Matthew 22:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor many are called, but few are chosen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n God has invited everyone, and all are called, but who then are the chosen? Does God have a selected number of people and a secret list through whom He chooses those who He really wants in His Kingdom? No, this is not the case. All are welcomed, and all can be selected, but not all will be chosen because not all will submit themselves to the divine pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus says to men, \u201cCome to me,\u201d and those who come are the chosen. Jesus says, \u201cBe born again,\u201d and those who accept the work and blood of atonement, are chosen. Jesus says, \u201cBe baptized in the Holy Spirit,\u201d and those who walk under the daily guidance of the Spirit of God are chosen. For as many who sincerely turn to God through the sanctifying work of the Blood of Atonement and daily obey the leadership of God\u2019s Spirit, these are chosen. God does not have a secret list of favored people. Everyone is called, and everyone can be chosen, but the determination of who will be selected is not in the hands of God, but in our hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFather, I am chosen because I am under my Lord\u2019s canopy; and by faith and through grace, I will remain chosen even as I stay focused on obeying Your every precept. Help me, O God, for I cannot afford to slide away from Your presence. In Jesus name. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matthew 22:14 \u201cFor many are called, but few are chosen.\u201d God has invited everyone, and all are called, but who then are the chosen? Does God have a selected number of people and a secret list through whom He chooses those who He really wants in His Kingdom? No, this is not the case. All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-matthew"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Matthew.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4303,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions\/4303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}