FEB 4

Ephesians 1:4
Memorise John 1:12, 13
“…Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you...”

To correctly understand Unconditional Election one must first start at the correct place. That place is humility. We must be humble to understand what is presented to us from God’s Word. Unconditional Election follows logically from the “T” of “TULIP”. Firstly, man is Totally Depraved. He has no ability to save himself apart from the grace of God. If that is the case, then logically we need someone else to save us. Scripture tells us that given a choice, everyone will choose to reject God. Presented with the saving gospel, the man who is dead in sin will not only reject it, he will even scorn and hate it. If God thus condemns all of us to hell, it would be completely just and correct. We deserve it. We have to first accept the truth that all men without exception deserve condemnation and will choose to reject the gospel and God. Yet despite man’s sin and rejection of God, God, by His grace, has elected some to be saved. As a result, the hearts of the elected changed and they willingly come to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. God made this choice even before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4), and as such, there are absolutely no conditions attached to this election. Scripture does not tell us who are chosen and why they are chosen, but we do know that it is unconditional (2 Timothy 1:9), and it was simply done in accordance to the good pleasure of His sovereign will. Knowing all this, no man can boast that he was saved based on some merit of his own, because in the first place, he has no merit to speak of at all!

Are you saved, reader? If not, you may think, I am not the chosen. But will you rest at that? Can you be so certain you are not? Will you simply accept that and be ready for eternal condemnation? If you believe that there is a judgment hereafter and eternal hell fire awaits all unsaved sinners, would you not then come before God to ask for salvation? Would you not come in desperation to the God who can forgive your sins and save you whether you think you are chosen or not? Christ promised in John 6:37 that all that come to Him, He will not cast away. Whilst God has certainly elected those He has chosen, we do not know the mind of God, and never know who is elect or not. It is not a doctrine for us to despair at and think that God is unfair to not choose some. Instead this doctrine gives us confidence and assurance that God would choose me despite my sin and complete depravity! By God’s grace you have been given the opportunity to hear His gospel. Will you not pray for the faith to believe?

Thought: The good pleasure of God’s will is always the best!
Prayer: God, save me!