Chosen or Not

For GOD so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

There came a man who was sent from GOD; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through Him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of GOD – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of GOD.
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:6-14

Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

That if you confess with your mouth JESUS is LORD and believe in your heart that GOD raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified. It is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the scripture says, anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame. For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile. The same LORD is LORD of all and richly blesses all who call on Him. For everyone who calls on the name of LORD will be saved. Romans 10:9-13

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me and the gospel, will save it. Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name, welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me doesn’t welcome Me, but the One who sent Me. Mark 8:35,9:37

Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in Heaven. Matthew 10:32
Everyone who calls on the LORD will be saved.Acts 2:21

For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight in love. Ephesians. 1:4

He predestined us to be adopted as sons through JESUS CHRIST in accordance with His pleasure and will. Ephesians 1:5

And we know that in all things GOD works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. For those GOD foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. Those He predestined, He also called. Those He called, He also justified. Those He justified, He also glorified.
Romans 8:28-29
Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in GOD, also trust in Me. In My Father’s house there are many rooms. If it were not so I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me, that you also may be where I am. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in My name so that the Son will bring glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name and I will do it. If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, the Spirit of Truth. The world can not accept Him because it neither sees Him nor knows Him, but you know Him for He lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves Me. He who loves Me will be loved by My Father. And I to will love him and show Myself to him. JESUS replied, If anyone loves Me, he will obey My teaching. My father will love him and We will come to him and make Our home with him. I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friend, for everything I have learned from My Father, I have made known to you. You did not chose Me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name. John 14 :1-3, 12-18, 21,23, 15:15-16

GOD so loved the world that He chose to give His only son for our salvation. (John 1:6-14, 3:16, 14:1-3,12-18,21,23, 15:16, Matthew 11:28, Romans 10:9-13, Mark 8:35,9:37, Matthew 10:32,
Acts 2:21, Ephesians 1:4) Was GOD sincere in His offer of salvation for all man? If some are predestined to accept the gift of salvation and others are not, then these verses are a mockery for those who have not been chosen, and GOD is responsible for anyone who does not receive Him and is therefore the cause of the sin of man who does not receive GOD’s plan of salvation. Salvation is the design of GOD. If GODd is sincere than whose fault is it, if we do not accept GOD’s plan of salvation? Ours, of course.

He chose to make us friends and not servants, because friends can choose whether or not they spend time with each other. (John 15:15) Now it is our responsibility wether or not we choose Him.

Since GOD is all powerful, all knowing, all seeing, He doesn’t have to go to the past, the present or the future, He is there in the past now, He is here in the present now, and He is there in the future now. Therefore He foreknew everything that has happened in the past as if it is now. He foreknows everything that is happening in the future as if it is now.

GOD says that He has chosen us before the foundation of the world. (Ephesians. 1:4) But GOD didn’t just pick and choose some and not others because that would void john 3:16—Whoever believes on Him has everlasting life. The key word is whoever. So we choose Him, then he chooses the ones who choose Him, to be conformed to the image of His Son.

For example, if you send out 20 invitations to your house for dinner, and only 6 of those invited, come, then those 6 people you will choose to serve dinner to. (Romans 8:28-29, Ephesians 1:5)

What does predestinate mean? Simply to set a final destination. Who is predestinated? First of all remember, Predestination has nothing to do with who is saved and who is lost. So who is predestinated? Let’s say a friend has given you a trip to say, Miami, Florida, your flight may stop in Seattle and Detroit, but your goal is to get to Miami. Your flight has been predestined to a final destination of Miami Florida. The same friend offered me a trip as well, but I did not accept it. Your flight can be predestinated, Mine cannot because I didn’t accept it. Only those who accepted the trip (salvation) can be predestinated. But what are we predestinated for? To be conformed to the image of His Son. (John 3:16, Romans 28-30,)

Ephesians. 1:5 says we are predestinated unto the adoption of sons by JESUS CHRIST Himself. Back then, the adoption of sons (meaning son placing) was a public ceremony given by the child’s natural parents meant to introduce a child into adult society at age 12. After this ceremony, the son was expected to work in his father’s business and behave, more or less like an adult. The parents did not expect him to know everything immediately or act exactly right all the time, because they knew it would take time for him to learn it all. But He was expected to start apprenticing to begin the learning process.

So when GOD says He has predestinated us to the adoption of sons, He is saying “you were born into My family as a baby, and you have lived and acted like a child. Now it is time for you to grow. Now it is time to be about the Father’s business.” GOD’s want to publicly welcome you into GOD’s adult society, you will work hard, stay up late, and make your own decisions (hopefully based on what He will tell you). There will be times when you will make mistakes, unknowingly or intentionally, but in either case He will be there to teach you and to guide you. So predestination does not say whether or not you are in the family of GOD, but what GOD wants to do with those who are in His family.