making your election sure
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Making Your Election Sure
Pastor Kerry Wilson
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2Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren,
give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall
never fall:
Assembly or Church has reference to a group
of called out ones (ecclesia)
Calling has reference to origin, nature and
destiny of a heavenly invitation (klesis)
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Election refers to a picking out, a selection,
used in Acts 9.15 of Saul of Tarsus as being the
choice of God. It is used 3 times in Romans 9
where the reference to the verse Jacob have Iloved and Esau have I hated is well known.
This group is designated by the fact that while the
finished work of Jesus Christ is sufficient, in thecase of the elect they are also responsible for and
capable of, having the will and power to choose.
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There is no understanding the ways of God,and according to Romans 9.20, Shall thething formed say to him that formed it, Why
hast thou made me thus? My point in all this is that if you are here this
morning and have had more than oneopportunity to embrace the life of Jesus Christit puts you in a category of responsibility andcapability of choosing the right.
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You must realize that there are people who
will receive one call from God, and those
whom God will not chase, and those whom
God has actually chosen against all odds and
against what nature mandates. This is the case
with Jacob and Esau, a prophetic type of the
election of God, the elder shall serve theyounger before the children were born.
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Some have said that that is not fair or that
doesnt seem right, however God is sovereign
and his overriding characteristic is that He is
Just.
I would say that the majority of you in this
assembly fall into the elect status, which
brings great joy to me as one who has had thefavor of God in my life.
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The responsibility is my part, the capability isGods part. I wouldnt choose me, but He haschosen me and then as I begin to choose and
make willful decisions Gods divine impartationjoins with my will in overcoming.
If I will begin to choose or will what is of Godthen I exercise my love for God and His will and
His ways. God wants us to choose Him. The etymology of the word choose is latin and
it refers to tasting
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You have a mission and a destiny founded in
the establishing of the church. We must not
be high minded nor forget the natural
branches and their calling and election.
God is not finished with us yet, it is said that
it is better to experience failure and failing
that to succeed in the wrong thing. I donwant to miss the glory of God.
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I want to spend some time in some areas ofchoosing that I feel are crucial to thisgeneration.
O taste and see that I am good For it is impossible for those who have
tasted of the power of God and who have
been enlightened to renew themselves againunto repentance, they must move into newconquest and territory for God.
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The System
1 Kings 18.21 How long halt ye between two
opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but ifBaal, then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word.
Spiritual Oppression
Counterfeit Spiritual Authority
Spiritual Delusion
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In Life2 Chronicles 32.31 Howbeit in the business of the
ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent untohim to enquire of the wonder that was done in the
land, God left him, to try him, that he might know allthat was in his heart.
Spiritual Prosperity
Miracles
All these blessings, how could Hezekiah choose the wrongthing?
Never make life decisions during times of spiritual diress
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In Family
Joshua 24.15 And if it seem evil unto you to
serve the Lord; choose you this day whom yewill serve; but as for me and my house, we will
serve the Lord
Marriage and Divorce
Posterity
Generational
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The Future
Hebrews 11.25 Choosing rather to suffer the
affliction with the people of God, than toenjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Reality of Eternity
World View The importance of UnbeliefIf you assume theres no afterlife, youll likely
have a fuller and more interesting life
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1. Position yourself by Faith
2. Seeing through the lens of God
3. Speaking and Rehearsing Word of God