“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” 1 Peter 2:9

God does not utterly cast off the world of mankind. Though they are fallen and corrupted, and there is a curse brought upon the world, yet God entertained a design of appropriating a certain number to himself. Though the world is a fallen world, yet it was the will of God still to have a portion in it, and therefore he chose out some and set them apart for himself.

The apostle in the verse speaks of the great difference between Christians and unbelievers, on account of their diverse and opposite relations to Jesus Christ. The former have Christ for their foundation, they come to him as a living stone, a gem chosen by God, and precious; and they also as living gems are supported by the Holy Spirit. The Christian church is the temple of God, and particularly believers are the stones of which that temple is built. On the contrary, to the latter, to unbelievers, Christ, instead of being a foundation on which they rest and depend, is a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. Instead of being a foundation to support them and keep them from falling, he is an occasion of their stumbling and falling.

As a man chooses out gems from a heap of stones, so has God chosen you and I as gem different from others. In Malachi 3:17, scripture says “And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.”

Psalm 4:3, “But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.”

REASONS FOR GOD’S CHOICE

1. For his good pleasure.

No foreseen excellency in us influenced God to choose us but for His Good pleasure. God does not choose people because they are excellent, but he makes them excellent. It is not because God considers them as holy that he chooses them, but he chooses them that they might be holy. (Ephesians 1:4-5)

2. To have dominion and rule (Revelation 5:10)

3. To live with HIM for ever and ever.

Remain Blessed.