" For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." ( Ephesians 2:10 ).
" But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." ( John 3:21 ).
" Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure." ( Philippians 2:12-13 ).
My friend, it appears to me that a prepared assignment, from God's perspective, is indeed a completed assignment.
Anything that God ordains, inevitably comes to completion....
Whether prophesied events, His work in the lives of believers, or His deciding to save one and not the other.
We are all at the mercy of His power and grace.
Example, those that He has ordained to eternal life ( Acts of the Apostles 13:48 ), will believe.
Those that were given to Him by His Father ( John 6:37 ), shall come to Him.
Those that have believed on Him, truly, actually have eternal life ( John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:40 )…
Which is a gift that we know cannot be purchased by any means.
One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is faithfulness...for believers, that would mean to have faithfulness towards Christ. And not getting offended at Him for what He says or does.
Christ explains why in John 6 some of the disciples left off from following Christ, not believing what He said, they got offended. But the ones who remained had come to believe in Him, because God had granted they come to believe in Christ. God reveals the deep things of God to our spirit by His Holy Spirit, this is known as revelation of the knowledge of Him, without that revelation into your spirit from the Father, you will not believe in His Son, and you will depart the faith. Later Jesus also says to Peter that flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven has
; the flesh profits nothing..
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”
61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this,
He said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life
; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.
65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.” (as the flesh profits nothing, the ones leaving did not have an anointing from God to know who Christ is, they were not spiritually alive)
66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69
Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
