2009-09-10T17:56:34-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/chosen/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%202:9&version=NIV 2009-09-10T17:56:34-05:00 God's people are described here as "chosen"--God has separated them from the rest of the world and claimed them as His own. God has put a personal claim on His followers. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%201:15-17&version=NIV 2009-08-05T11:24:32-05:00 The apostle Paul writes of being "set apart" by God for a special purpose when he was a child. The implication is that God has a plan for us from the very beginning of our lives, and that He calls each of us to a specific purpose. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=686 2008-01-07T16:30:45-05:00 There are three things here which deserve special attention. First, the fact that we are expressly told that God's elect are "chosen to salvation": Language could not be more explicit. How summarily do these words dispose of the sophistries and equivocations of all who would make election refer...