According to the Purpose

According to the Purpose, Long before there was a world or any man, God, almighty and all wise, planned every detail of the whole creation from start to finish. He not only planned each detail of the earth itself but with infinite wisdom He planned your life and mine before the foundations of the earth were laid. 2 Tim. 1:9. He planned the moment and place of our birth, the circumstances that were to prevail throughout our life, our down-sittings and up-risings, the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows that were to have their part in shaping us according to His purpose. (According to the Purpose)

He knows the appointed times and how many ages He will spend to bring us to the perfection He planned for us before the world began. I am perfectly aware that this is not church tradi-tion. This is not what we were taught from our youth nor is this commonly accepted doctrine, but I affirm that this is truth according to the word of God, and it is also according to the true longing of our own spirit within us. (According to the Purpose)

Did not Paul teach us that we were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world when he said to Timothy, “Be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God, who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world be-gan.” 2 Tim. 1:8-9. And then again, “Blessed be the God and Fa-ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ according as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world…” Eph. 1:3-4.

According to the Purpose