Jesus has taken you to Himself to the glory of God. You have received Jesus and have become a child of God.

Jesus has taken you to Himself to the glory of God. You have received Jesus and have become a child of God.

“Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received [proslambano] us, to the glory of God.” (Rom 15:7)

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right [exousia] to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born [gennao], not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” (Jn 1:12-13)

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” (Jn 15:16)

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” (Jn 15:19)

“But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth” (2Thes 2:13)

“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.” (Rom 8:29-30)

“having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will” (Eph 1:5)

“In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will” (Eph 1:11)

All that the Father gives [didomi] Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” (Jn 6:37)

“This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given [didomi] Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.” (Jn 6:39)

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws [helkuo] him; and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn 6:44)

“Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted [didomi] to him by My Father.” (Jn 6:65)

“that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given [didomi] Him.” (Jn 17:2)

“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given [didomi] Me out of the world.” (Jn 17:6)

“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given [didomi] Me, for they are Yours.” (Jn 17:9)

“Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given [didomi] Me, that they may be one as We are.” (Jn 17:11)

“I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave [didomi] Me I have kept; and none of them is lost” (Jn 17:12)

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave [didomi] Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (Jn 17:24)

“that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, Of those whom You gave [didomi] Me I have lost none.” (Jn 18:9)

“and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills [boulomai] to reveal Him.” (Matt 11:27)

“no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills [boulamai] to reveal Him.” (Lk 10:22)

“When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matt 19:25-26)

“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called [kletos], but few chosen [eklektos].” (Matt 20:16)

“For many are called [kletos], but few are chosen [eklektos].” (Matt 22:14)

And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? But Jesus looked at them and said, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” (Mk 10:26-27)

“And those who heard it said, Who then can be saved? But He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” (Lk 18:26-27)

“who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began” (2Tim 1:9)

“Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: The Lord knows those who are His, and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” (2Tim 2:19)

Reading: Isa 7-9; Rom 15