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- ELECTION .....
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- . Well, what of ELECTION where God, in His sovereign will, has
- chosen certain people and certain groups of people to receive His
- Grace and Mercy. God chose Abraham as an individual and Israel as an
- entire nation. Look at the major aspect of ELECTION - it is not by
- any virtue or quality of the chosen, but exclusively through the Will
- of God.
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- . Coupled with ELECTION is PREDESTINATION. Predestination
- indicates that God's purpose for the believer - that we become
- CHRISTLIKE is CERTAIN to be fulfilled. READ Romans 8:29,30
- Foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification & glorification
- are all parts of the one "package" of SALVATION. If we have one - we
- have them ALL!
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- READ John 6:44 - Predestination is exclusive of any
- merits we might have and is totally through God's sovereign will.
- READ Romans 9:23 - "He selects" does NOT show discrimination! Keep in
- mind that we are ALL sinners and GOD has EVERY RIGHT to treat His
- rebellious creations in the manner that HE pleases.
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- . WE SHOULD NOT BE SO AMAZED THAT GOD WITHHOLDS MERCY FROM SOME -
- WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND AMAZED THAT HE SHOULD SHOW GRACE AND MERCY
- TO ANY!!!!
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- . The purpose that the Bible teaches us about ELECTION and
- PREDESTINATION is to show that SALVATION is ALL from God and cannot be
- won, or earned or received by any action or doing on our part.
- SALVATION is GIVEN! By showing an ELECTION before the world began,
- God shows and tells us, graphically, that our SALVATION is ETERNAL and
- CERTAIN (Secure).
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- . A skeptic says, "If I am elected then I'll get into Heaven,
- anyway - if I'm not elected then there's no use trying!". God
- ELECTED, and ONLY GOD knows WHO is elected. Until we come into His
- Kingdom, we do NOT KNOW if we are among the chosen - But I do know
- that NO ONE in HELL will ever be able to say, "I wanted to be saved,
- but my name was on the wrong list!". FOREKNOWLEDGE IS NOT FORE-
- ORDINATION OR FORE-ELECTION....
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