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God’s Sovereignty Man’s Choice

Ephesians 1:4 “For he chose us in him before the

creation of the world to be holy and blameless in hissight.”

Romans 1:28 “Furthermore, since they did not think

it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, hegave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought

not to be done.”

Ephesians 1:5 “he predestined us to be adopted as

his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his

pleasure and will”

John 1:12 “He came to that which was his own, but

his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received

him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the

right to become children of God”Ephesians 1:11-12 “In him we were also chosen,

having been predestined according to the plan of himwho works out everything in conformity with the

purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first

to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.”

Romans 1:11 “For although they knew God, they

neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to

him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish

hearts were darkened.”

Matthew 22:14 “For many are invited, but few arechosen.”

James 4:4 “You adulterous people, don't you know

that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world

becomes an enemy of God.”

John 6:70 “Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen

you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

Mark 1:17-18 “"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I

will make you fishers of men." At once they left theirnets and followed him.”Mark 1:20 “Without delay he called them, and they

left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men

and followed him.”

Acts 9:15 “But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This

man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before

the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of

Israel."”

Acts 26:19-20 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not

disobedient to the vision from heaven. First to those

in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all

Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that theyshould repent and turn to God and prove their

repentance by their deeds.”

Romans 8:28-30 “And we know that in all things Godworks for the good of those who love him, who have

been called according to his purpose. For those Godforeknew he also predestined to be conformed to the

likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn

among many brothers. And those he predestined, healso called; those he called, he also justified; those he

justified, he also glorified.”

Romans 11:23 “And if they do not persist inunbelief , they will be grafted in, for God is able to

graft them in again.”Romans 11:15 “For if their rejection is the

reconciliation of the world, what will their

acceptance be but life from the dead?”

Romans 11:2 “God did not reject his people, whomhe foreknew”

1 Timothy 2:3-4 “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to

a knowledge of the truth.”

Romans 11:5 “So too, at the present time there is aremnant chosen by grace.”

Romans 11:32 “For God has bound all men over todisobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.”

Colossians 3:12 “Therefore, as God's chosen people,

holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with

compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

1 Peter 4:3 “For you have spent enough time in the

past doing what pagans choose to do —living in

debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing anddetestable idolatry.”

2 Thessalonians 2:13 “But we ought always to thank

God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because fromthe beginning God chose you to be saved through the

sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the

Joshua 24:15 “But if serving the LORD seems

undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves thisday whom you will serve,…But as for me and my

household, we will serve the LORD.”



truth.

1 Peter 1:2 “who have been chosen according to theforeknowledge of God the Father, through thesanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus

Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be

yours in abundance.”

2 Peter 2:1 “But there were also false prophets among

the people, just as there will be false teachers amongyou. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies,

even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them

—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal

priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God,

that you may declare the praises of him who calledyou out of darkness into his wonderful light.

John 7:17 “If anyone chooses to do God's will, he

will find out whether my teaching comes from God or

whether I speak on my own.”

Romans 9:10-12 “Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God's

purpose in election might stand: not by works but by

him who calls —she was told, "The older will serve theyounger."

2 Peter 1:10 “Therefore, my brothers, be all the moreeager to make your calling and election sure. For if

you do these things, you will never fall,”

1 Timothy 5:21 “I charge you, in the sight of God andChrist Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these

instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of

favoritism.”

Jude 1:6 “And the angels who did not keep their

positions of authority but abandoned their own

home —these he has kept in darkness, bound with

everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.”

Matthew 11:27 “All things have been committed tome by my Father. No one knows the Son except the

Father, and no one knows the Father except the Sonand those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 6:40 “For my Father's will is that everyone wholooks to the Son and believes in him shall have

eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Romans 9:19-21 “One of you will say to me: "Thenwhy does God still blame us? For who resists his

will?" But who are you, O man, to talk back to God?

"Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why

did you make me like this?' "Does not the potter have

the right to make out of the same lump of clay some

pottery for noble purposes and some for common

use?”

Genesis 4:7 “If you do what is right, will you not beaccepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is

crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you

must master it.”2 Timothy 2:20-21 “In a large house there are articlesnot only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay;

some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a

man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be aninstrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to

the Master and prepared to do any good work.”

Romans 9:22-24 “What if God, choosing to show his

wrath and make his power known, bore with great

patience the objects of his wrath — prepared for

destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of

his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom heprepared in advance for glory — even us, whom he

also called, not only from the Jews but also from theGentiles?”

Ezekiel 18:30-32 “Therefore, O house of Israel, I will

judge you, each one according to his ways, declares

the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from allyour offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Rid

yourselves of all the offenses you have committed,

and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you

die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the

death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Repent and live!”Romans 9:17-18 “For the Scripture says to Pharaoh:

"I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might

display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." Therefore God has mercy

on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens

whom he wants to harden.”

Ephesians 4:17-18 “So I tell you this, and insist on it

in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the

Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They aredarkened in their understanding and separated from the

life of God because of the ignorance that is in them

due to the hardening of their hearts.”Ephesians 4:19 “Having lost all sensitivity, they havegiven themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in

every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.”



Ephesians 4:20-25 “You, however, did not come toknow Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and

were taught in him in accordance with the truth that

is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self , which is

being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made

new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the

new self , created to be like God in true righteousness

and holiness. Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we

are all members of one body.”

Deuteronomy 8:2 “Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years,

to humble you and to test you in order to know what

was in your heart, whether or not you would keep hiscommands.

Exodus 10:3 “So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaohand said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of

the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to

humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so thatthey may worship me.

1 Samuel 2:7 “The LORD sends poverty and wealth;

he humbles and he exalts.”

1 Kings 21:29 “"Have you noticed how Ahab has

humbled himself before me? Because he hashumbled himself , I will not bring this disaster in his

day, but I will bring it on his house in the days of hisson."

Job 40:12 “look at every proud man and humble him,crush the wicked where they stand.”

2 Kings 22:19 “Because your heart was responsive

and you humbled yourself before the LORD when

you heard what I have spoken against this place and its

people, that they would become accursed and laidwaste, and because you tore your robes and wept in

my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD.”

James 4:6 “But he gives us more grace. That is why

Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but givesgrace to the humble."

James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and

he will lift you up.”

Philippians 1:29 “For it has been granted to you on

behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to

suffer for him”

1 Timothy 6:11-12 “But you, man of God, flee from

all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,

love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fightof the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which

you were called when you made your good

confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

Matthew 24:24 “For false Christs and false prophets

will appear and perform great signs and miracles to

deceive even the elect —if that were possible.”

Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that brings salvation

has appeared to all men.”

Acts 11:18 “When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God hasgranted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."”

Acts 11:17 “So if God gave them the same gift as hegave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who

was I to think that I could oppose God?"

2 Timothy 2:10 “Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the

salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.”

2 Timothy 2:11-12 “Here is a trustworthy saying: If

we died with him, we will also live with him; if we

endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown

him, he will also disown us;”

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