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The Gospel
Are you one of God's chosen?
Ephesians 1:4-5 and Romans 8:28-30 clearly teach that God has already chosen those who are destined to live with Him for eternity. John 1:1 teaches that Jesus is God.
The bad news!
By one man(Adam) sin entered the world and every person since that day is fatally infected by sin(Romans 5:12). Sin is any act that defies God's commands, but more importantly, sin is what and who we are. Every single human person has sinned(Romans 3:23). God demands nothing less than death as payment for sin(Romans 6:23). As sinners, we do not posses the capability to change what we are. Can a blade of grass make itself an ant? Can an ant make itself human? Can a sinner make himself righteous? The answer is indisputably no! There has never been a blade of grass that made itself an ant, there has never been an ant that made itself human and there has never been a human that made himself righteous. We all deserve death and eternal punishment as the rite consequence of our very nature, and sadly, most of us will see that end(Mathew 7:13-14).
The good news!
A relatively small number are chosen by God, out of sin and made to be new creatures- (2 Corinthians 5:17). Just as, by one man, sin entered the world, also by one man, Grace was offered to sinners(Romans5:15)!
You see, God loves His chosen so much that He sacrificed His only Son, the only sinless human, to pay the cost of our sin. Jesus' blood, is the only blood that fully satisfies God's wrath over sin. Jesus became sin for us so that he could die in our place and satisfy God's wrath against sinners!
If Jesus died and stayed in the grave, we would have no assurance that our debt has been paid, but Jesus did not stay in the grave, he truly conquered death and was raised out of the grave back to life and because of this, we know that our debt is paid(Romans 14:9).
Jesus now gives his righteousness to those who receive the truth about him(Romans 3:22). God's chosen are saved only by God's grace through faith, not by good works so that no one can brag about his own righteousness(Ephesians 2:8-9).
None of us know exactly who God's chosen are until they begin to live for Jesus.
BUT!
YOU can determine if you are living for Jesus by analyzing your own habits and priorities. Do you truly have a desire to serve God, or do you pretend to live for God so that you gain acceptance from others?
When we are chosen by God, in Jesus, it becomes manifest through our faith, we become a new creature. The sinner becomes righteous and his life begins to change.
If your habits and priorities don't reflect a changed person, it does not necessarily mean that you are not “chosen” it only means that you have not understood and believed the truth about Jesus YET. Your damnation isn't sure until you leave this life through death, for only then is your last chance gone.
Where will you go when you die?
You must believe:
- That Jesus is God(John 10:30)
- That He is risen from the dead(1 Corinthians 15:17)
- That his blood is the only sufficient payment for our sin(John 14:6)
If you truly believe, then God will change you in to a new person, with new habits and priorities, and give you a place in heaven with Jesus.(2 Corinthians 5:17)
If you pretend to believe, and try to live a righteous life without God's choosing, He will deny knowing you and condemn you to eternal death and punishment in hell.(Mathew 7:22-23)
If you are one of God's chosen you can be sure that you will eventually believe!
If you truly believe, then you will be changed!
Believe on Jesus today and start your new life!
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