The CHOSEN - What does it mean to be CHOSEN?
April 22, 2022

Pastor Shane Bengry
4.24.2022

What does it mean to be CHOSEN?

to be Chosen is TO BE CALLED

ISAIAH 43 (NIV)
1 This is what the LORD says–he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.”

GOD CHOOSES - “You are Mine”

WE FORGET or REJECT THE CHOICE

  • “I am defective”
  • “I am unlovable”
  • “I don’t belong”
  • “I am disqualified from being chosen”
  • “I don’t have the right to feel”

ROMANS 8 (NLT)
35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? … 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow–not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below–indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ROMANS 8 (NLT)
29 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. 30 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.

GOD REDEEMS THE CHOSEN by CALLING THEM …
GOD REDEEMS THE CHOSEN by CALLING THEM BY NAME - “

are Mine”

JOHN 20 (NLT)
15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” 16 “Mary!” Jesus said.