Comments by Joan Boney:
The "elect of God" are those persons to whom God has revealed HIMSELF and has given HIS Holy Spirit to teach and guide them as they live on this earth.
They are born again by God, not by the will of man nor by their own will.
Some people go forth at meetings and "accept Jesus". They are not usually the called of God but they are called by ministers, and humans, and they put themselves into the church without being called by God and without having been given the Spirit of God. (But they think they are Christians.)
Jude v. 17-19 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers (imitators/copiers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
18 How that they told you there should be mockers (imitators/copiers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
They put themselves into the church and into the ministries without having the Spirit and without the call of God.
They try to be holy but without having the Spirit of God. They try to make themselves into people of God.
God did not add them to the church. They added themselves upon invitation of fleshly ministers.
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The elect of God are called by God and added to the church by God.
Romans 1:6-7 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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Many are called by man and go forth. Ministers call them. Their families tell them to be baptized. So they go forth and they even report how they went forth and "received" Jesus or "accepted" Jesus and they think themselves to be Christians but they were not called by God, they are not born again by the Spirit of God, and they do not have the Spirit. They have not been planted in the church by God.
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Jesus said to us, to the elect of God:
Matthew 24:4-5 Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in MY name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
5 For many shall come in MY name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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When we are born again by God giving us HIS Spirit we are changed by God immediately into a new creature: We are no longer the person we once were. We are now different from that person. We are changed and that change is by God and it is not by ourselves.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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If you went forward and were baptized or went forward and "received Jesus" but there was no change in your life, I recommend you fall down now before God and ask God to save you and have mercy on you.
For only God can call us and cause us to be born again.
We are born by the will of our natural parents when we come into this earth. We have no saying at all in the matter of being born onto this earth!
When we are born again it is by the will of God, not by our own will. And after we have been born again and given the Spirit of God, we know we did nothing of ourselves to justify our being born again. It was simply the will of God.
Acts 2:47 And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
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Those preachers who invite you to come forward and receive Jesus or accept Jesus preach a false doctrine to you, causing you to think that by something you do you are saved.
When I was 15, I went forward by invitation of a preacher at church, and I was baptized. But I was not called by the Spirit of God. I just didn't want to go to hell.
One woman who was once in our church group said her mother told her to go forward and be baptized because she was getting fatter and now she looked good.
People often are led by emotions of themselves and by praise of other humans but are not called by God.
When I was 37, I was in my bedroom at night and was reading a book when God said to me by HIS Spirit, "Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years? Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins." I was changed instantly from the person I had been before God spoke to me.
Counterfeit Christians are everywhere in the church groups. They were planted there by "the enemy" of God, says Jesus.
Matthew 13:24-27 Another parable put HE (Jesus) forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
The fate of the tares:
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
If you are one of the tares, your destruction is eminent.
Call on God. Perhaps God will have mercy on you now and cause you to be born again and change you, giving you HIS Spirit.
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Dream: 7, 28, 2021
I was having 5 or 6 people into my house for dinner. These were very important people for they were the elect of God.
I realized a very black smoke was coming into one room. It seemed to be backing up from the chimney. I dealt with it immediately.
In the dining room, a man was working and he had spilt a type of wax liquid all down the table area on the carpet and floor. It would have to be cleaned up before the dinner.
Then individuals began coming to my house. One woman had a catalogue and wanted to show me the new clothes she was buying. Even as busy and pushed as I was, I said to her, "Of course, I have time to look at your clothing." (Later, I thought of the wedding garment and preparing ourselves for the wedding: Matthew 22:10-14 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. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 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. For many are called, but few are chosen.
(Those not wearing the wedding garment cannot be included in the wedding: You must be born again by God.)
In the dream, I was still dealing with the substance the worker had spilled on the floor. And with dirt in the house. A few other individuals were also trying to help clean up the area where the worker spilled the substance all the way across the dining table floor.
I had not prepared the food for the dinner. I said, "I guess we will have to cancel the dinner." But the individuals who were helping me said, "Let's not do that!" So I agreed. But I didn't see how we could be ready.
I awoke praying. What is this? What does this dream mean?
I realized it meant I couldn't deal with counterfeit Christians and have meals ready for the elect of God.
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