GOD HAS
CHOSEN YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE WILL OF GOD AND GLORIFYING HIS
GREAT NAME.
( John 15:13-16 ) [13]Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
[14]Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you.
[15]Henceforth I call you not
servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known
unto you.
[16]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 the Father in my
name, he may give it you.
*( II Timothy 1:9 ) Who hath saved us, and called us
with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
1. GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR THE PURPOSE
OF FOLLOWING THE WALK OF CHRIST.
( 1 Peter 2:21 ) For even hereunto were ye called:
because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps:
* Lost people cannot walk like Christ because they are not sanctified
and they do not belong to the family of God.
2. GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR THE PURPOSE
OF LIVING AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
( Mathew 5:16 ) Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in
heaven.
* Only a Sanctified life can reflect the spiritual light and life from
Christ.
( John 1:4-9 ) [4]In him was life; and the life
was the light of men.
[5]And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
[6]There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John.
[7]The same came for a witness, to
bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
[8]He was not that Light, but was
sent to bear witness of that Light.
[9]That was the true Light, which
lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
3. GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PRAYING TO GOD WITH POWER AND GRACE.
( Hebrews 4:16 ) Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time
of need.
*( Jeremiah 33:3 ) Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
* ( 2 Chronicles
7:14 ) If my
people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
4. GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STRENGTHENING THE CHURCH DURING TRIALS AND TROUBLES IN LIFE.
(1 Corinthians
12:12-20 ) [12]For as
the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
[13]For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
[14]For the body is not one
member, but many.
[15]If the foot shall say, Because
I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
[16]And if the ear shall say,
Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the
body?
[17]If the whole body were an eye,
where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
[18]But now hath God set the
members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
[19]And if they were all one
member, where were the body?
[20]But now are they many members,
yet but one body.
( Philippians 4:7-13
) [8]Finally,
brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be
any praise, think on these things.
[9]Those things, which ye have
both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace
shall be with you.
[10]But I rejoiced in the Lord
greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye
were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
[11]Not that I speak in respect of
want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
[12]I know both how to be abased,
and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to
be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
[13]I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me.
5. GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF
FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
* ( Mathew 28:19-20
) [19]Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
[20]Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world. Amen.
(Acts 5:26-29) [26]Then went the captain with the
officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest
they should have been stoned.
[27]And when they had brought
them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
[28]Saying, Did not we straitly
command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
[29]Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
6. GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING THE
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
( Acts 1:8 ) But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
( 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, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.
* God bless you all always *
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