Being Chosen

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; — read the full passage →

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. — read the full passage →

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” — read the full passage →

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love; — read the full passage →

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you, — read the full passage →

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

I and the Father are one.”

Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

not of works, that no one would boast.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

“Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.