Have you ever thought about this?
I'm not an accident. Not only am I not an accident,
but it wasn't an accident that I came to know Christ according
as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world.
Uh-oh! according as he hath chosen us
in him before the foundation of the world. Do you believe
that? People often say to me this, oh, you believe in election,
that God chose this little handful of people. No, he chose his handful.
And just in case you don't know, God's got big hands. In fact,
the Bible says that there will be a number that no man can number
in heaven, not a few. Not a few. He's a mighty conqueror,
a victor. But ever last one of them were
chosen by him. Well, Pastor, I don't believe
that at all. Then you don't believe Ephesians
1, 4. Somebody ought to get happy about it. He chose me. Worm that
I am. Sinner that I was. Bless God. The doctrine of election
is not something to argue about. It's something to put both your
hands in the air and say, thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. Thank you, Lord, for making me
whole. Thank you, Lord, for giving to
me salvation so rich and free. Chosen, you were chosen before the foundation of the
world. Think about that. Before he ever
said, let there be light, you had been chosen by God. It's
true. Before I formed thee in thy mother's
belly, I loved you. Say, by a pastor, it doesn't
say love, it says knew. Oh, I know. Adam knew his wife
and she conceived. What did that mean? That mean
he loved her intimately. There was an intercourse that
took place. There was a pregnation that took
place. Before I formed you in your mother's
belly, I loved you intimately. Jesus said it, not me. You have
not chosen me, I chose you. That's what he said in the 15th
chapter of the Gospel of John. The Apostle Paul said, we're
bound to give thanks to God for you, because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation.