Bible Discussion Thread

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

One thing I've been thinking about today is that God doesn't expect us to be anything, he places in us a conscience and Godly desires {note not all desires are Godly which is why we should be in the word on a daily basis, to sift out all the evil and wicked desires}. In Ephesians 1:4 He said "that we should be holy and without blame in love:". He doesn't "expect" us to be anything, he speaks to us and tells us thru the holy spirit and our conscience what we should do and shouldn't do, he wants us to obey him and be perfect and without blame in him.
There was a missionary I met a couple years back that said somethign like, "when you go into something, don't expect anything, don't expect it to turn out well and then also don't expect it to turn out badly, b/c if you do, you may very well get let now and Satan uses that as a weak spot for his fiery arrows". God doesn't expect us to do good and nor does he expect us to do evil, he calls us for his purpose and guides us along the way.