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Who Are God's CALLED,CHOOSEN AND FAITHFUL People?
Who Are God's CALLED,CHOOSEN AND FAITHFUL People?
Jesus said, "I will build My church.. some people knows that the church... is the building that used for religious services... and doesnt know that we are the true church of God!The Greek word translated "church"in the Bible is 'ekklesia',meaning an assembly or move precisely,"a calling out" or "called-out ones."ekklesia is from ek-- and klesis---,kaleo is 'to call' and was used among the Greeks of a body of citizens gatheres to discuss the affair of state(Acts:19:39)
The book of Hebrews describes this body of believers as "the general Assembly and church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth"(1Tim.3:15)
Jesus warned that "narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life,and there are few who find it"(Matt.7:14)......
CALLED AND CHOSEN:
The idea that one must be “called” and “chosen” originated w/Jesus Himself,who told His disciples that “many are called,but few are chosen”(Matt.22:14).The concepts of being called and being chosen are both biblically legitimate,but they are rarely understood and routinely missued!
“Many are called, but few are chosen….”That’s what Jesus said,but what does it mean?
God’s desire is to give salvation---Eternal Life--- to all mankind. “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,but that the world through Him might be saved”(Jn 3:17).The key,however ,is that not all are being saved at this time,in this age(Romans 11:7-8,25-26; Eph.1:7-10)
God chooses a person to receive eternal life only when he learns and accepts the truth,repents and is baptized.But how can he distinguish truth from error? The truth, Jesus explained,is what God reveals through His Word—the Bible( Jn.17:17). To become acceptable to God, all must recognized and accept God’s Word as the main source of truth. Our Creator “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth(1 Tim. 2:1-4)
Jesus said, "I will build My church.. some people knows that the church... is the building that used for religious services... and doesnt know that we are the true church of God!The Greek word translated "church"in the Bible is 'ekklesia',meaning an assembly or move precisely,"a calling out" or "called-out ones."ekklesia is from ek-- and klesis---,kaleo is 'to call' and was used among the Greeks of a body of citizens gatheres to discuss the affair of state(Acts:19:39)
The book of Hebrews describes this body of believers as "the general Assembly and church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth"(1Tim.3:15)
Jesus warned that "narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life,and there are few who find it"(Matt.7:14)......
CALLED AND CHOSEN:
The idea that one must be “called” and “chosen” originated w/Jesus Himself,who told His disciples that “many are called,but few are chosen”(Matt.22:14).The concepts of being called and being chosen are both biblically legitimate,but they are rarely understood and routinely missued!
“Many are called, but few are chosen….”That’s what Jesus said,but what does it mean?
God’s desire is to give salvation---Eternal Life--- to all mankind. “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,but that the world through Him might be saved”(Jn 3:17).The key,however ,is that not all are being saved at this time,in this age(Romans 11:7-8,25-26; Eph.1:7-10)
God chooses a person to receive eternal life only when he learns and accepts the truth,repents and is baptized.But how can he distinguish truth from error? The truth, Jesus explained,is what God reveals through His Word—the Bible( Jn.17:17). To become acceptable to God, all must recognized and accept God’s Word as the main source of truth. Our Creator “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth(1 Tim. 2:1-4)
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