God’s Relationship with His Saints

The lecture explains that God’s relationship with His saints does not begin after birth or at the beginning of their ministry, but is an eternal relationship based on God’s foreknowledge and His choosing of His children, as stated in Scripture: “Those whom He foreknew, He also predestined.”

Main Idea

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III emphasizes that God knows His saints from eternity, chooses them, calls them, sanctifies them, and glorifies them according to His divine purpose, presenting biblical examples such as the Prophet Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Jacob, and the Apostles.

Spiritual Dimension

• God’s love for His saints is a great love shown through His choosing and calling of them.
• He grants them the Holy Spirit, grace, wisdom, and strength for His service.
• He works in them and through them, making them a blessing to others.
• He honors them and reveals His glory in their lives through miracles and signs.
• He grants them holy fellowship with Him, along with peace, joy, and consolation in their lives.
• He sends His angels to serve and protect them and answers their prayers.
• This love extends into eternity, where He prepares a place for them in His Kingdom and allows them to share in His glory and presence.
• The lecture affirms that everything the saints receive is the fruit of God’s love and His work within them, not their own personal glory, and that their calling is to become conformed to the image of Christ and to convey His grace to the world.

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