AS A WORD, "GRACE IS DEFINED AS A UNMERITED FAVOUR, BLESSING, MERCY. BUT THERE IS ALSO THE SPIRIT OF GRACE. WE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, ARE SAVED BY GRACE.

Eph:2:4: But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Eph:2:5: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Eph:2:6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Eph:2:7: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Eph:2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Eph:2:9: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Eph:2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

HOLY CHILDREN, BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, GOD ELECTED, SELECTED, HAND PICKED HIS CHILDREN, AND PREDESTINATED US TO BE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY OF FAITH. BEFORE WE WERE BORN, BEFORE WE HAD DONE ANY GOOD, OR EVIL, GOD PLANNED IN LOVE FOR US, WE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS FAVOR, THIS BLESSING WAS UNMERITED. NOT ONLY DID HE CHOSE US TO BE HIS VERY OWN, BUT HE PREDESTINATED US TO BE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY OF FAITH. AND PREDESTINATED US TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, AND TO DRINK OF THE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER OF LIFE, AND TO WALK UPON THE STREET OF GOLD. PREDETERMINED THAT WE WERE TO LIVE IN THE HEAVENLY CITY NEW JERUSALEM.

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,

LISTEN SAINTS OF GOD, AS JESUS CHRIST TELLS JEREMIAH ABOUT THE GRACE THAT HE HAS FOUND WITH GOD, AND ABOUT HIS FORE ORDINATION. GOD BY JESUS CHRIST HAS CREATED ALL THINGS. JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S DARLING SON, CREATED THE SUN, AND THE MOON, AND THE STARS, AND PLACED THEM IN SPACE IN ONE DAY. HE ALSO CREATED JEREMIAH, AND PLACED HIM IN ADAM. IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE JESUS CHRIST IS KNOWN BY THE NAME "THE WORD OF THE LORD." BECAUSE, BEFORE HIS BIRTH TO THE VIRGIN MARY, THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD WAS A SECRET.

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

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. (KJV)

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.

Jer:1:9: Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Jer:1:10: See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (KJV)

CHILDREN OF LIGHT, THERE ARE MEN THAT PREACH MAN CHOOSES GOD, AND BECAUSE OF HIS CHOICE, HE IS SAVED FROM THE WRATH TO COME. BUT THAT IS NOT SO. IT IS GOD THAT CHOOSES MAN. BY GRACE ARE WE SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND NOT OF OURSELVES, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD. THE LORD SAYS, "YOU HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU. LISTEN AS JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS CREATED FROM THE WORD OF GOD, TELLS HIS DISCIPLES ABOUT THEIR ELECTION.

Jn:15:15: 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.

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.

COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE, CHILD OF GOD, ONLY THE CHILDREN OF GOD, THAT WERE PREDESTINATED TO BE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, SHALL BE SAVED. ONLY THE CHILDREN OF GOD HAVE THE POWER TO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING. AND, ONLY THOSE THAT WERE FORE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE WILL BELIEVE. IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE THE APOSTLE PAUL HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THE JEWS. THEY DID NOT BELIEVE. THEREFORE, THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS INSPIRED OF GOD TO SAY THESE WORDS.

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.

BEFORE A CHILD IS BORN, BEFORE THEY HAVE DONE ANY GOOD, OR EVIL, GOD EITHER LOVES THEM, OR HATES THEM. GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN, BUT HE HATES THE CHILDREN OF SATAN. JACOB, AND ESAU, WERE TWINS. BEFORE THE CHILDREN WERE BORN, BEFORE EITHER CHILD HAD DONE ANY GOOD OR EVIL, JACOB FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF GOD. GOD SAYS, "JACOB HAVE I LOVE, BUT ESAU I HAVE I HATED." WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD, DO NOT NEED JUSTICE, FOR, WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF SIN. FOR, WE WERE ALL IN ADAM WHEN HE TRANSGRESS THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. AND, BECAUSE OF OUT PHYSICAL UNION WITH ADAM, SIN WAS IMPUTED UNTO US ALL. WHAT WE, AS CHILDREN OF GOD, NEED IS MERCY. BY MERCY, WE ARE VINDICATED, ACQUITTED OF SIN, AND PUT IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD.

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.

SAINTS OF GOD, ONLY THE PREDESTINATED, ONLY THE ELECT OF GOD SHALL BE SAVED. FOR ONLY THE ELECT OF GOD HAVE THE POWER TO BELIEVE GOD, BELIEVE THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, WITHOUT SEEING. WHEN GOD CREATED HIS CHILDREN, HE CREATED US IN SUCH A WAY, THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BELIEVE, WITHOUT SEEING. WHEN WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD PREACHED, FAITH COMES TO DWELL WITHIN US.

Rom:10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Rom:10:14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Rom:10:15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Rom:10:16: But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

Rom:10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IN CHRIST, I WOULD LIKE TO AT THIS TIME, SPEAK A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GRACE THAT GOD HAS SHOWN TO ME, AND YOU, PERSONALLY. LET ME CALL TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE, THAT GOD KNEW YOU, AND I, BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, TOOK THE TIME TO CREATE US, AND PREDESTINATED US, SO THAT WE WOULD BE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. PLANNED IN LOVE FOR US, SO THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD.

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?

BELOVED, BY GRACE; GOD TOOK THE TIME TO CREATE US, AND PLACED US IN ADAM. AND IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, WHEN EVER ONE ELSE WAS DROWNING IN THE FLOOD, GOD SAW TO IT, THAT WE GOT ON BOARD THE ARK THAT NOAH BUILT. AND WATCHED OVER YOU, AND I, AS WE CAME DOWN THROUGH THE LOINS OF YOUR FOREFATHERS. AND BROUGHT US INTO THIS GREAT NATION, WERE WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD THINGS. GOOD FOOD TO EAT, NICE CLOTHES TO WEAR, FINE HOMES TO LIVE IN, GOOD TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE PLEASANT. A GREAT NATION THAT GRANTS US SUCH WONDERFUL FREEDOM. AS FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE, FREEDOM OF PRESS, FREEDOM OF TRAVEL, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND MANY OTHER FREEDOMS. I SUPPOSE THAT THERE HAS NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, BEEN A NATION THAT HAS GIVEN IT'S PEOPLE SUCH GREAT FREEDOM. NOT ONLY HAS GOD GIVEN US FREEDOM. BUT, GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH A GREAT HEDGE ABOUT US, SO THAT NO HARM CAN COME TO US. A HEDGE THAT CONSIST OF THE GREATEST ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, AIR FORCE, AND OTHER MILITARY, IN THE WORLD. THIS GREAT HEDGE IS LIKE A WALL THAT PROTECTS US FROM WITHOUT. BUT ALSO A LOCAL HEDGE OF POLICE, AND SHERIFFS, THAT PROTECT US LOCALLY. THERE WAS MULTITUDES OF MEN THAT DIED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THESE FREEDOMS. BUT, REMEMBER THIS, SAINTS OF GOD, IT WAS GOD THAT GAVE US THE VICTORY; WE HAVE PEACE LIKE A RIVER. THESE THINGS DID NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE, GOD PLANNED IN LOVE FOR US. WE ARE ALSO BLESSED TO SERVE A GOD, THAT IS A GOD OF LOVE. A GOD THAT TEACHES US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, TEACHES US TO FORGIVE OTHERS. I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS PLACED UPON US THE BLESSINGS THAT HE PROMISED ISRAEL WHEN HE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN.

Dt:28:1: And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Dt:28:2: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Dt:28:3: Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Dt:28:4: Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Dt:28:5: Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Dt:28:6: Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

Dt:28:7: The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Dt:28:8: The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Dt:28:9: The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

Dt:28:10: And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

Dt:28:11: And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Dt:28:12: The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Dt:28:13: And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Dt:28:14: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

HOLY CHILDREN, LET ME AT THIS TIME MENTION, WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE GREATEST SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE.

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)

NOTICE THE GREATS IN THIS VERSE OF SCRIPTURE, FOR "GOD." GOD IS THE GREATEST DEVINE PERSON. SO LOVED; "LOVE" IS THE GREATEST DEVOTION. "THE WORLD" THE GREATEST NUMBER. THAT HE "GAVE". TO GIVE IS THE GREATEST ACT A PERSON CAN DO. "HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. THE GREATEST GIFT. "THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH.". "THE GREATEST CONDITION. "BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." THE GREATEST RESULTS.