Pre-Destination

Dear Victorious,

Is predestination real? If so, where is that in the Bible?

Janet Z. - Waukesha, WI

Dear Janet,

Yes it is. There are two passages of Scripture that make that clear for me.

The first is Jeremiah 1:5, where God says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart ..."

The second is Ephesians 1:4-5 where Paul tells us, "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world ... In love he predestined us to be adopted as his ... through Jesus Christ ..."

So God knew you and had a plan for you before you were even conceived in your mother's womb. In fact, God knew you even before He created the world!