“Chosen”
John 15:16 says “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of theFather in my name, he may give it you.”
Þ The Misconception: We believe that it was us that chose God. We often say it was me that went to church, I heard the message, I got up when they made the alter call, I said the prayer, I got saved.
Þ The Real Deal: God said I gave you the desire to go to church that night, I let the preacher preach that message, I pricked you in your heart, I caused your legs to move, I caused you to pray, I gave you the Holy Ghost. “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.”
? Is there any that God has not chosen ?
The answer to this question is summed up in John 3:16 “For God so Loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life”.
Þ Chosen: Selected, Preferred, Special Deuteronomy 7:6 says “For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”
(Originally this was talking about the Children of Israel; but Thanks be to God in Romans 11:7 the Bible says “And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree.”)
Þ Chosen by God Himself: Jeremiah 1:5says “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
John 15:16 says “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of theFather in my name, he may give it you.”
Þ Chosen to: 1.) Be a witness Isa. 43:10 says “Ye are my witness, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.”
2.) He has chosen us to go and bring forth fruit. Go and Bring are verbs (words of action). Faithful
Contrary to popular belief God did not choose you to sit in a church, but to be a worker. There is a job to be done in his kingdom. The job is to bring forth fruit.
Fruit = produce, crop, out growth. The word produce means: to bring into being. We are to bring into being the world into being Christians. Growth means to increase, escalation. Crop means: harvest
3.) To be the vessels God uses to show the world who he is.
God has chosen us to show the world how they should live in godliness and righteousness.
4.) Be a minister. 1st Corinthians 4:1 says “Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.”
a. The word minister means: an under-rower. A under-rower was the slaves that sat in the belly of the ships and pulled the oars to carry the ship across the water.
** God is the Captain and His ship is the word of God, we are his ministers (slaves) to carry His word across the world.
b. To be steward of the mysteries of God. The word steward means: overseer. The steward was always a slave, but he was placed in charge of the other slaves. (This does not mean that everyone will be a pastor, but everyone has charge over the word of God to ensure that it is delivered to the world).
** The mysteries of God. A mystery is not something hard to understand, rather it is something that has been hidden and kept a secret. 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4 says “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
How is the light or image of God going to shine Matt. 5:14 “Ye are the light of the world.” It shines through the children of God.
We have been chosen to be the light of the world.
We have been chosen to fight in the battle of Armageddon. Revelation 17:14 says “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful
Þ The Price of being Chosen: John 15:19 “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”
Þ The reward of being Chosen: The Bible says Matt. 20:16 “ …for many are called but few are chosen.” If we do as Moses as stated in Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
Although the world hates us we can rest assured because:
John 15:16 says …that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”
Colossians 3:24 says “Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Minister Mel. Maughmer, Jr
Boanerge Ministries.
