Augustine's Metamorphosis Of Augustine In The Rebuke And Grace

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The bible is the foundation to the way humans think and act. The bible is what gives us faith, hope, and allows us to be spiritual. The bible is what helps to govern society. The bible shines light and gives us meaning in ways that is unthinkable to grasp or understand. RM (8:26-30) verse has always been around; however, this verse has been translated and understand in many different ways throughout time. These different ways include: in Augustine in the Rebuke and Grace, Augustine in the Predestination, Thomas Aquinas, Summa, and Bible Hub.
Rebuke and Grace
In the Rebuke and Grace RM 8:26-30 it states” they were called in accord with his plane (PG117). The Rebuke and Grace believe that God chooses individuals through election due to grace.
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He is the creator. The apostle wants us to know and understand that God helps those whom believe in him and love him. God will chose people whom truly love him and whom worship him. These are the people that will be chose on for his predestination. Those chosen will be formed into the image of God’s Son in order that he might be the first born among many brothers. God chose these people because God has a plan for them. God has an image and a purpose for all of us and he chooses these people based on the soul purpose of our strength, weakenesses, and our …show more content…
God is calling upon those whom he knows and will be able to conform into someone similar to his Son. God is looking for greatness in people and those are the people whom God will call upon The Predestination of the Saints believes that the apostle were chosen before the creation of the world. This calling is when God chooses not those choosing God; therefore, the apostle was chosen by God before the creation of the world. The apostle was predestined in which God foreknew the apostle future actions but these actions were chosen from the world by which God foreknew the apostle future actions. The apostle was chosen form the world by the calling by which God carried out what he foreknew. Those people whom God has predestined He also called. He called according to his plans because God has specific plans for us even if we do not trust or believe in him. The people that God has called upon and has a predestined plan for these are the people that are considered righteous and He glorified

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