ChosenJohn15:16

John15:16

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Life is filled with choices

Friends?Dating?Career?College?Children?

Joel:3:14:

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

2Thes:2:13:

God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Eph:1:4:

he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Our great privilege

1Pt:2:9:

ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Mt:20:16:

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Our great privilege can be lost

Israel lost theirs by unbelief

Esau traded his for pottage

Saul rejected for disobedience

Paul feared being a castaway

Romans 9:13:

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated

Mark 13:20

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Since He chose us,

we should choose Him

Luke 10:42

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Acts:10:41:

Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

2Tm:2:4:

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

It is not strange

for His chosen to suffer

Suffering is part of war

Luke 23:35

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

John 15:19

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Revelation 17:14

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

Our challenge:

to choose Him, no matter what goes wrong

to choose right, when everyone else chooses wrong

to choose the best, when many other choices look good

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.6: In all thy ways acknowledge him,

and he shall direct thy paths.

Our part His part

Proverbs 3:5-6

Be what supposed to bePrepare

and He takes us where we are supposed to go

Our part His part

Kings used to choose

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He chooses leaders

Luke 6:13

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

Acts:1:24:

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

Acts:9:15:

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Acts:22:14:

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

But, I am so weak. Why me?

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John 6:70

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

1Cor:1:25-28

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men....

God hath chosen

the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

And base things of the world,

and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

God call each from comfort zone

Peter to JewsPaul to GentilesDavid to Goliath

James 2:5

Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

2 Corinthians 12:9

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2Cor:12:10:

I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Mt:26:41:

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Jeremiah 21:8

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

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