accident. You are not a happenstance. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. To be fearfully and wonderfully made includes everyone from life to life everlasting as human beings who bear the image of God. 

Each of us began as an idea in God’s mind at some moment outside of time. He formulated this idea, and as we see in Psalm 139, He even wrote this idea down. He liked this idea—the idea that was you. God then uniquely designed you by and according to God’s will.

Turn if you will to Psalm 139. Starting at verse 13

“For you formed my inward parts;
You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
In your book, you wrote every one of them,
the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts,
O God! How vast is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:13-17

This is what we will be discussing today. Let us pray. "Heavily Father, we give you all the Praise and glory for all things, both here in this world and in this time, and the time that is to come. Thank you, Father, for allowing us to know Your secrets and Your ways for us through Your Word. As we enter into and study your Word today, we pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and a spirit to receive and understand your Truth and revelations. We ask this in Your Holy name, Amen!"

Before your earthly daddy and mommy even met, Got knew you. Look what He tells Jeremiah.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

Now we will get into the whole predestination thing next time. But this is not just Jeremiah. This is you, me, everyone, whoever has been born. Turn to Acts 17:26

“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us, for

"'In him, we live and move and have our being';
as even some of your own poets have said,
"'For we are indeed his offspring.'” Act 17:26-28

He determined the optimal time and place for you to exist in His creation. He placed you here with a purpose already prepared. Again, we will get into that more next time, but it is important to know that you are not an accident.

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” Ephesians 2:10

God had an idea of who and what you should be. He wrote down your purpose and plan in His book, and then you were fashioned exactly the way He chose. Are you blonde? You have brown hair. You are 6’7" or 4’11". Every aspect of you was planned. Yes, that includes whether you are male or female. God does not make mistakes. Yeshua, or Jesus, as translated, told us that even our very hairs are numbered.

“Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Luke 12:7

Go back to Psalm 139 for a few.

"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

“My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
In your book, you wrote every one of them,
the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”

God has a plan, and you are in it. You are His creation. If you have accepted Yeshua, then you are His child as well. If this is true, you are off to a great start. Now get to know your Father and your God.

“Fearfully made” suggests there is a mysterious and awe-inspiring aspect to the process of bringing an individual into existence. Each of us is created in God's image and uniquely designed to fulfill the specific purpose that God has planned for us. David was in awe of this reality.

“How precious to me are your thoughts,
O God! How vast is the sum of them!

If I were to count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.”

David is in absolute awe, and we should be too, that the Creator of the entire universe cared so much about every one of us, that He created us the way He did. Isaiah puts it this way.

“But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8

If you choose to listen to the world. They will tell you lies. They will tell you that a man can be a woman. People can choose what they want to be on any given day. The World will tell you that Homosexuality is ok and healthy. They will tell you that abortion is not the murder of the most innocent, but simply a medical procedure to “correct an error.”

The world often claims that we are all here by accident or coincidence, disregarding the fact that a purely evolutionary perspective without God is scientifically and physically impossible. They assert that there is nothing after our time on earth and that death is final. This belief leads many to live life solely for their pleasure, arguing that we should make the most of our only life.

Sadly, this is not the case. Sadly, these folks will find out too late that there is so much more. The word tells us this.

“For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” Romans 14:11

Also here.

“So that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11

Whenever I’m asked, “What if you are wrong? What if there is no God?” My answer is always the same. “If there is no God, what did I lose? I try to be a good person and do good work for others, and then I lie down and die. If there is nothing, then what? I simply cease to exist. However, what if you are wrong? What will you do when you find yourself standing before the living God? I would rather believe in God and come to nothing than believe in nothing and come to God. As it is written,

“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:31

Why? Because then it is too late. Then your time has come, and He will not be open to your apologies or excuses. Yeshua said that on that day, there will be great distress.

“While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 8:12

We will be looking into this passage in depth.

“For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Rom 8:29-30

So here are the five steps of an anointed life.

As we discussed today, God foreknows you before you are even in the womb. Then?

Predestination
Calling
Justification
Glorification

You are not here by accident or happenstance. God created you. Join us next time as we discuss step two, predestination. God has a purpose and a plan for every one of us. Do you know what His plan is for you?

Have you been adopted? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be, say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us pray.

"Oh, heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Yeshua's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent of my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Yeshua, Amen!"

That's it. It is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

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May the comfort of the Holy Ghost and the peace of our Lord Yeshua, be with you all. May God bless and be with you always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Yeshua is Lord!