Show I S ial Aal oes Ae l c e S Sat ay By REV LEO E. E RUBEL People who belong to some kind of a club or organization are pleased as a rule when they are elected to an office and asked to serve in one capacity or another WE HAVE been chosen fo a place of honor that is far higher high high- er than any earthly y office The Lord Jesus says to each of us Christians I have chosen chosen chosen cho cho- sen you What an honor What a joy Ye have not chosen Me says Jesus By birth by nature nature nature na na- ture by choice we are not friends of Jesus The Bible says that if we are followers of Christ it is not that we have chosen Him but that He has chosen usI usI usI us I HAVE chosen you says the Lord If we can say in all sincerity that we believe in Jesus Christ as our divine Redeemer we can also say that the Lord has chosen us to be members of His family and heirs of His kingdom I have chosen you says Jesus that ye should go and bring forth fruit The Lord has chosen us because He wants to do something forus for forus forus us and because He wants us to do something for Him He has chosen us for a double purpose to make us heirs of eternal life and to make us workers in His vineyard Let us accept not only the nomination but also the obligations obligations obligations involved YES THE TIlE BIBLE truly says Ye have not chosen Me but butI I have chosen you that ye should go and bring forth fruit John 15 1516 16 |