Continuing to Make Our Being Called & Chosen a Certainty

BA61

BA61

We are to continue to make our being called and being chosen a certainty.

Category: God & Yeshua

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures

Matthew 22:14
2 Peter 1:10-11
2 Timothy 1:9

Supportive NT Scriptures

1 Corinthians 1:26-28
Ephesians 1:4-5
Ephesians 1:11
John 6:44
John 15:16
Romans 8:30
2 Thessalonians 2:13

Supportive OT Scriptures

Deuteronomy 7:6
Deuteronomy 14:2
Isaiah 41:4
Isaiah 41:8-9

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

Being called and chosen are related but are not the same. Being called is being invited and being chosen is being selected. We read in Scripture that, throughout history, God chose various individuals to carry out his objectives. Some were chosen because they were godly and some because they were evil. Also, not all who were chosen were first called. Because of his evil nature, Judas Iscariot was chosen to be the betrayer of Yeshua; he was not called before he was chosen. Abraham, on the other hand, was first called and then chosen after being tested; we read in Hebrews 11:8: “By trusting, Avraham obeyed, after being called to go out to a place which God would give him as a possession; indeed, he went out without knowing where he was going.” He was tested in other ways as well and was subsequently chosen to become the “father of many nations” ( Genesis 17:3-8) . There are other examples in Scripture of people called and chosen, but the one that is the subject of this Mitzvah is mankind’s call to receive Yeshua as Lord and thereby be chosen to have eternal life. Matthew 22:14 (NKJ) tells us: “for many are called, but few are chosen." The call to receive Yeshua is to all of mankind, but Scripture both recognizes and prophesies that relatively few will heed the call, and therefore few will be chosen. Note that 2 Peter 1:10-11 is an exhortation to: “try even harder to make your being called and chosen a certainty.” It is a warning to believers that if they are not proactive in maintaining their faith they can, over time, backslide in their holiness and their obedience to God.

Drawings

Artist: Jenske Visser

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Source and License

Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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Record source: The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 3

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