We recently made the first publication of the Doctrines of Grace, today we publish, just below, the second Doctrine of Grace: Unconditional Choice.
We present some bible passages that point to this doctrine, but we have not exhausted the passages that teach this doctrine.
The five biblical doctrines of grace are
Unconditional choice is the doctrine that teaches that God chooses certain people to be the object of His saving grace. His choice was not based on good deeds or a predicted faith. The choice was made exclusively by God’s choice, by his grace.
The Father chooses, the Son saves, and the Holy Spirit regenerates.
1. For thou, Lord God, have separated them from all the peoples of the earth for thy inheritance, as you said by your servant Moses, when thou hast brought our fathers out of Egypt. 1 Kings 8. 53
2. Blessed is he that you choose and approach with you, to look in your front yard; we will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. Psalm 65. 4
3 And he rejected Joseph’s tent, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, whom he loved; and built his sanctuary as durable as the heavens and firm as the earth. He founded forever; he also chose David, his servant, and took him from the apriscos. Psalm 78. 67-70
4. “The Lord did everything for certain purposes and even the wicked, for the day of calamity. Proverbs 16. 4
5. But you, Israel, my servant, you, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, my friend, you, whom I took from the ends of the earth, and whom I called from their most remote corners. , and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I chose thee, and I did not reject thee. Isaiah 41: 8-9
6. Si those days would not have been abbreviated, no one would be saved; But because of the chosen ones, these days will be shortened; and he will send his angels, with great trumpet, who will gather his eldes, from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. “Matthew 24. 22. 31
7. I replied: To others the mystery of the kingdom of God is made known; But strangers are all taught by parables12, so that when they see, they see, and they do not perceive; and listen, listen, and not understand; so that they don’t convert and there’s forgiveness for them. Mark 4: 11-12
8. Which one of you convinces me of sin? If I tell you the truth, why don’t you believe me?47 He that is of God hearth the words of God; therefore, do not listen to me, for you are not of God. John 8: 46-47
9. “I do not speak of all of you, for I know those I have chosen; rather, by the fulfillment of Scripture: he who eats from my bread has raised his scaling against me. “John 13:18
10. No you chose me; on the contrary, I have chosen and assigned you to bear fruit, and your fruit will remain; so that whatever you ask of the Father for me, he will grant it to you. If you were of the world, the world would love what is yours; how, however, you are not of the world, on the contrary, I chose you, therefore, the world hates you. John 15. 16,19
11. “Just as you gave him power over all flesh, that all that you gave him may give eternal life. Father, my will is that where I am, those you gave me may also be with me, that they may see the glory you have given me, for you have loved me before the foundation of the world. John 17. 2. 24
12. When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed all those destined for eternal life (Acts 13. 48).
13. And yet the twins had not yet been born, and had not done good or bad (so that God’s purpose, in terms of choice, prevail, not because of works, but because of the one who calls), they had already told him : greater will be the servant of the minor. As it is written: He loved Jacob, but he hated Esau, the rejection of Israel is not incompatible with the justice of God. What shall we say then? Is there any injustice on God’s part? No way! Because he said to Moses: I will have mercy on whoever I choose to have mercy, and I will have compassion on whoever I choose to have compassion. So, therefore, it does not depend on who wants or who runs, but on the use of God for his mercy. Because the Scripture says to Pharaoh: This is precisely why I raised you up, to show you my power and for my name to be proclaimed throughout the earth. Therefore, he pities those who love him and also hardens those he likes. But you will tell me: what does he keep complaining about? Because who has never resisted his will? Who are you, oh man, to argue with God ?! Perhaps the object can ask those who made it: why did they make me like this? Or does not the potter have a right over the dough, to make a vessel for honor and another for dishonor with the same clay? What shall we say, then, if God, wanting to show his wrath and make his power known, endured the vessels of wrath, prepared for perdition, with great patience, so that he too could make known his riches? glory in vessels of mercy, which he prepared in advance for glory, who are we, whom he also called, not only among Jews, but also among Gentiles? Romans 9: 11-24
14. So, also in today’s time, the remnant survives according to the choice of grace; and if it is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise, grace is no longer grace. What are we going to say then? What Israel is looking for, it has not realized; but the election caught up with him; and most have hardened, as it is written: God has given them spirit of numbness, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, to this day. And David said, Let the table become trap and trap, into stumbles and stumbles. punishment; that they darken their eyes so as not to see, and that their backs are hunched over forever?Romans 11: 5-10
15. De who chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and irrepressible before him; and in love he predestined us for him, for the adoption of children by Jesus Christ, according to the will of his will, to praise the glory of his grace, which he granted us freely in the beloved, in which Tene redemption, by his blood, the remission of sins, according to the richness of his grace, which God has extended upon us in abundance with all wisdom and prudence. , unraveling the mystery of his will, according to his blessing he had proposed in Christ, to converge upon him, in the dispensation of the erability of times, all things, those of heaven and earth; in it, I say, in which we have also been made inheritance, predestined according to the plan of the one who does all things according to the counsel of his will, to be in praise of his glory, we who wait beforehand in Christ Ephesians 1. 4-12
sixteen. ? Recognizing, beloved brothers of God, your choice, because our gospel has not come to you only in words, but above all with power, in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction, just as you know that it was our procedure between you and for your good. ? 1 Thessalonians 1. 4-5
17. “For God did not prepare us for anger, but for salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessaloniki 5. 9
18. However, we must always thank God for you, beloved brethren of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, for the sanctification of the Spirit, and faith in truth 2 Thessaloniki 2. 13
19. Who saved us and called us with a holy vocation; not according to our works, but according to his own determination and grace that were given to us in Christ Jesus, before eternal times.
20. “That is why all I endure for the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, with eternal glory. 2 Timothy 2. 10
21. ? Paul, servant of God and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to promote the faith that belongs to God’s eldes and the full knowledge of truth according to piety, in the hope of eternal life that the God who cannot lie has promised before eternal time. . ? Titus 1. 1-2
22. ? Peter, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, to foreigners chosen for scattering in Pontus, Galatia, Cappedrace, Asia and Bitinia, chosen, according to the prescience of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, to obey and sprinkle blood. of Jesus Christ, grace and peace are multiplied to you. ?1 Stone 1. 1-2
23. For you, then, those who believe are valuable; but for the disbelievers, the stone discarded by the builders became a cornerstone, stumbling block and a stone of scandal. These are the ones who stumble upon the word, being disobedient, for those who have also been put. a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people who are god’s exclusive property, to proclaim the virtues of the One who called them from darkness into his marvelous light; you, yes, who were not a people before, but now you are god’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now you have obtained mercy.
24. “For some individuals have presented themselves in disguise, who have long been pronounced in advance for this condemnation, wicked men, who turn the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our one Sovereign and Lord, Jesus Christ. Judas 4
25. They shall fight against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings; He will also overcome the called, chosen, and faithful who are with him. Revelation 17. 14
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