Election for Some?
ELECTION to the Ephesians! (Eph 1:3-6)
“3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
1. See the word “CHOSEN.” (Eph 1:4)
The word “chosen” is ἐκλέγομαι,(ek-leg’-om-ahee), which means to pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.
Paul is writing under the inspiration to believers in Ephesus. This means that before the foundation of the creation of the world, we were CHOSEN by the Lord….not the “frozen chosen”!
2. See the word “PREDESTINED”. (Eph 1:5)
The Greek rendering of PREDESTINED is προορίζω: (pro-or-id’-zo), which means foreordain, or to predetermine, or to mark out beforehand.
Obviously this points out that our Lord is omniscience. He knows all beforehand.
3. See the word “ADOPTION”. (Eph 1:5)
The word is υἱοθεσία,(hwee-oth-es-ee’-ah), which means adoption, as a son into the divine family.
This of course means with full rights as a son.
4. See the word “ACCEPTED”. (Eph 1:6)
It is the word χαριτόω, (khar-ee-to’-o), which means to make graceful, endow with grace, show favor, bestow freely on.
Hallelujah! God the Father shows FAVOR on us because of the relationship we have with Jesus Christ.