"Chosen"

August 3, 2015

“Chosen”

Blessings folk!

Let us spend some time rejoicing in what the Lord has done for us and who we are as Believers - the called, the chosen, the elect, the predestined.

Meditate upon these truths.
Rejoice in them.

We are “chosen”.
“Many are called, but few are chosen”.

We know this phrase, yet, do we know the context in which the Lord spoke it?

22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

If you are a true Believer, then you are chosen of God.
Chosen from the foundation of the world.

God has chosen…

  • not many wise according to the flesh
  • not many mighty
  • not many noble
  • the foolish things of the world to shame the wise
  • the weak things of the world to shame the strong
  • base things of the world
  • the despised
  • the things that are not so that He may nullify the things that are…wow!

1Co 1:26-31
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
so that no man may boast before God.
But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”

God has chosen and done all this so that no man may boast.

We are in Christ Jesus by His doing.
Christ Jesus…

  • wisdom from God
  • righteousness
  • sanctification
  • redemption

Therefore, consider your calling,
Let us boast in the Lord for what He has done!