Chosen

Good afternoon and Wonderful Wednesday. Growing as a boy on the southside of Chicago my friends and I played sports. The sports would range from strike out, softball, football and even basketball. Unlike in most sports there was never a set team. Captains would be responsible for picking who they wanted on their teams and most times would pick there friends first or someone with athletic ability that would make their team a winner. I was always younger than others and a bit overweight so there would be times that I had to hope that someone picked me. As I grew older and finally embraced the Word of God like I should have there is no longer a question if I have been picked. I had been Chosen.

In beginning this teaching I want to define the word chosen and I go to my source of definitions and that is dictionary.com. Chosen means as follows; selected from several; preferred. As we go on with

our everyday existence we have been selected from several to be part of the kingdom of God. We are also preferred as we have been tried and tested and came out still blessed. It is because your are Chosen.

In the first example for this teaching on Chosen I go to Ezekiel 1:28. In previous verses (1-27) Ezekiel saw some things he had never saw before and had to wonder what it was. Then once he knew

the voice belonged to God he then knew that he was Chosen. Most times we as a people of faith have assignment that may seem to virtually impossible but we are selected from several to perform what God has for us. We are Chosen.

As I continue in the Word of God for this teaching of Chosen I go Matthew 4:18-22. In this passage Jesus picks out four men who were not the most learned and considered by people of this time to be

as not as important as the Pharisees, the scribes and the Saduccees. Many of us have what to some perceive as a lack of income or prestige in the eyes of the world but it does not matter as we have been Chosen to do the work of the Lord.

In coming to the last example from the Word of God for this teaching on Chosen I go to Revelations 17:13-14. In these verses it speaks of how people in the world are content on destroying the

kingdom of God in the last days. But those who are with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords have been deemed not only faithful but Chosen as well. We must continue to walk with God even in these troubling times.

In closing the work of the Lord is done by all those who accepted God as the Father, Jesus as the Son and the Holy Spirit as their guide. Being Chosen is not easy and the scriptures I shared in this lesson is a prime example of that. Ezekiel was a captive which means a prisoner, the disciples endured, heckling, beatings and even death in the name of Jesus, and even towards the last day there are things that want to war with the people of God. God selected us all from several walks of life and we are also preferred anybody else We are the Chosen no matter what your assignment in the Kingdom of God is. I give God all the honor and glory for this teaching. God bless each one that reads this teachings. Attend the Sunday School of your choice and learn how you can spread the gospel.

This teaching was taught by:
Frederick Wesley
Technology Teacher of Rhema Word 2.0
of Valley Kingdom Ministries