What If I Am Not One of the Elect?
1) Direct Answer
Don’t stay under that fear. If you can hear the Word and feel a pull to come to Jesus Christ, that itself is the sign that you are one of the elect. Come to Him now. The one who comes, He will not cast out.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me; and him that comes to Me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37). The elect come—and anyone who comes is received.
- “No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him” (John 6:44). That inward draw you feel is God calling.
- “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give unto them eternal life” (John 10:27-28). The sheep recognize His voice in the Word and follow.
- “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17). The door stands open to every thirsty heart.
- “Give diligence to make your calling and election sure” (2 Peter 1:10). You don’t guess at it—you step into it and confirm it by obeying the Word.
- The way is plain: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38). Believe from the heart (Romans 10:9-13), be sealed with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- The lost don’t worry about being elect; dead seed doesn’t feel the sun. If you’re concerned, that’s evidence the Spirit is dealing with you.
- Election never bars a seeking soul; it brings you in. The Bible never shows Jesus turning away a repentant, believing heart.
- If you can receive the Word and follow it, that proves what you are. The sheep hear His voice. So don’t argue with the knock—open the door.
- Ask yourself: Did Jesus ever tell a thirsty soul, “You might not be elect, stay away”? No. He said, “Come.”
4) Short Reinforcing Statement
Come by faith today. Repent, be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and ask God to fill you with the Holy Ghost. The Spirit Himself will witness with your spirit that you belong to Him, and that settles the question of election.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
He that is in you
63-1110E §33
And while the harvest is ripe and the laborers are few, let's dig right into it, by chance there might be a sinner setting by. There might be someone that tonight might change the whole course. And if it wasn't the time this morning, tonight might close the books. Remember, there will not be one more come in when them names are redeemed! Before ... Now, everybody listen real close, before I read the Scripture. All that ever would be redeemed, God put their name on the Lamb's book of life before the world ever come...
It is I, be not afraid
59-0811 §52
That same Lord Jesus, His Spirit... Now, His body, is at the right-hand of God, sitting up there as a High Priest. But He sent back His Holy Spirit to represent Him. And you see, as Jesus becomes drawing near... Like the shadow of my hand. See how dim it is? But, watch how bright it comes when it comes real close. See, it isn't the day of Martin Luther, John Wesley, or down through the age; but this is in the age of the coming. Just before a destruction hit Sodom and Gomorrah, which this nation is a type of, a man...
One in a million
65-0424 §29
There is approximately five hundred million so-called "Christians" in the world today. And each day ends a generation. And now, what if the rapture would come today and five hundred people, universally, would be taken in the rapture. You would never know, or even see in the paper, of them going. And the coming of the Lord is a secret coming. He'll come and steal away... It'll be such a minority, till just like it was in the days when the disciples asked Jesus, "Why does the scribes say that Elias must first come?"...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 5:E-121
...which means the laity. Nicolaitane means, "to conquer the laity". Now why is this such a terrible thing? It is terrible because God has never placed His church in the hands of an elected leadership which moves with political mindedness. He has placed His church in the care of God-ordained, Spirit-filled, Word-living men who lead the people through feeding them the Word. He has not separated the people into classes so that the masses are led by a holy priesthood. It is true that the leadership must be holy, but then...
Discernment of Spirit
60-0308 §6
Like Paul said, "If we speak with tongues and do not have an interpreter, what good does it do? We only glorify ourselves," and, that's ... or, "edify ourselves." That's kind of out of the line for God. God wants to be edified Himself. And we're to not seek self-edification, but to edify God with all we do. So therefore, I believe, this morning, if I knew who he would be and exactly when he would be elected, and all how many votes he'd be over or under, or whatever it might be, it wouldn't do one bit of good to tel...