Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ… – 1Peter 1:2
The apostle says that we are “elect through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,”-“wherein we greatly rejoice.” Is the obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ girt about my loins, to be my beauty and my glorious dress; and its the blood of Jesus sprinkled upon me, to take away all my guilt and all my sin and shall I not in this greatly rejoice? What shall there be in all the depressions of spirits that can possibly come upon me that shall make me break my harp, even though I should for a moment hang it upon the willows? Do I not expect that yet again my songs shall mount to heaven; and even now through the thick darkness do not the sparks of my joy appear, when I remember that I have still upon me the blood of Jesus, and still about me the glorious righteousness of the Messiah?
But the great and cheering comfort of the apostle is, that we are elect unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us. And here, brethren, is the grand comfort of the Christian. When the child of God is sore-stricken and much depressed, the sweet hope, that living or dying, there is an inheritance incorruptible, reserved in heaven for him, may indeed make him greatly rejoice. ~ C.H. Spurgeon
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He Hath Said 
Rejoicing and Praise are our health in Christ Jesus.:)
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Yes I also believe in predestination. Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Ruth and Orpah come to mind. Does that mean we shouldn’t share the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Of course not! It may be God’s way to call upon those who will also be the chosen ones.
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I agree! When I pray for the salvation of souls I think of myself as petitioning the Lord before the foundation of the earth when He is making His election. God lives in the eternal realm and we step into that realm when we pray.
Blessings be yours, Jackie2015!
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