Whosoever

Hello everyone,

 

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

 

Primary Text

“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. 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.” Romans 8v29-30 (KJV)

 

“For God knew His people in advance, and He chose them to become like His Son, so that His Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, He called them to come to Him. And having called them, He gave them right standing with Himself. And having given them right standing, He gave them His glory.” Romans 8v29-30 (NLT)

 

God knows those that are His. Salvation is a gift of God. For “Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” (Proverbs 20v9). But it is God, through His Son Jesus Christ that we have life, and righteousness, and peace with God, hallelujah. God knew His people in advance, and chose them to become like His Son. Having known them already, and chosen them to be conformed to the image of His Son, He now called them to Him. Remember Jesus said, “No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw Him: and I will raise Him up at the last day” John 6v44 (KJV). Having called them, He gave them right standing with Him, and then His glory. Hallelujah. Now you may say, but if God already knows His people, is it a person’s fault when they don’t follow Him? But our God is Alpha and Omega, so He knows the end from the beginning, and while He will not want anyone to perish (2 Peter 3v9). John 3v16-22 (KJV) says “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. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deed should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” So it’s the WHOSOEVER as we see in John 3v16 that makes the difference. God knows the whosever that will accept Jesus and run this race and live this life for Him… Will you choose to accept this gift of salvation?

 

If you haven’t accepted God’s gift of salvation and you would like to, you can say this prayer: Heavenly Father, I come to You today, confessing that I am a sinner. I am sorry for all that I have done and ask that You forgive me for all of my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Lord Jesus, I ask that You be Lord and Saviour over my life. I believe that You came to die for my sins, and that God raised You from the dead. Thank You Father for translating me out of the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Your dear Son. Thank You for sealing me with Your Holy Spirit of promise. Please keep me till the end in You, and may Your Name alone be glorified in my life, in Jesus name I pray, amen.

 

If you said this prayer today, know that you are now a child of God and that there is much jubilation in heaven because of you. Begin to attend a Bible-believing church, and keep the faith! Welcome into God’s family.