Loved and Chosen by God

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Pastor Vincent - 10 October 2013

Follow The Lord's Instruction Closely In Spiritual Battle

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It is human nature to worry about tomorrow. What if I can't do this, what if things don't work well tomorrow.. what if we often let what has yet to happen to rob away our present happiness in Lord. Before Jericho, the Lord said to Joshua, " See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.." God is always there, He is always present in your sadness, your current helplessness, your current family problem, relationship problems and even your insufficiency. But we often forget, we are often being frightened by what have yet to comeÉ the what if's in your mind - Satan is always instilling the fear, the deceptions and confuse our spirits so that we cannot look at the truth of God and draw strength from it. Behind the problem we are seeing everyday is actually the deeper spiritual battles that we need to fight against Satan - who is attacking us in every possible way just to divert us away from God's truth so that we feel the gospel irrelevant. But God has a precise instruction to our problems now, so that we can stand against the devil's scheme. Be in sync with God, hear what the Lord says and follow it carefully. As we wait upon the Lord and see what He is doing right now in our lives, we will then not be distracted by Satan into following our own desires and emotions. The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise and He has time for everything, therefore, go into prayer and ask God to reveal the very next thing we can do while waiting for His timetable. As we develop the instinct to hear Him through prayers, our faithful God will not hide from you and when the perfect time comes, your Jericho will be conquered, as you become more intimate with God.

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Introduction

Two erroneous teachings about salvation:

  • Giving false assumption about salvation
  • Justify salvation by one’s merits

 

Verse to Read: <1 Thessalonians 1:2-3>

Evidences of inner attributes:

  1. Faith ⟹ Works
  2. Love ⟹ Labor
  3. Hope ⟹ Endurance

 

Verses to Read: <1 Thessalonians 1:4-10>

Your assurance that you are loved and chosen in Christ stems from:

  • The gospel came to you with power
  • You became imitators of us and of the Lord
  • You became a model to all the believers
  • You turn to God from idols and wait for His coming Son

 

And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
<Romans 8:30>

 

Reflection

1. Have you been taught the right doctrine of election before in the past? If yes, how were you taught about it?

2. Do you have the evidence of one that is being loved and chosen in Christ? 

 

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Vincent serves as the President of The Blessed Run Church. He is also the Senior Pastor of The Life Church and Missions (Singapore) and is an ardent missionary to the Chinese World. He currently lives in Singapore with his wife, Qiufen, and has three kids, Mary, David, and Caleb.

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