THERE ARE MEN THAT BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN GOD. BUT, IT IS GOD THAT HAS CHOSEN US, HIS ELECT. WHY DID GOD CHOOSE US? BECAUSE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN.

Jn:15:16: 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.

IF YOU ARE A NEW CONVERT TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHEN GOD CHOSE HIS CHILDREN. I BELIEVE THAT HE CHOSE US. BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, GOD KNEW HIS CHILDREN, AND PREDESTINATED US TO BE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD.

Eph:1:1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Eph:1:2: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph:1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Eph:1:4: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Eph:1:5: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

SAINTS OF GOD, IT IS ONLY THE ELECT OF GOD THAT SHALL BE SAVED. ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PREDESTINATED TO BE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, SHALL BE SAVED FROM THE WRATH THAT IS TO COME. BEFORE WE, AS CHILDREN OF GOD, WERE BORN. BEFORE WE HAD DONE ANY GOOD, OR EVIL, GOD LOVED US. AND, CHOSE US TO BE HIS VERY OWN. GRACE IS AN UNMERITED FAVOR. WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD ARE SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH, AND NOT OF OURSELVES, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD. WE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE GOD'S FAVOR, BUT HE LOVED US, AND PREDESTINATED US, TO BE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY. SO THEN IT IS NOT HIM THAT WILLETH, NOR HIM THAT RUNNETH, BUT IT IS GOD HAVING MERCY ON US. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. ISAAC HAD TWO SONS, TWINS, THEIR NAMES WERE JACOB, AND ESAU. BEFORE THE CHILDREN WERE BORN. BEFORE THEY HAD DONE ANY GOOD OR EVIL. GOD SAID JACOB I LOVE, BUT ESAU I HATE.

Rom:9:10: And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

Rom:9:11: (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Rom:9:12: It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Rom:9:13: As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Rom:9:14: What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

Rom:9:15: For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Rom:9:16: So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

MOREOVER, BELOVED OF GOD, THOSE THAT GOD HAS PREDESTINATED; THEM HE CALLS, AND WHOM HE CALLS, THEM HE ALSO JUSTIFIES, AND WHOM HE JUSTIFIES, THEM HE ALSO GLORIFIES. WHAT DOES THE WORD JUSTIFY MEAN? IT MEANS TO LET THE GUILTY GO FREE. HOW DOES GOD GLORIFY HIS CHILDREN? WHEN WE ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, WE BECOME ROYALTY. A MAN CHILD BECOMES A PRINCE, AND A GIRL CHILD BECOMES A PRINCESS. A MAN, OR WOMAN CANNOT COME TO CHRIST OF THEMSELVES, THEY MUST BE CALLED.

Rom:8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Rom:8:29: For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Rom:8:30: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Rom:8:31: What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Rom:8:32: He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Rom:8:33: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

HOLY CHILDREN, JEREMIAH WAS A CHOSEN VESSEL OF THE LORD GOD. LISTEN AS GOD EXPLAINS TO JEREMIAH ABOUT HIS ELECTION. REMEMBER THIS CHILDREN OF GOD, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD WAS A MYSTERY. IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE JESUS IS KNOWN AS THE WORD OF LORD.

Jer:1:4: Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jer:1:5: 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.

Jer:1:6: Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Jer:1:7: But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Jer:1:8: Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

LISTEN, CHILDREN OF LIGHT, AS GOD EXPLAINS TO ANANIAS THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL, WHOSE NAME IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE IS SAUL, OF TARSUS, IS A CHOSEN VESSEL.

Acts:9:10: And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

Acts:9:11: And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

Acts:9:12: And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

Acts:9:13: Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

Acts:9:14: And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

Acts:9:15: But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

SAINTS OF GOD, YOU MAY THINK THAT ALL MEN HAVE FAITH, BUT WHEN THE LORD SPEAKS OF ALL MEN HAVING FAITH. HE IS SPEAKING OF ALL THE ELECT, THE PREDESTINATED. FOR THERE ARE IN THIS PRESENT WORLD BOTH THE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND THE CHILDREN OF SATAN. ONLY THE CHILDREN OF GOD, THE ELECT OF GOD HAVE FAITH. LISTEN CAREFULLY CHILD OF GOD, THE HOLY GHOST MUST BE RECEIVED BY FAITH. SINCE THE CHILDREN OF SATAN ARE FAITHLESS, THEY CANNOT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST.

Jn:14:15: If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn:14:16: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Jn:14:17: Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

BROTHERS, AND SISTERS IN CHRIST, IF YOU WILL RECALL THERE IS A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE RECORDED IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE APOSTLE JOHN. THAT READS THUS,

Jn:3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (KJV)

BELOVED, THE "WHOSOEVER" IN THAT VERSE OF SCRIPTURE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, THE ELECT, THE PREDESTINATED. FOR THE CHILDREN OF SATAN CANNOT BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING. ONLY THOSE CHILDREN OF GOD, THAT WERE FORE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE SHALL BELIEVE. IN THIS VERSE OF SCRIPTURE THAT I SHALL READ, THE APOSTLE PAUL PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THE JEWS. BUT WHEN THEY REJECTED THE GOSPEL, HE TURNED TO THE GENTILES, AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL. AND AS MANY AS WAS ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED.

Acts:13:44: And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Acts:13:45: But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Acts:13:46: Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Acts:13:47: For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

Acts:13:48: And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST, NOT LONG AGO I HEARD SOME OF GOD'S CHILDREN SINGING A SONG; THAT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A PLACE CALLED MOUNT CALVARY, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A OLD RUGGED CROSS, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A MAN CALLED JESUS, THEN FOREVER MY SOUL WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST. AND I SAY HOW TRUE, HOW TRUE. BEFORE CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD, AND OFFERED HIMSELF UP TO GOD AS A SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS. WE AS GENTILES WERE WITHOUT HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, WE AS GENTILES WENT OUT INTO ETERNITY ONLY TO PERISH.

Eph:2:11: Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Eph:2:12: That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Eph:2:13: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Eph:2:14: For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Eph:2:15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

Eph:2:16: And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Eph:2:17: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

BRETHREN, WE ARE A BLESSED GENERATION, TO BE BORN ON THIS SIDE OF THE CROSS. FOR IF WE HAD BE BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS, WE, AS GENTILES WOULD HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED. LISTEN AS I READ HOW THAT UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WERE DESTROYED, AND THEIR SOULS FED TO THE FLAMES BECAUSE OF THE CURSE. REMEMBER THIS, FIRST SATAN TEMPTS, THEN COMES LUST, THEN SIN, THEN THE CURSE, AND THEN DESTRUCTION.

Is:24:5: The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Is:24:6: Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

LISTEN CAREFULLY, HOLY CHILDREN, SATAN USES THE FALSE PROPHET JUST AS HE USED THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. THERE ARE FALSE PROPHETS THAT PREACH ONCE YOU ARE SAVED, YOU CANNOT LOSE YOUR SALVATION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU DO. THAT DOCTRINE WAS DESIGNED BY SATAN TO SEND GOD'S CHILDREN INTO THE FLAMES OF HELL. IF AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND HAVE RECEIVED THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND THE RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST YOU GO BACK INTO SIN. THAT ACT OF RETURNING TO SIN, IS AS THE DOG THAT RETURNS TO HIS VOMIT, AND THE SOW, THAT WAS WASHED TO IT WALLOW.

2Pt:2:19: While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

2Pt:2:20: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

2Pt:2:21: For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

2Pt:2:22: But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. (KJV)

BELOVED, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH. THEY LOVE THE FALSE PROPHET, THAT SPEAKS LIES TO THEM. THE APOSTLE PAUL ASKED THIS QUESTION OF THE GALATIANS.

Gal:4:16: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

LISTEN, SAINTS OF GOD, WHAT GOD INSPIRED THE PROPHET ISAIAH TO RECORD ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HATE TRUTH.

Is:30:8: Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

Is:30:9: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

Is:30:10: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

LET ME CONCLUDE BY SAYING, THERE ARE IN THIS WORLD BOTH THE CHILDREN OF GOD, THE ELECT, AND THE CHILDREN OF SATAN. ONLY THE ELECT, THE PREDESTINATED SHALL BE SAVED. THE CHILDREN OF SATAN WERE CREATED TO BE TAKEN, AND DESTROYED. BOTH THE CHILDREN OF GOD, REFERRED TO IN THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES, AS WHEAT. AND THE CHILDREN OF SATAN, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS TARES. ARE GROWING TOGETHER. I BELIEVE THAT THE WHEAT, THE CHILDREN OF GOD, ARE BECOMING DAY BY DAY MORE LIKE CHRIST. AND THE CHILDREN OF SATAN, THE TARES, ARE BECOMING DAY BY DAY MORE LIKE SATAN. I BELIEVE THAT THE WHEAT AND THE TARES ARE BECOMING FULL GROWN. LOOK AT YOUR TELEVISION AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN. IF MEN, AND WOMEN, HAD ACTED THIRTY YEARS AGO AS THEY DO TODAY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN JAILED.