1. “Calling and Election”

2. “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ …” 1 Peter 1:2 “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall …” 2 Peter 1:10 “An apparent contradiction ?”  Has the choice already been made?  or, can we influence the decision? 1

3. “Calling and Election” Calling = klesis (lit. invitation) Called = kletos (lit. the invited) “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” Romans 11:29 “Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling …” 2 Thessalonians 1:11 “So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.” Matthew 20:16 “… to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 2

4. “Calling and Election” Election = ekloge (lit. the act of picking out) Elect / Chosen = eklektos (lit. the chosen) “… that the purpose of God according to election might stand …” Romans 9:11 “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” 1 Thessalonians 1:4 “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect ?” Romans 8:33 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood …” 1 Peter 2:9 “So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.” Matthew 20:16 3

5. “Calling and Election” Whosoever believeth “9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For call upon him How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things... 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:9-17 “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.” Joel 2:32 4

6. “Calling and Election” “1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine … 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him … 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me … 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.” Isaiah 43:1,7,10,21 5

7. “And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” Acts 22:14-16 “Unto the ecclesia of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours …” 1 Corinthians 1:2 “Calling and Election” 6

8. to take out “… James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets …” Acts 15:13-14 The whole process - “Calling and Election” 7

9. “Calling and Election” “ THE CALLED ” “ THE ELECT / CHOSEN ” BAPTISM “For many are called..” “… but few are chosen.” 8

10. “Calling and Election” “1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine … 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him … 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me … 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.” Isaiah 43:1,7,10,21 9 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light …” 1 Pet 2:9

11. “Calling and Election” “1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine … 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him … 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me … 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.” Isaiah 43:1,7,10,21 9 “… a chosen generation …” “… shew forth the praises …” “…who hath called you …” chosen generation shew forth the praiseswho hath called you “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light …” 1 Pet 2:9

12. “ … he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are Called, and Chosen, and Faithful.” Revelation 17:14 10

13. “Calling and Election” “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 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 8:28-30 11

14. FOREKNOWLEDGEFOREKNOWLEDGE PREDESTINATIONPREDESTINATION “to be conformed to the image of His son … made like unto His glorious body” “… for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure …” Isaiah 46:9-10 BAPTISMBAPTISM Romans 8:30 CALLED -JUSTIFIED - GLORIFIED CALLED – CHOSEN – FAITHFUL Rev 17:14 12 “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 8:30

15. “Calling and Election” “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ …” 1 Peter 1:2 “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall …” 2 Peter 1:10 “An apparent contradiction then?”  Has the choice already been made?  or, can we influence the decision? NO Yes Yes – “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began …” Yes Yes – “… give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fail: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” 13