[0:00] Hallelujah! Thank you for tuning in to this powerful message by David Entry at Karis Phase 2, our Christ-centered youth services. You can never find Christ outside of the open Word of God.
[0:14] May Jesus Christ reveal himself to you as you listen. Ephesians chapter 1 verse 1, it says that Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints, which are Ephesus, to the faithful in Christ Jesus, grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
[0:35] Blessed, let's all read our verse together from the screen. Let's go. Blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
[0:48] So after he brought greetings, he pronounced grace. Greetings, grace, and glory. Ascribing glory to God.
[1:01] In John chapter 17 verse 1 to... Jesus spoke these words, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you.
[1:13] Everything that happens must result in the glory of God. Everything good that happens in a believer's life.
[1:26] Jesus said, glorify me. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. The verse 2. As you have given him authority over our flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.
[1:46] Verse 3. And this is eternal life, that they may know you. The only true God. The beauty of being a Christian is you get the privilege to know the only true God.
[1:59] There is no way you can know the only true God outside of Christ. That's why some people have to force a version of Christ in their book. Because the only way you can know Jesus, the only way you can know God, sorry, the true God, the other gods, they have different names.
[2:17] But the only way you can know the true God is through Jesus Christ. He says, verse 3, he says that this is eternal life. What is eternal life?
[2:28] That they may know you. Wow. So eternal life starts with not something to have, but something to know. That's why religion is based on feelings, won't take you anywhere.
[2:43] That they may know you, the only true God. And know Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. Now go into verse 5. Verse 4. Whew. I have glorified you on earth.
[2:55] I have finished the work which you have given me to do. Wow. May that be your testimony. One day, may you have the privilege of saying, God's assignments in my life I have carried.
[3:11] Everybody who comes on earth doesn't come by accident. Even if you were conceived by accident. It is not every sexual activity that produces a human being.
[3:26] Children are not produced by sex. Human beings are produced by God. God decides that I'm going to, okay. But the means he uses is interaction between a male and a female.
[3:39] Everybody who comes on earth is actually on a mission. That's why you can't take anybody's life. Everybody. Because if every sexual activity, if you come as a result of just pure, mere sexual activities, people will not be trying.
[3:54] In fact, people have even gone to fertility clinics, have done IVF and still never had a child. Bible says in 1 Samuel chapter 1.
[4:06] It talks about how a woman called Hannah. She couldn't have a child. The Bible says that for the Lord had shut a womb. Yeah.
[4:18] The Lord has closed a womb. Wow. Yeah. Elizabeth and the husband, Zechariah, they didn't have a child.
[4:30] But when God's time, God said, okay, I will send one of the people I'm bringing on earth on a mission through you. So John the Baptist's conception is a classic reflection that anyone who comes on earth comes from God, one.
[4:50] And two, if you are coming from God, that means you have an assignment on earth. So Jesus prayed and he said that, I have finished the work you gave me to do.
[5:01] Wow. So everybody who comes on earth has an assignment. God has given you an assignment.
[5:12] Tell someone, there's an assignment God has given you. There's an assignment God has given you. Jesus said, what you sent me here for, I have finished it.
[5:25] What? I have finished it. That is why, watch this, that is why the entire Christian community and the world has not recovered from Jesus' natural living.
[5:39] Why? Because if you can finish the work they gave you to do, the earth can never forget about you. So that means that everybody sitting here is supposed to be a global shaker, an impact maker, a mover and a shaker.
[5:57] You are supposed to be a history maker. Some people have seen miracles, have experienced miracles. You are going to be the miracle.
[6:08] You yourself. You are the miracle. Others, there are people who read news. Others make noise.
[6:19] You make news. Amen. You have the ability to make news. Amen. When God has sent you, tell someone, it does not matter what happens in my life, I have been sent by God.
[6:33] It does not matter what happens in my life, I have been sent by God. I have been sent by God. I have been sent. Say I have been sent. I have been sent. It says sent by God.
[6:43] Sent by God. So Jesus said, glorify your name and whatever you gave me to do. Verse 5 says that. And now, O Father, glorify me with yourself.
[6:57] Wow, I like that one. With the glory which I had with you before the world began. Before the world began, he said, I had the glory with you.
[7:10] I have been working in, you have been glorifying your name in my life. But there is a certain glory I had with you. Now, glorify me with your glory. Wow. This tells you his pre-existence with the glory I had with you.
[7:24] So, everything must be to God's glory. And Paul starts with greetings. He proceeds to grace.
[7:36] Sending of grace. And conferring of grace on his hearers. Every good preaching, the subject is Christ.
[7:51] The effect is grace. You don't hear good preaching and feel you are so useless, you want to end your life. And if that preaching was good and it helped some people and you want to end your life, then you are very arrogant and proud.
[8:06] Because it can be said, when Peter preached in Acts chapter 2 verse 37, they were cut to the hat. And they said, no, verse 37, they said, what shall we do? When Stephen preached in Acts chapter 7 verse 52, 53 somewhere there, I would say they were cut to the hat.
[8:26] And they took up stones and stoned him. So, it's the same. It's not like the problem was not with the preacher. The problem was with the recipient. Cut to the hat. This one cut. This one, when they cut to the hat, they killed him.
[8:39] This one, when they cut to the hat, they said, what shall we do? So, you have an assignment in life. Now, efficiency comes with greetings. And when he, after greeting them, or the salutations, Paul, actually, the greetings is a grace greeting.
[8:55] But he's introducing, this is me. I'm Paul. And I'm speaking. No, I'm not about to speak opinion. I'm an apostle. That's what I say. Paul, apostle.
[9:05] By the will of. So, it's not like I was voted into this position. No pastor gets voted into pastoral calling. No. It's an appointment from above. It must be the will of God.
[9:16] Other than that, you can't have any impact on any life. So, God calls. He said, I am an apostle by the will of God. Introduce this who I am by the will of God. Then he said, grace be to you.
[9:27] I didn't come to condemn you. Grace. Every genuine preacher of Christ comes with grace. There's always a big space in a preacher's heart. A genuine preacher of Christ. Big space in his heart for anyone who wants Jesus.
[9:40] One of the problems is if you have a problem with someone. You expect a genuine preacher to also have a problem with them. Whilst the people are looking for God. Wrong.
[9:51] A genuine man of God can never have a problem with anyone who is looking for God. Doesn't matter what you have done. Grace. Someone shout grace. Grace.
[10:01] Grace. Grace. That's a good one. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace.
[10:11] Grace. Grace. Grace. Last week I spoke so much about this. You know I can stay on this verse for one month.
[10:23] Wow. For one month. Blessed be God. Burak. Is it Hebrew? Burak.
[10:34] blessed be God blessed be God and Father I spoke so much about the Father Father of our Lord Jesus blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with what?
[10:58] with what? with what? every spiritual every spiritual blessing in heavenly places as long as you are in Christ the sphere is Christ if you are not in Christ sorry it doesn't apply to you blessed with every spiritual blessing then you know what?
[11:22] from verse 4 to verse 14 the 10 verses or 11 actually 11 verses for 11 verses he starts mentioning the blessings and you know the first among the blessing chosen just as he has he chose us shout hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah just as he chose us chosen that's it any blessing God wants to do in your life bring up on your life the first of it is the fact that he chose you there is nothing you can do so good for God to feel obliged to do something for you there is nothing you can do so good for God to feel obliged to do something for you anything God does for you is because he has chosen before you even did other things that will trigger it he has chosen that you are the one he will bless and because of his choosing it calls you to do some things who teaches a child how to drink milk you have to teach a child how to take in nourishment no it comes naturally you don't teach a child how to pull that when you eat after some time pull it no why is he eating
[13:11] God wants to keep the child well but as soon as the child must eat so he has already packaged programmed the desire for food inside the child so that when the child is hungry he will cry for food that's God's way of trying to sustain this child blessing by sustaining the child so before the child arrives he has put in the in the child's system what will make him cry for food when he's hungry and that's how God has used he's going to use to sustain him so you don't give the credit to the food but you give the credit to the God who created the desire for the food that would sustain him in the first place that's why you can't give credit to yourself for your salvation so God chose us that's the blessing it is not a good preaching that makes you get saved no salvation doesn't come because of good preaching even though it's instrumental salvation there are people who also hear
[14:20] I mean some people had one of the most powerful preaching in the New Testament one of the most powerful preachers in the New Testament when the person finished preaching they took up stones and killed him yes because without him you can't even understand what the Old Testament is fully about he's able to summarize he explained from Abraham right the way to Jesus he explains it and when they finished preaching they pick up stones and executed him think it is you get saved by good preaching they should have all been saved wow go and check how many quotations Peter quoted when they brought a card to the heart in Acts chapter 2 five times from the Old Testament from Psalms he quoted Peter quoted quoted Psalms from Joel and then Psalms quoted five times he didn't even finish preaching he didn't even finish preaching then he said all these preachings always explains
[15:25] Jesus that's good preaching when you look at Peter's preaching before they put a card to the heart in Acts chapter 2 verse 36 the Bible said this Jesus let it be known that this Jesus who you people killed the same the one you killed not a different one this same Jesus that this same God has made this Jesus this the one that you people killed this Jesus not the one in the Quran the one that you people killed God has made him Lord as soon as he said he explained everything that has been going on has been professing the Old Testament explaining to Jesus through Jesus the Bible said now when they had this they will cut to their hearts he said Peter he said men and brethren they call them brethren now good men and brethren what shall we do Peter said oh boy repent so Peter showed them the way and that same day yeah 3,000 human beings were saved
[16:27] I'm preaching I'm preaching awful but Stephen too he preached he preached he started with Abraham even Peter started with Joel this one went to Abraham deep deep revelations explain the Old Testament explain explain explain it then he got to verse 49 after Solomon built the temple but Solomon couldn't he quoted again this guy was just quoting quoted again look at 51 he's getting there 51 then he told them you stiff neck people uncircumcised in heart you always resist the Holy Spirit as your father did so are you doing you are never very different from your father don't forget that and then say which of the prophets didn't they be killed but I think look at verse 48 rather the most
[17:27] God does not dwell in the temple so it was verse 47 when he connected Solomon built him a house but God doesn't dwell in house made by hands so he was indirectly linking it to Jesus Christ of Nazareth that is the one the house he came to build so once he said that then look go to the next verse go to verse 52 and 53 52 and 53 you killed the prophets and now you have killed Jesus too the Jews were very culpable they were not innocent about the death of Jesus they were culpable so the preachers Peter said you killed you remember Peter whom you crucified now Stephen said you have been killing prophets and your fathers have been killed and they killed those who foretold them of the just one of whom now you have become betrayers and murderers so the people who came and told them about the coming of
[18:29] Jesus they killed him they killed him you are too big they killed him this one came and they killed him now Jesus himself came and they became murderers of Jesus their fathers have been killing the people who were talking about Jesus and when Jesus came they themselves they also killed him so all the prophets their message was the just one and they killed those who foretold the coming of the who do you think this just one is Jesus the coming of Jesus of whom you now become you now have become the you betrayed him betrayers and murderers you kill him your fathers killed the ones we are talking about his coming he came now you came to do the same thing your fathers are doing so he spoke about after all the preaching he was saying that all this that's the Jesus people have killed what a powerful preaching when they heard it they were cut to the heart they nursed their teeth they nursed their teeth they nursed their teeth and what happened they nursed their teeth to him and then
[19:46] Bible said that by him being full of the Holy Ghost you want to be a preacher get yourself filled with the Holy Spirit you want to be a preacher stop looking for suits he's not looking for Holy Spirit filling the Holy Spirit that was about him filled with the Holy Spirit looked into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing wow when you preach Jesus when you preach Jesus heaven opens wow the easiest way to secure open heavens is talk about Jesus filled with the Holy Ghost well so you don't get changed because your friend invited you to church what changes people is God's choosing God
[20:47] God is the main mastermind behind anybody's salvation not the preaching and not the decision somebody made even though the preaching is unnecessary the preaching is a medium through which God saves people he said I am sending you I am sending you Acts chapter 26 verse 18 I will deliver you from the people I'm sending you and I'm sending you to I will deliver 70 I will deliver he said I'm sending you verse 18 to open to open their eyes in order to turn them from darkness to light from the power of Satan's God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me so then you will also be sanctified so see when you receive forgiveness of sins it says you will receive forgiveness and inheritance among those who have sin forgiveness of sins encourages you to join the team of the sanctified before you get an inheritance amongst those who are sanctified sanctified so he said
[22:12] I am sending you but why don't you do it yourself no I don't work by myself I work through preachers I work through preachers but it is not your preaching that changes them even though I'm going to use the preaching but why don't you go ahead and do it anyway no I work through preaching because faith comes by hearing so he said those who are sanctified inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith you can't approach God without faith without faith it is impossible to please God and anyone who comes to God must know that he must believe that he is a rewarder of those who did you can't don't attempt approaching God without faith he said it's by grace are you saved oh so he it's the work of Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 so it's the work of grace by faith you bring faith on the table so it takes your faith to be saved it takes faith to be saved however how are you going to get the faith to be saved because faith comes
[23:24] John chapter 10 verse 17 faith comes by hearing so someone must speak for you to hear and your hearing is what can provoke and can generate faith for salvation but already watch this this one already God has planned he has chosen you to be saved he has chosen you to be saved and guess what he has put some things in your heart in fact there's a scripture that says that you put eternity in the heart of man he has made everything beautiful in his time also he has put eternity in the hearts so God has planted eternity you are walking around drinking hibbo and shio you are walking around smoking you are walking around messing up and yet eternity has been putting you out that's that's why sometimes sometimes you go back and you feel something is still wrong something is still wrong meanwhile your friends you just messed up the whole night with them and you alone they are fine but it looks like they are fine but you are not fine you are not fine you know what eternity has been put in your heart
[24:32] God has put eternity in your heart and he put it when he chose you when God chose you he puts eternity in your heart hallelujah how come you have a group of friends walking and the guy came to preach to you where are their friends they are nowhere your friends were not interested in listening to but for some reason you just you just feel like this guy is talking to me and he hasn't mentioned your name but he still felt like why is the pastor talking to me it's not the pastor talking to you it's eternity resonating in your heart it's eternity eternity is resonating there's the resonance in your heart the word comes and it causes resonance in your heart why because there is an ally of God in your heart it's called eternity you have put eternity in your heart so that's why God uses preachers he uses preachers because the preaching will cause the installation in your heart to come alive when God puts eternity in your heart you have a boyfriend but still you are trying to look for something to hold you have a girlfriend you are still trying to you don't do church but still you are trying to look for something to hold you have read you have followed black panther but still you have been to the mark several times but still you are trying to until someone preaches the word and suddenly the eternity in your heart holds on to that preaching that's why we need the preaching it holds on to that preaching because looking for something but you are not aware you can't define it what you didn't know is your destiny is looking for a preacher a preacher a preacher a preacher where are my preachers a preacher how can they call on him of whom they have not believed how can they believe of whom they have not heard how can they hear without a preacher as he said faith comes by hearing by the word of God so salvation
[26:55] God has in his plan listen to this in God's plan he has planned he has programmed that research will not bring you salvation academic exercise will not bring you salvation does that mean I shouldn't do it no there's nothing wrong with it but you won't get salvation from there got it you won't get salvation from there you'll get other things from there but salvation is not part of the package Bible says that it has pleased the Lord through what if you think preaching is foolishness it's pleased him that through the the instrumental course through the means of preaching to save those who believe 1 Corinthians chapter 1 to save those who believe so God's system of salvation said for sins in earth these are the things that give me a problem how can
[27:57] I just say sins in the wisdom of God it's like sins the world in the wisdom of God it's in italics you can put it in brackets it's a parenthetical statement so you can take it out and not utter the meaning of what is being said but watch this that parenthetical statement speaks follows it says so let's take that out and dissect it let's analyze it it says in the wisdom of God so God's plan God is so smart through his smartness this is how he has programmed so that in the wisdom of God how he has programmed it is just like the way apps work downloading an app it works different from Nokia 3210 very different very different I even realized that many computers where you download app like app store on your phone it's not on it's not the same as computer app store it's not the same so what is working on your phone will not work on your computer sorry computer it will work on your computer so in
[29:16] God's programming the way it does things Bible says that it has okay one one it says that the world through wisdom did not know God that's one this text said the world through wisdom through research through education through common sense through thinking analysis you can't know God through that the world and Bible says that why is it so because that's God's wisdom God has planned that the world will not know me through this way that's why I say there is no intellectual pathway to God in the wisdom of God you can't know God that way in the sense because on the grounds this is even just for sins on the grounds of the fact that the world through wisdom does not know God and it is God's system of operation in God's wisdom for sins in God's wisdom and the world through wisdom does not know God
[30:22] Bible said it has pleased God through the foolishness of a certain message that is preached not lived preach with your life your life cannot it's too rubbish to be able to preach your gospel through a message preached and you call it foolishness Bible says God said in my wisdom I will use that foolishness but the wisdom of God means that it depicts that that message must be preached so through the preaching preach to save who does the saving not the preaching it's a it's pleased God through okay so it pleased God to save those who believe how through a message preached who does the saving God what's the means preaching of a message and the message is about Christ so it pleased
[31:30] God to save those who exercise faith you see faith believe in faith where do you get the faith it comes through the preaching so when I preach watch this when I preach it's because eternity is in your heart it creates a reaction eternity a reaction a reaction and then that reaction generates the faith and then you believe and then God says through the faith now I save you but where did you get that reaction it's eternity where did God put in your heart when when he chose you oh so when God wants to save you he chooses you and then he puts eternity in your heart so you are living your life messing around but you don't know it's there you can't get rid of it it's just like your nature it's just like your race you can't change it to you can't change your race so God has put eternity
[32:37] God has put eternity in your heart as soon as he chose you he put eternity in your heart so you are living your life but you have been tagged you are tagged you are tagged there's a limit to which you can go you are tagged that's why you didn't die when you almost should have why because you have been tagged it's called chosen oh chosen shout chosen so all the time you are living your life all the time you are very difficult all the time you are away from God away from Christ messing up or not messing up whatever you are doing let's say this guy was messing up this guy was not messing up this lady was not messing up this one different people different kinds of backgrounds but the common factor if you are in Christ the common factor is that you were chosen chosen chosen chosen chosen chosen chosen your parents could have been dragless or bishop bishops your dad could have been a bishop or a cardinal or a fetish priest or chief imam who what your background is you could have been a weed smoker
[34:06] I'm not in church because my parents are good or I was a good boy I'm in church because of that one common factor chosen why is he in church because chosen now let me explain something for those of us who think your being chosen was predicated on something you have done look at the text again who he chose us the text just as he chose us in Christ when what could you have done right before the world began before your great great great great great great great grandfather was born God had already chosen you so before you were conceived you were already a chosen person because God chose you and now decided when you are coming into time that's why it's an assignment for your life so then my being chosen and his being chosen is not based on what
[35:14] I can never look at him and think I'm better on what grounds so long as God is concerned no we were all chosen just that we came from different backgrounds and your background will taint you but so what I'm saying is that we are from different backgrounds but the original background is chosen in eternity so I can think once ever that I'm better than him or you are better than you are better meant in the eyes of God has not got to do with the things you did before you come to Christ what distinguishes you from others when we all come to Christ is how much of God's word is living in you you understand and it's living in you how much the word of God Christ is dwelling in you that's what distinguishes you above others in the sight of God so that when God wants to use some people for some special things you are top of the list because of how much you are filled with him but it's not the fact that you are a well behaved person when the word of
[36:29] God fills you it invariably affects your behavior so one of the signs that shows the word of God has filled you is it will have a definite impact it says that the wind blows where it likes John 1 8 it blows where it likes or from 9 rather it blows where you see you hear the effect you don't know where it's coming from you don't know where it's going however the effect you can hear no one can tell exactly what when God chose you when you are going to change no one can tell even you cannot tell exactly when God decided to choose you to save you no one can tell just like no one can tell when they will die no one can tell when they will die death can come at any time to any human being old young small big educated unemployed bad good death is no respectable person but so you can't choose you can't say you knew exactly you know exactly when the salvation effect was going to take place
[37:38] God no one can tell so you can't tell where the wind is blowing from but when you are saved you will see the effect if if eternity has finally started expressing salvation has caught up in your life we will know when you meet someone who is saved you will know you will know by their behavior you will know they've developed a taste for the word of God for the things of God someone you went to you met he said now now I'm saved I'm saved it's time for us to pray I don't like prayer it's time for us to go to church I don't like church I don't like it's not saved it's not saved it's not saved it thinks it's saved but it's not saved because when you are saved there will be definite evidence noticeable proofs proofs proofs natural evidential situations it shows that you are saved people who live with you will say you have changed your friends will say you have changed in fact they will say leave him alone now he's become something people will start leaving you alone from some mess because they know you have changed but your salvation doesn't come from your change your change rather comes from your salvation so when you are changed when you are saved it will show in your behavior but changing your behavior doesn't guarantee you a salvation because what determines your salvation is number one chosen number two preaching a certain preaching in time when the fullness of time comes so
[39:23] Annie is thank you he's chosen I'm chosen before God we are all the chosen and now Ephesians says that this is number one of the list of all spiritual blessings in first or second Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 13 it says it says that but we are bound to give thanks to God always for you brethren beloved by the Lord because God from the beginning this is so sweet isn't it thank you thank you say isn't it so sweet please sit down says that because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the spirit and believe in the truth that's why you have to hear the truth you have been chosen so we are like the way said we don't have a choice we are bound when I look at you is it
[40:32] Tatiana I look at you I'm bound to give God thanks oh you know what one of the beautiful things about being a pastor is when you see some people when you see some people it's like the reason why I love people and sometimes most of you when I see you you don't know how much my heart is excited the reason I ask you to keep coming to follow me because you are not supposed to be in KB2 your bones are too dry to be in KB2 but when I look at you it's an encouragement that the word of God works and so it endears you to me but the beauty of churches you can never exclude anybody doesn't matter how they look doesn't matter their condition around their life no because you see what you don't know is how God has chosen this person you see the person socially looks like a misfit but inside eternity is in their hearts why because
[41:37] God chose them before they even got messed up and Bible says that the callings of God the calling of God are without repentance yeah I think Romans 12 29 or 11 29 it says when God calls you and chooses you the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance he has chosen you and that's it you are meant to be saved tell somebody I was meant to be here today that's right how many of you know you couldn't have planned to be here looking at the way your life is there's no way you would have added my plan is to be in church Sunday afternoon when I can be somewhere how many of you know that it was not never it could have never been part of yes you didn't plan to be here I also didn't plan to receive you because if I planned it
[42:39] I wouldn't have started from where we are but God planned it and God that's why it says in the church all the glory must go to God not an evangelist not a prophet not a preacher in the church Ephesians chapter 3 verse 21 it says that to him be glory verse 21 says that to him be glory where for how long by Christ for how long through all generations for how long forever and how long and ever they say amen but when he comes to the church God alone deserves all the glory why because he did the choosing before I did a preaching he did the choosing and guess what even not that he gave me what to preach so that the eternity he has put in your heart I'm talking you know some of you you've been saying that the pastor was talking to me but on the flip side you also didn't know that I didn't know
[43:53] I was talking to you how come I'm talking to you I didn't know I was talking to you there must be a mastermind behind it God is talking to you why and how come you you felt this was so much to me why because eternity has been put in your heart already and he impressed a message on my heart that will resonate with the eternity in your heart so that there will be a reaction from you there will be some resonance from you which will produce salvation and he has chosen you from the beginning say I'm chosen from the beginning I am chosen not forsaken I am who he says I am so he has chosen us from the beginning 1st Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 4 1st Thessalonians 1st chapter 1 verse 2 we go there 1st Thessalonians chapter 1 knowing beloved rather your election by God
[44:54] God God has also been doing voting and guess who he voted for who did God vote for God was going to vote for a prime minister in heaven and who did he vote for God voted for you knowing your election God's election knowing beloved your election by God by say by God say by God in 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 2 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 2 thank you Jesus it's 1st Peter thank you he said you are elected according to did you see that it was something that God already had so you were misbehaving but I had a foreknowledge that has chosen you chosen you according to the foreknowledge of God look at 2nd
[46:03] Peter chapter 1 verse 10 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 10 says that therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your calling your call and election sure in other words he has elected you but make it sure so now you have a responsibility someone who has been chosen there's a responsibility on you prove God right make it sure now that you are in church make your election sure is someone learning something at all make make your election sure but what I like about Ephesians as we read as well is the timing of our choosing 1st Peter chapter 1 verse 20 1st Peter chapter 1 verse 20 talking about Jesus Christ the Lamb of God he indeed was foreordained when before so you know there are things that happened before the world began how can science find that out no because science is just based on observations but there were things that happened before anything before time before space before matter okay so science deals with time space matter and time and space there are five things time space matter so that's what science deals with but it doesn't deal with anything before space before time matter but our election is pre-scientific
[47:51] God chose us and Christ died for us from the foundation of the world Revelation chapter 8 chapter 13 verse 8 8 he says all who all who dwell on the earth will worship him whose name have not been written in the book of the book of life of the lamb when was the lamb slain from the foundation of the world the lamb so it wasn't only when he came to Nazareth that he died he had actually been slain from the foundation of the world chapter 17 verse 8 Revelation chapter 17 verse 8 he says that the beast that you saw was and is not and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition and those who dwell on the earth will marvel whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world did you see it happened
[49:01] Matthew chapter 25 verse 34 and then I think I will Matthew 25 34 then the king will say to those on his right hand come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you when is there possible that some things have been prepared for you way before you were born your parents my parents didn't know I was coming but God knew I was coming he actually sent me it's not just that he knew I was coming he sent me via my parents I'm talking about you God has chosen you so the conclusion of the matter is this we are so blessed and the first of all the blessings is I'm chosen I'm chosen tell somebody I'm chosen I'm chosen if they have any objection it's too late because I was chosen way before I was born
[50:05] I was chosen way before you knew me I was chosen way before I did what I did to disqualify me I was chosen chosen in Christ from the foundation of the so now he says that just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love there's an objective to our choosing being chosen we should be holy and blameless before him someone lift up your right hand say thank you Jesus for choosing me I am chosen I am chosen in spite of what happens in my life in spite of what I go through there's one thing that I now understand and I accept and I celebrate and that is the fact that
[51:06] I am chosen I am chosen before I showed up I have been chosen before I messed up I was chosen in spite of what I do I have been chosen because of Jesus I'm chosen in Christ it doesn't matter what happens to me it doesn't matter what's going on in my life I know I'm chosen I know I'm chosen and I accept the fact that I'm chosen I accept the fact that I'm chosen and I celebrate the fact that I'm chosen and I thank you for choosing me in Jesus name Amen Thank you for choosing to listen to this message by David Entry we hope you were blessed by it you can connect with David Entry on all relevant social media platforms including TikTok and Threads there's also many more messages to listen to from David Entry on all relevant streaming platforms and on the
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