Podcast: Elect of God: Called by God

 

 

 

 

I Corinthians 1

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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God called us and chose us as HIS own and revealed HIMSELF to us.

It is not that we chose God or Jesus.  We were called by God and truth was revealed to us by God and God changed us immediately by giving us HIS Holy Spirit to live in us and lead us and guide us and teach us.

Romans 9

15 For HE saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew MY power in thee, and that MY name might be declared throughout all the earth.

(God hardened Pharaoh's heart.)

18 Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will he hardeneth.

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The elect of God, called by God, by the will of God, and not by their own will.

 

Acts 2:47  And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Jesus returns to gather the elect of God.

Matthew 24:31  And HE shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The elect of God are those who are born again by the Holy Spirit of God.

John 3   Jesus says:  3 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

When we are born again, God changes us into new creatures immediately.  It is not that we study and are changed.  When we are born of God, God gives us HIS Spirit and we are changed from that person we once were.

God speaks to us and creates us into a new creature.

II 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.

From that moment forward, we have a new Spirit living in us and by that Spirit God guides us into all truth, teaches us all things, reminds us of that which Jesus has said, and even shows us things to come.  And we follow Him.

Ezekiel 36  (That which was to come in the New Covenant)

God says:

23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be MY people, and I will be your God.

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Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

John 6:63  Jesus says:  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

John 14:26  Jesus says:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

14 HE shall glorify ME (says Jesus) : for HE shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.

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As Jesus called the original apostles when HE walked on the earth, we are called by HIM now to be children of God.

God speaks to us and we believe it is God speaking to us and we are changed immediately and given the Spirit of God who leads us and shows us the will of God and we follow that Spirit of God.

Romans 8:1   There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

To walk after the flesh would be to do such things as adultery, fornication, hatred.

Instead of walking in the flesh,  now we do the things of the Spirit of God and we produce the fruits of the Spirit by doing what the Spirit shows us to do.

Galatians 5:22-23  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance:

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We, who are of God, are called by God, changed by God, given a new spirit and a new heart, and we then follow God.

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