JOY ~ Because We Are CHOSEN ~ ADVENT 2025 ~ Victory in MESSIAH + JESUS, WHO+ CHOOSES us !

 

JOY ~ Because We Are CHOSEN   ~ ADVENT 2025 ~ Victory in MESSIAH + JESUS, WHO+ CHOOSES us ! 

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Ye have not chosen ME+ ,

but I+, I⁺ have chosen you,

and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of THE FATHER in My+ Name, HE may give it you.^{JOHN 15:16}

οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε,

ἀλλ᾿ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς,

καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε,

καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ,

ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου,

δῷ ὑμῖν. 

The LORD JESUS CHRIST did something when HE+ walked among men: HE+ chose out persons to follow HIM+.

HE+ did not over-ride their will; rather, JESUS knew their hearts.

Look at Matthew, the tax-collector. Matthew ate and drank with the publicans, the other tax-collectors, the secular, worldly folk, not the “religious” Temple keepers of Torah-Law.

YET… the minute The LORD JESUS went to Matthew and simply said, “Follow ME+,” Matthew did.

SO … Did JESUS force Matthew to follow HIM+ ?

NO. 

The LORD JESUS heard from Our Heavenly FATHER WHO showed HIS Beloved SON+ that Matthew’s heart was turned towards HIMSELF, towards The FATHER. 

Outward appearances

do not always reflect

the position of one’s heart.

Our HOLY, Heavenly FATHER, heard the heart-thoughts of Matthew, an intelligent man who no doubt had weighed the religious Jews and wanted no part of their practices and deals and hypocrisy.

Matthew had no respect for them.  Matthew’s friends were the secular, civil servants of that society. At least, they were REAL .

The HOLY, Heavenly FATHER knew Matthew … and chose him to be one of the close disciples of HIS Beloved SON+ JESUS. The FATHER had drawn Matthew. ( See John 6:44.)

Thus, JESUS chose Matthew, a man that had no previous connection to the religious Jews , a man that seemingly had no previous connection to The MESSIAH+ , according to the New Testament account.

YET, JESUS CHOSE Matthew. . .  just like HE+ chose us.

Our Holy, Heavenly FATHER drew us to HIMSELF when we were not even aware of HIS drawing power, for reasons unknown to us now.

Then, JESUS CHOSE us under the leading of our Heavenly FATHER WHO loveth mankind.

Unbeknown to us, JESUS began pulling many of us out of our family circle and circle of worldly friends. As HE+ pulled us into HIS+  CIRCLE , we chose JESUS back. 

In every obedience to HIS+ WORD, every repentance, every time we conformed unto the Likeness and Image of GOD the ELOHIM⁽⁺⁾ , we chose HIM+ back.   In every submission to HIS+ Will… we tighten the bonds between us and JESUS our LORD.

It is TRUE that HE+ will never leave us nor forsake us.

It is also true that we have MANY opportunities to leave HIM+ out.

Every day, in every thought and motive, we are GIVEN A CHOICE:  to serve SELF or submit our Self to JESUS. … to the TRUTH of HIS+ WORD.

For, JESUS is the Living WORD+,

The EMMANUEL+ “GOD with us”.

If we KNOW that JESUS has chosen us, then:

We have SECURITY

                … because HE+ will never un-choose us… if we respond and  choose HIM+ back.

                If we choose JESUS back, HE+ HIMSELF+ will tighten the security                 between us.

If we KNOW that HE+ has chosen us, then:

We have PEACE

                … knowing HE+ enters ALL situations along with us, working all things together for our good.

If we KNOW that JESUS has chosen us, then:

We have JOY

                … in submitting to HIS+ Will for our life… knowing HE+ has             something else in mind during those hard seasons besides  our quick release from pain:

                The growth of that Good Fruit  TO  BE  USED … when it ripens…             for the Kingdom of GOD.

                GOOD FRUIT is laid to our account in the Heavenlies !  

(That’s where our good fruit “remains.” See the verse at the beginning, John 15:16. )

 

If we KNOW that JESUS has chosen us, then:

We are blessed above all peoples on the earth !

Victory is ours through CHRIST JESUS our EMMANUEL+

Peace on earth

Good Will towards MEN

Our warfare is accomplished.

Against the powers of satan, our war intensifies to set the captives free.

HOWEVER, the Glad Tidings bring

JOY TO THE WORLD !

HE+ is THE WAY+ to have Victory

in the MIDST of the Battle. 

There is no longer war between us and  GOD our FATHER, HIS Beloved SON+ JESUS our REDEEMER+, and their Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.

The Incarnate SON+

JESUS CHRIST our LORD,

WON the Battle

for us !