rule. We are doomed to live a confusing and false existence as long as we live in denial of the universal headship of Jesus. But when we humbly repent of the notion that we can live independently from God and instead cling to Jesus, then we walk in truth. We’ll explore more implications of this later on in the chapter and throughout the book. For now, I want to discuss a few key phrases in the mega-sentence of verses 3–14. First, we’ll come to the oft-misunderstood term predestination.