What Does "Ordained To Eternal Life" Mean?

Acts 13:46-48, “Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you [the Jews]: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”

I found this commentary by F.B. Meyer (1847-1929), a famous Baptist pastor in England, who offers this helpful commentary on our passage from Acts 13:48...
Acts 13:38-52JEWS REJECT, GENTILES ACCEPT, THE GOSPELThe doctrine of justification by faith, so closely associated with the work of Paul, is here stated for the first time. In Jesus there is forgiveness. For those who trust in Him, past sins are absolutely put away, never to be named again, never to be brought up at any future judgment day. Our record is as clear as the sand which has been swept smooth by the ocean waves. We are not only forgiven, but justified. We are treated as though we had never sinned, and are justified from all things. It is a present fact. You may not feel justified or forgiven, but if you are trusting in Jesus, you are at this moment as certainly and as fully justified as have been the saints in heaven. Pride, as well as jealousy of the Gentiles who were crowding into the fold, stirred the Jews to antagonism, but they could not eradicate the seed which had been so profusely scattered. Large numbers believed, and as they experienced salvation in Christ, they discovered that they were in line with an eternal purpose. This is the meaning of ordained in Acts 13:48. If with such slight opportunities, the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit, Acts 13:52, should we not possess the same experience? [emphasis added]
Paul and Barnabas taught the Gentiles that the Jews were chosen by God to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles. The Bible says in our preceding text that the Gentiles were glad to hear this, and they glorified the Word of God, and as many as were "arranged in an orderly manner" to be saved, believed. I think that simply means that God already knows everyone who will be saved in advance. Taken by itself, this verse can be wrestled to teach Calvinism, but if we look at other Scriptures, we see that the word "whosoever" is repeatedly used concerning salvation (e.g., John 3:16; Revelation 22:17). The word "whosoever" appears in the New Testament 93 times. 

I found this article I wrote refuting the heresy of predestinationPastor John MacArthur heretically teaches that God chooses who will be saved. It blows my mind that Dr. Steve Pettit and Bob Jones University bid Godspeed to Dr. MacArthur. Acts 13:48 simply means that God in His foreknowledge KNEW ahead of time, from the beginning of the world, who would be saved, but God did not choose them to be saved. I found this helpful page which shows the Greek meaning of ordained, and shows other Scripture passages in which it is used, like Romans 13:1.

Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) made this excellent statement: “A good rule to follow when interpreting the Bible is to never use an obscure passage to contradict a clear one.” I've noticed that the entire world of Lordship Salvation and Calvinism is nothing more than a house of cards, built upon OBSCURE passages of Scripture taken out of context. Acts 13:48 is one of their go-to verses, which is obscure (i.e., we don't know exactly what it means). But if we examine the rest of the Bible, then we see that God does not choose anyone to salvation. God knows in His foreknowledge who will believe, and He chooses them because they first chose Him. God predestinated them, not to salvation, but to be conformed into Christ's image. Romans 8:29, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” The Bible is very clear, isn't it. Men complicate things, not God.
“If you believe only what the Devil believes, you have no more faith than the Devil!” —Pastor Ralph "Yankee" Arnold, a quote from the sermon titled: “The Damnable Doctrine Of The Devil
I like something that Pastor Ralph 'Yankee' Arnold said:

Calvinism lie = They believe, because they were chosen;
The truth = We were chosen, because we believe!

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