HOW DO I KNOW IF I'M ONE OF GOD'S ELECT? (3 OF 7)
Scripture: Romans 9:24, Romans 10:4
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How Do I Know if I'm One of God's Elect? (3 of 7)
Series: Questioning God
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 9:24-10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes (10:4).
ARE YOU ONE OF GOD'S ELECT?
In Romans 9-11, the apostle Paul brings up the subject of divine election-a subject that today often leads to arguments among Christians. Divine election is the biblical doctrine that God, in eternity past, chose who would be saved. [Read Romans 8:29-30.] My view on divine election is that it's unconditional (i.e., not based on God knowing who would believe).
What the Bible says about divine election and human freedom (i.e., our ability to make real choices) appears to be a contradiction. It's a paradox.
- Before creation God chose who would be saved. (Those whom God has chosen to save are ''the elect.'')
- God word promises that ''everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved'' (Rom. 10:13).
People often wonder, How do I know if I'm one of God's elect? It's an important question!
VESSELS OF MERCY
Paul describes those whom God has chosen to save as ''vessels of mercy, which [God] beforehand prepared for glory'' (9:23). The ''vessels of mercy'' include both Jews and Gentiles: ''even us [i.e., Paul and the believers in Rome] whom [God] has called [i.e., called to salvation], not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles'' (v. 24).
Then Paul fires off a series of OT quotations that speak of God showing mercy to both Jews and Gentiles.
- ''As indeed [God] says in Hosea, 'Those who were not my people [i.e., the Gentiles] I will call ''my people,'' and her who was not beloved I will call ''beloved.''' 'And in the very place where it was said to them, ''You are not my people,'' there they will be called ''sons of the living God''' (vv. 25-26; cf. Hos. 1:10; 2:23).
- ''And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will b ...
Series: Questioning God
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 9:24-10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes (10:4).
ARE YOU ONE OF GOD'S ELECT?
In Romans 9-11, the apostle Paul brings up the subject of divine election-a subject that today often leads to arguments among Christians. Divine election is the biblical doctrine that God, in eternity past, chose who would be saved. [Read Romans 8:29-30.] My view on divine election is that it's unconditional (i.e., not based on God knowing who would believe).
What the Bible says about divine election and human freedom (i.e., our ability to make real choices) appears to be a contradiction. It's a paradox.
- Before creation God chose who would be saved. (Those whom God has chosen to save are ''the elect.'')
- God word promises that ''everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved'' (Rom. 10:13).
People often wonder, How do I know if I'm one of God's elect? It's an important question!
VESSELS OF MERCY
Paul describes those whom God has chosen to save as ''vessels of mercy, which [God] beforehand prepared for glory'' (9:23). The ''vessels of mercy'' include both Jews and Gentiles: ''even us [i.e., Paul and the believers in Rome] whom [God] has called [i.e., called to salvation], not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles'' (v. 24).
Then Paul fires off a series of OT quotations that speak of God showing mercy to both Jews and Gentiles.
- ''As indeed [God] says in Hosea, 'Those who were not my people [i.e., the Gentiles] I will call ''my people,'' and her who was not beloved I will call ''beloved.''' 'And in the very place where it was said to them, ''You are not my people,'' there they will be called ''sons of the living God''' (vv. 25-26; cf. Hos. 1:10; 2:23).
- ''And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will b ...
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