"We Are Bound To Give
Thanks"
2 Thessalonians 2:13
Can you rejoice in electing love? Paul
did. He said, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world"
(Eph. 1:3-4). "We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren
beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth"
(II Thess. 2:13).
Can you rejoice in electing love? Peter
did. He said, "Ye are a chosen generation,a royal
priesthood,an holy nation,a peculiar people;that ye should show forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous
light." "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father"
(I Pet. 2:9; 1:2).
Can you rejoice in electing love? David
did. He leaped and danced before the ark of God,because
God had chosen him above Saul.He said,"Although my house be not so with
God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things
and sure: for this is all my salvation and all my desire" (II Sam. 23:5).
Can you rejoice in electing love? Our Lord
did. On the night before his crucifixion he taught his disciples the doctrine
of election in very plain and clear terms, in order to comfort and encourage
their hearts. He said, "Ye have not chosen me, but 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 my Father in my name, he may
give it you" (John
Surely, every true believer should be
filled with praise and joy towards God when he hears the good news of God's
electing love.
Don Fortner