GOD’S FAITHFUL PASSION FOR HIS PEOPLE The Reality of God’s Passion is to set His love upon you, its an essence of passionately desiring a thing. In the OT God set His heart on the people of Israel and took every necessary step to bring them to Himself, Just as so you know, how He loves you too! - His love is everlasting - Jer. 31:3 - His love is expensive - Rom. 5:8 - His love is extensive - John 3:16 The Reaction of God’s Passion - “the Lord thy God hath chosen thee” - The word “chosen” means, “to choose, elect, or decide for.” Of all the people on the face of the earth in that day, God chose the tiny nation of Israel to be the focus of His love, His grace and His mercy. If you are saved, it is because He has chosen you too, Eph. 1:4. Don’t let that bother you! People get hung up on the doctrines of predestination and election, and forget the rest of the story. Salvation is a divine mystery! When He saved us, He changed us, and made us into new creatures, 2 Cor. 5:17. He placed His Spirit within us, 1 Cor. 12:13. We became the “temple of the Holy Ghost,” the very sanctuary of God Himself, 1 Cor. 6:19. He even placed His very nature within us, 2 Pet. 1:4. So that, now, we are not what we used to be. If you look at the outside of the door of salvation it says, “Whosoever will, let him come.” When you step through the door and look back, it says “Chosen before the foundation of the world.” Amen!!
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:42:17 +0000
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