Aim: understanding God’s plan of salvation
Yes! what is to be rightly interpreted then as “elect of God”? who are the ones God has pre-ordained unto salvation? Are there people who have been predestined to believe the gospel?
In the previous section (Who is God's Elect? I), we have seen how that Jesus says in Luke 18:7 that the man whom God will avenge if he attempts to pray is “His own elect”. Now let’s continue to understand electship.
Today we’ll see electhood in Christ Jesus. That is, Jesus is the Elect of God actually, and in next section we’ll see how we borrow from Him our electhood.
In the prophets, it is thus written,
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; MINE ELECT, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Isa 42:1
And in Matthew, we see this scripture quoted as Jesus the man being referred to
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, whom I have CHOSEN; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. (Matthew 12:17-21 KJV)
Thus, Jesus is God’s Elect. Not forgetting that the word “Christ” means, someone ordained of God and anointed by the same. The Messiah also mean the same.
See when Jesus was being crucified and mocked,
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, THE CHOSEN OF GOD. Luk 23:35
To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but CHOSEN of God, [and] precious, 1Peter 2:4
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, ELECT, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 1Peter 2:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6)
Thus, Jesus is the Elect of God, and by identification, we are elect too. Alleluia!
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