“You Have Not Chosen Me”

 

🌟John 15:16  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 the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

 

Like the disciples, who the Lord chose, do we give much thought to being chosen by the Lord?

 

Let us look at it closer.

 

John 15:16

You have not chosen me. I chose you,

 

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John 15:19

19  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

 

John 6:70

70  Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

 

Luke 6:13

13  And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

 

 

Act 9:15  But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 

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Jesus called others in addition to his twelve apostles.

 

Remember, he called Saul, later became known as Paul. I will remind you that Paul was a high ranking official who was locking Christians up for their faith. 

 

When the Lord to Annais to go to Paul, Ananias said in

 

Act 9:13  Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

Act 9:14  And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

 

Act 9:15  But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel

 

We should never feel we are too unworthy for the Lord to use us. He will always find the right audience to match what he places within a soul to accomplish his work.

 

As it was true of the disciples, it is true of us. We didn’t choose him, he chose us. And he knows what purpose he will use us for.

 

Next, he says in

 

Jhn 15:16  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 the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

 

John 20:21-23

21  Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

22  And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

23  Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained

 

John 20:21-23 NLT

Again he said, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.

 

22] Then he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit. 

 

23] If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.

 

Ordained:

having been invested with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions

 

🌟having been decreed, appointed, or formally established by some authority:

 

When Jesus ordained them, he breathed his spirit, Holy Spirit on them.

 

When we receive Holy dpirit on us, it is from the Lord. Man can’t place the spirit of God with in us.

 

Jeremiah 1:5

5  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

 

God is speaking to Jeremiah , but God for knows us. He know who we will be born to and what work he has for us before we are born

 

Matthew 28:18-19

18  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

 

As chosen vessels of the Lord, he expects us to preach and teach his truth. 

 

1 Timothy 2:7

7  Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, andlie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

 

2 Timothy 1:11

11  Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

 

2 Timothy 2:2

2  And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

 

These are the words of Paul, in our present day, and from Paul’s time to now, whom ever the Lord had called, it was their responsibility to be truthful with God’s word.

 

That has not been the case as some with wicked intentions have not preached the truth.

 

Jhn 15:16  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 the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

 

John 15:8

8  Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

 

🌟🌟Proverbs 11:30

30  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

 

These fruit of the spirit. When we live by them we live righteous and that gets us the tree of life!

 

 

Isaiah 55:10-  (-13)

10  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

 

1 Corinthians 3:6-7

6  I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

7  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

 

 

1 Corinthians 3:6-9 NLT

I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 

 

7] It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow. 

 

8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. 

 

9 For we are both God's workers. And you are God's field. You are God's building.

 

This is how it should be in ministry. True discipleship and ministry is not a competition. In truth. 

 

It should be that all ministries, no matter what the church denomination is, should view the work we all do for the Lord as teamwork. True kingdom building.

 

Personalities, attitudes. and conflict should not play a part in ministry. It’s about getting souls delivered into God’s hands and redemption being the result at the hands of God.

 

James 3:18

18  And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

 

Jas 3:13  Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Jas 3:14  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Jas 3:15  This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Jas 3:16  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Jas 3:17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, andeasy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

 

Gal 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Gal 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Gal 5:18  But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

 

Fruits of the spirit:

 

Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Gal 5:23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

 

There is no scripture that speaks against having these traits, because they are good and righteous behavior.

 

1 Timothy 1:9

9  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

 

Eph 5:9  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

Eph 5:10  Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Eph 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

 

☀️Works of the flesh:

 

Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal 5:21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

 

Eph 5:3  But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Eph 5:4  Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Eph 5:5  For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

 

Jhn 15:16  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 the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

 

2Timothy 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

 

1 Peter 1:14-17 NLT

14 So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. 

 

15] But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 

 

16] For the Scriptures say, "You must be holy because I am holy.”

 

17] And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as "temporary residents."

 

We don’t only learn about the fruit of the spirit. We must live by them. Walk by the spirit and not allow all of the works of the flesh to remain in us. There should be no straddling the fence. Going back and forth with our thoughts, behavior, as in character, our speech or actions or responses.

 

Jhn 15:16  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 the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

 

John 15:7

7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

 

Can’t stress this scripture enough, but I am hopeful that coveting the different parts of this scripture in John 15:16, understanding and clarity are present. 

 

 

Bottom line, doing what the word of God says impacts every aspect of our lives. Including our prayer life.

 

John 14:13-14

13  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14  If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

 

John 16:23-24 NLT

At that time you won't need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name. 

 

24] You haven't done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

 

Jesus wanted them to know that asking the Father, in Jesus’s name would result in answers to their prayers. It remains the same now. We pray atop the Father in Jesus’s name.

 

Matthew 21:22

22  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

Remaining faithful and steadfast in the word of God, living for him. Abiding in him, he abides in us. If you feel your prayers are not getting answered. 

 

You may reevaluate the time spent with our Lord. He wants us to know that prayers will be answered for all who abide in him. Let us strive to walk and live by the spirit God gives us, Holy Spirit.

 

✨Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.

 

Romans 10:14 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? 

 

This is why the Lord calls his messengers to go forth and serve. Let us pray for wisdom and discernment to reveal God's truth from his scriptures.  

 

We not only need to tell others about the Lord, but we have a responsibilty to him to reveal his truth without twisting scripture to decieve or gain favor with people.

 

If we are preaching and teaching his truths, not everyone will like what is said. But we cannot allow unpopularity to sway what is said. 

 

Remember, we are held accountable for what we say and will answer to the Lord for it. 

 

How can someone believe in the Lord if we don't speak about him and how are they going to get saved and serve him with a righteous heart if we don't teach his word in the manner it was wrtitten. Truthfully.

 

Those are his laws. He wants people who do not know him and those who are sinners to know him and his word.

 

As we teach his word by the spirit of God, we can win souls to Christ. It is profitable as long as we are true to God in our service to him.

 

Romans 10:15 And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, "How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!" 

 

 

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My Closing Prayer:

 

Lord, I pray your wisdom opens understanding in our hearts and spirit. Our knowledge comes from study of your word which also builds relationship.

 

You are willing to do what is ask of you in prayer for those who spend time with you. If we abide in you, you will abide in us.

 

Let us have the willingness to walk by the spirit and make this a new commitment in our lives. In the name of Jesus. Amen.