“Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble.”
and election
“Election” is selection–a picking out. It is the sum total of God’s plan for your life from eternity past to eternity future. God plans our lives from eternity to eternity. He meets every contingency we might face.
“For many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14).”Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies” (Romans 8:33).
“Knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God” (1 Thessalonians 1:4).
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:2).
We must make our election real in our lives. If we are to gain stability in our spiritual lives, we cannot do it by the gimmick system. We make our spiritual life real by appropriating to our experience our summons and selection. God’s Word makes this real for us.
“Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory” (2 Timothy 2:10).
“Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness” (Titus 1:1).
“These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful” (Revelation 17:14).
Principle:
We need to make real our election to others and to ourselves.
Application:
We make our call and election sure. When we do this, we will know that we are Christians and others will know we are Christians as well. We obtain this assurance upon the naked, unsupported the Word of God.
We cannot convey this to other people by simply quoting verses from the Bible. We have to live in such a way that everyone who comes into contact with us knows that we have a real relationship with God. We live in a day in which talk is cheap. People view Christians as a lot of talk. That is why our lip must be reinforced by our life otherwise people will discount what we say. They will listen but they will not hear. They will pay no attention to our words (Ezekiel 33:22) and we will break through their bias against Christianity this way.
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