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What if fear of death faded because your days were already counted by a good God? We open with the startling comfort that our months are “with” Him, then follow Job’s gritty example of faith that argues, pleads, and still rests. This isn’t fatalism dressed up as theology; it’s intimacy that changes how we face pain. When suffering hits, we learn to pray by God’s character—reminding Him of promises, mercy, and patience—not to twist His arm, but to steady our hearts.

We also take on a deep question that shapes how you see salvation: does God simply foresee, or does He purpose? We challenge the idea that foreknowledge is mere foresight down time’s corridor. If God chooses because we would one day choose Him, grace becomes a response to our virtue. Instead, we argue that foreknowledge is fore-love—God setting His affection before we existed—so He can declare the end because He ordained the means. That’s why Job’s trust isn’t blind; it’s anchored. And it’s why Lazarus isn’t a cute story, but a living parable of regeneration: dead souls don’t deliberate; Christ calls and life begins.

From there, we press into depravity, free will, and the popular appeal of prevenient grace. If grace only restores a neutral will so everyone gets a “chance,” the cross becomes a provision without a people, and certainty evaporates. The will and its choices aren’t identical; a will acts within a nature, and a fallen nature can only choose like a fallen nature. Regeneration is God’s initiative, not our momentum. That truth doesn’t erase agency; it makes faith possible. Known and held by an unchanging love, we learn to trust on purpose, pray with bold humility, and face our numbered days without dread.

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