But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
In 1 Peter 1:1-2 Peter makes it clear that he is not writing to all of humanity. He is writing to a specific group of people, the Elect of God.
He then writes in verse 10 above that God has called US unto His eternal glory. Because we know to whom Peter was writing, we can say with certainty that he is not referring to “us” in the context of humanity. However, undoubtedly there will be those who say that God has called, and will call, everybody to salvation at least once in their life.
The problem is anyone who says that ignores passages that state rather clearly that is not true. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:26 that not many wise men are called, not many mighty men are called, nor many noble men are called. If God “called to salvation” every man then Paul would have written God has called each and every man (hekastos - Bible Truth #324) to salvation instead of giving examples of whom God did and did not call.
Paul also writes elsewhere those whom God calls [to salvation] He also justifies and glorifies (Romans 8:29-30). There is no option for man to accept or reject it. Within the golden chain of redemption there is a people God foreknew, His Elect. Those He foreknew, He predestined to be saved. Those He predestined, He called, justified, and glorified. It is already done, and it was done before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). Now some will say that we weren’t predestined to be saved but predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son. Please... does anyone actually believe there will be someone predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ who ISN’T going to be saved? Are there any lost who have been conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ?
The point is Paul isn’t the only one who writes about God calling US unto His eternal glory. Here Peter does as well.
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