Whjo are the elect spoken of in the bible?
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The elect are those chosen by God for salvation and eternal life. There is considerable debate around whether the elect are already chosen (i.e. who is to be saved is already determined) and whether Jesus died for all or simply the elect. Equally, there is the argument that such decisions will be made on the day of judgement. Thats a whole other issue :-)
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Dead in sin-Gen 2:16-17 "you shall surly die", Gen 6:5 "of his heart was only evil continually" ,See Rom 8:7, 1 Cor 2:14\n"There is none who seeks after God" Rom3:11\n"No one can come to me unless it is grated them by the Father"  John 6:65\nSovereign election-Ephesians 1:4 \njust as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, Romans 9:16  So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.\nJohn 1:13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.\nLimited-John 10:26-28  But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.\nJohn 17:9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours\nGrace-John 10-My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.\n1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.\nPhilippians 1:6\nbeing confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;\nPermanent- Jude 1:24  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,\nSovereignty of God=Jonah 2:9\nBut I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.” \nEph 1:11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works ALL things according to the counsel of His will,\nvs 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,  \nIsaiah 46:9-11 \n     Remember the former things of old,\n      For I am God, and there is no other;\n      I am God, and there is none like Me,\n        Declaring the end from the beginning,\n      And from ancient times things that are not yet done,\n      Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,\n      And I will do all My pleasure,’\n        Calling a bird of prey from the east,\n      The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.\n      Indeed I have spoken it;\n      I will also bring it to pass.\n      I have purposed it;\n      I will also do it.
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Luke 23:35\nThe people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."\n(About Jesus, they are referring to the promises the promises don't say chosen one, unless the ones in Jeremiah are...)\n\nKing David was referred to as the chosen one.
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Deuteronomy 18:14\nFor these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.\nDeuteronomy 18:10\nThere shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
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I wanna know where in the Bible it says in the apocolyptic battle I will have to choose between beavis christ or jim darwin.  If that's what it's coming down to, then I think I'd like to get out now while I still can.
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Jesus was talking about His ministry while here on earth! The messiah was promised to the people of Israel and they alone were expecting Him. \nLater on Jesus told His disciples(who were all Jews by the way) to go into ALL the earth and preach the Gospel to ALL Nations. \n\nMatthew 28, 18-20
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We had this read at our wedding. It's from Genisis, chapter 2\n\n 18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." \n\n 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. \n      But for Adam [h] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [i] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib [j] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. \n\n 23 The man said, \n       "This is now bone of my bones \n       and flesh of my flesh; \n       she shall be called 'woman, [k] ' \n       for she was taken out of man." \n\n 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. \n\n \nI think verse 24 is what you're looking for.
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Revelation 1:13-15\n\n13  and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, Dan. 7.13 clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.  \n \n14  His head and his hairs were white like wool,  as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;\n \n15  and his feet like unto fine brass,  as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters
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Hebrews 8:13 In speaking of an old covenant which is to vanish, that is the covenat he had mad with the israelites,he now makes a new covenant, the first one is now obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.\n\n1Corinthians 13:8 looked forward to the perfect word of God, after which time prophecies, tongues, and words of nowledge would pass away.
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1 Thessalonians 1:4\nknowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.\nRomans 9:11\n(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),\n1 Peter 2:4\n[ The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People ] Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,\n1 Peter 2:9\nBut you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
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"Chosen people" choose themselves!\n\nWe are all equal in God's eyes. If someone tells you that they are "chosen by God," stay away!
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Matthew\n\nThose who bear bad fruit will be cut down and burned "with unquenchable fire." 3:10, 12
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There's a passage I got memorized,\n                       seems appropriate for this\n                       situation: Ezekiel 25:17. "The path\n                       of the righteous man is beset on\n                       all sides by the inequities of the\n                       selfish and the tyranny of evil\n                       men.  Blessed is he who, in the\n                       name of charity and good will,\n                       shepherds the weak through the\n                       valley of darkness, for he is truly\n                       his brother's keeper and the finder\n                       of lost children.  And I will\n                       strike down upon thee with great\n                       vengeance and furious anger those\n                       who attempt to poison and destroy\n                       my brothers.  And you will know my\n                       name is the Lord when I lay my\n                       vengeance upon you."\n\nAlthough its a very inaccurate quote if you actually check that passage in a bible.
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Long time passing.\n\nIsa 40:5  And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. \nIsa 40:6  The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: \nIsa 40:7  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. \nIsa 40:8  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
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"Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, but hated Esau; I made his mountains a waste, his heritage a desert for jackals." (Mal 1:3 NAB) The thought passes from the person Esau to his descendants, Edom, and from the person Jacob to his descendants, Israel. Loved: preferred; hated: rejected.\n\nSt. Paul uses this passage as an example of God's freedom of choice in calling the Gentiles to the faith: "As it is written: I loved Jacob but hated Esau." (Rom 9:13 NAB)\n\nThe literal rendering, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated," suggests an attitude of divine hostility that is not implied in St. Paul's statement. In Semitic usage "hate" means to love less. Israel's unbelief reflects the mystery of the divine election that is always operative within it. Mere natural descent from Abraham does not ensure the full possession of the divine gifts; it is God's sovereign prerogative to bestow this fullness upon, or to withhold it from, whomsoever he wishes. The choice of Jacob over Esau is a case in point.
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Calvinism I think is the Best answer sovereignty of God in election. Paul states some vessels are made for honor some for dishonor. Many are called few are chosen... Jesus says of all my father has given Me I have not lost one.....except the son of perdition... Jesus knew Judas was not His and could not be for He was already slated for satan. \nNo one can go to the Father unless called by His Spirit. Those who will live lives deceived into thinking they are Christian. \nWill even cast out demons heal sick, but will be cast out... Christ will say "I never knew you" Cause they are workers of lawlessness iniquities they refuse to get sin out of there life, they dealt with it allowed it.\n Satan did the same thing and was cast out. \nJudas did all the same things the other disciples did, healed sick cast out demons etc.  but is in hell. He was not chosen for the kingdom.\nno time for bible verses you know where they are.
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I am God's Elect; I was called out(2Tim.1:9) from the SDA to his church. To me, I believe with all my heart I was chosen by God.\n\nSome of my Story in:\nhttp://community.webshots.com/photo/126465277/1259465643051497771EQPXZl\nhttp://community.webshots.com/photo/370320470/1370327768049373547ckDxoa\nhttp://community.webshots.com/photo/370320470/1370328718049373547LfXmWo