Predestination points to the decision God made of what He intended to do with those whom He foreknew. See Acts 4:28; Eph. 1:5, 11. Predestination is that act in eternity past in which God ordained or decreed that those on whom He had set his saving love would inherit eternal life. a) the immediate purpose of predestination: our goodness b) the ultimate purpose of predestination: his glory 3) Calling: the third link in the chain of grace a) the external call: universal and resistible b) the internal