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1. Rom 8:28-30 ....
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.....
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29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (It does NOT say "For all he did foreknow" but whom – another words - for certain ones that are His.)....
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30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.....
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Eph 1:3-5....
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:....
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4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:....
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,....
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1 Peter 1 ....
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1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,....
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2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.....
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3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:....
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4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: ....
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5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,....
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Luke 12:32....
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32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.....
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(Notice, Jesus said LITTLE flock – not worldwide revival !!! THIS VERSE ALONE BY JESUS , MUCH LESS THE OTHERS PERTAINING TO THIS SAYS NO WORLD WIDE REVIVAL EXCEPT FOR A FEW. OPPS!!! - BILLY GRAHAM and the rest of his ilk and TBN and it's "God For Sale TV Show" is beyond comprehension! THIS ONE WILL GET SOME PEOPLE REALLY ANGRY AT ME AND WILL STOP READING AT THIS POINT !! HEY, I am repeating what I have read in THE WORD! ....
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One might say - wait a minute Hitchings – one is not to judge others ! YES WE ARE, IF THAT JUDGMENT IS PERFECTLY INLINE WITH GODS WORDS - i.e. - RIGHTEOUS and exactly WITH GOD'S WORD. That is the ONLY way one is to judge another. Period ! ....
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John 7:21-24 (This is Jesus speaking) ....
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24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous (Gods Law) judgment. ....
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Zech 8:16....
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16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth(THE WORD) and peace in your gates:....
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Eph 4:24-27....
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.....
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.....
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:....
27 Neither give place to the devil.....
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Lev 19:15....
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. (Righteousness IS God's word – NOT EVER ours. So quote God's word when rebuking or correcting someone. And I was told to be gentle to a believer or new believer because what is coming out of my mouth should NOT be me but God's word and laws. It might save my friend allot of pain. In know , I have had fellow believers in God tell me I had or was about to do something against God's rules and I listened and it saved me allot of pain down the road !....
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CONTINUING ABOUT CHRIST ACCEPTING A PERSON AND THE FEW WILL BE CHOSEN:....
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Matt 7:14....
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14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. ( strait does not mean our word straight but a narrow and winding path)....
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Matt 7:21....
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21 Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.....
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John 17:8-9....
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8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.....
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9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. Jesus is saying He does not pray for the world but only the ones God has given Him!....
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Matt 20:16....
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.....
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Note: Related to the above, this is rather scary. I will just put a few verses concerning "vessels of wrath". ....
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FOR THOSE WHO THINK GOD DID NOT MAKE SOME FOR DESTRUCTION and this is just a few verses pertaining to this ! PLEASE READ EVERY WORD CAREFULLY ! ....
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2 Peter 2:11-16....
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.....
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12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;....
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13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;....
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14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:....
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15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;....
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16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.....
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Job 21:30....
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.....
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18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.....
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19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?....
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20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?....
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21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?....
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22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:....
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23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,....
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24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?....
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Conclusion , He has made His elect and vessels of wrath. That's it !....
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An Example - Rom 9:11-16....
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11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)....
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12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.....
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13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated .....
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14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.....
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15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.....
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16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.....
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If one reads the history concerning this, Jacob was a bum that talked his own brother out of his birthright and Esau was a decent man. However , God had His reasons for making Jacob His. Read the history of this incident. Look at Paul who was a tax collector named originally Saul. He was literally a mass killer of Christians and the Lord dealt with him and Paul went on to be the greatest teacher in the New Testament. Was it is to show us the awesome power and total control of God ? You bet ! Go to Acts 2:1-19 and then to Acts 13:9-12....