Wednesday April 03rd, 2024
« And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf ? »
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
An elect is a chosen or preferred person.
In terms of Christianity, an elect is someone who God, by His grace, has chosen to be qualified as righteous before Him.
The Bible says in Romans 8: 33- 34 NKJV
« Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us »
God watches over His elect.
He is not ashamed of them even among His holy angels because they are doing Him proud in this perverse generation and according to the Scripture
« But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He prepared a city for them »
In light of the above Scripture, therefore, the elect of God have both a moral and spiritual obligation to live in accordance with the commandments of God.
The elect should be mindful more about eternity than the temporal things of this life.
At times they suffer trials of poverty because they refused to sell their conscience, suffering bonds, imprisonment and in extreme cases, martyrdom.
This made Jesus Christ assure His audience in Luke 18:7 as we have it in our memory verse of today that God will always take care of His own elect. This is one of the numerous rewards of being an elect of God.
In this verse, Jesus Christ is reassuring the elect of God who have turned their backs on all forms of godlessness and wickedness of sin.
The Almighty God will always be there for all the elect, provided they cry to Him in the day of trouble, because He said in Psalms 50:15 NKJV
«… Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me »
Beloved, are you an elect of God?
If not, it takes just the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior to be one.
Repent of your sins and begin to live your life as approved of Jesus Christ in the gospels.
I pray that the benefits of the elect shall be your portion in Jesus’ name.
Application – Act upon John 3:3-5 and pray that God should make you one of His elect.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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