Wednesday, August 29, 2007

For Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen!

You might say, "that's not fair" but who are we to question God? God tell us in His word that he doesn't want any to perish, but all to come to repentance and be saved.
1Timothy; 2:3-4
(For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.)
We can't blame anything on God. You might ask how do I know if I'm chosen? If you come to Jesus for salvation and accept Him as you Savior, then you are chosen. If you come to Jesus and decide you don't believe Him and don't want anything to do with Him as your Savior, then you are not chosen. Why! Because you have rejected Jesus, the only source of salvation. There is salvation in no one else, He is the only way.
Acts; 4:12
(Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.)

Jesus tells us that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments.
John; 14:21
(He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.")
We have to make a choice, do we love Jesus or do we love to do our own will more? Take a dog which sees a rabbit. He will give chase after that rabbit and you call him to come back. He stops and looks back at you and then at the rabbit. Now he has to make a choice, does he love you more than chasing that rabbit? The rabbit chase will be fun for the moment, but then there will be punishment for disobedience. We have the choice to love Jesus and obey Him and accept Him as our Savior, or to love sinning and be punished for our sins.

So how do we know if we are chosen or not? It's very simple. Do you love Jesus more than sinning. Do you want to live in obedience to God or obedience to your flesh? If we choose to follow God, and accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord, we will have eternal life in heaven. If we choose the world, there might be pleasure in sin for the moment, but afterwards a terrible fear of judgment with our destiny being the lake of fire. God hates sin and He will punish those who choose sin over salvation through His Son Jesus Christ. God sent His Son to save you and give you a way to escape eternal punishment.
John; 3:16
(For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.)

Now even though we are chosen by God before the foundations of the world for salvation, we still have a choice. Do we believe God and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, or do we choose not to believe God and reject Jesus as Lord and Savior? The choice is yours to make. So you see, you cannot blame God for your choice, even though He does know what choice you will make. I pray that you will make the right choice and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. If you do, you are one of the chosen.

God Bless You!

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