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.
The Oddball
64-0531 §36
Now, Jesus in Matthew 24:24 said that these two groups would be so close in the last days to deceive the very elected, if possible. The people ... still, the people... Sometimes the Pentecostal ... you outcomers from Pentecost, you see, when they organized and got over there in those groups like that, and you come away from it... See, the Bible said that it would deceive the very elected, if it was possible, see. The very elected---that's the ones that's elected to do this. Said, one ... see, the bolt... Don't come...
Questions and Answers, part 1
54-0103M §41
Not just those who are good people; they certainly miss the first resurrection. The Bible said, "And the rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years were finished." Is that right? That's those who had their names written in the Lamb's book of life but refused the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Just the elect goes in that time. Just the elect takes the Millennium. Oh, then, brother, what type of people should we be? I want to live through the Millennium! "Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that doth so ea...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §87
...atthew 24 ... Matthew 24:24, read it right away, and you'll see. Jesus said that in this last days the two spirits would be so close together till it would deceive the very elected if it was possible. It'll be so close, it'll swing them Pentecostals like nobody's business. Sure. Now, Matthew 24:24. Does anybody have it? I didn't get it right there. You got it there, sister, or some of you? Matthew 24. Got it, Ben? All right, read it. For there shall arise false Christians, false Christs, [false Christs], and false...
The anointed ones at the end time
65-0725M §120
It only lets the wheat be known to the elected, which are part of it. Notice how beautiful this is brought in here now. Only... Notice, the anointed ones... be able... the true elected, predestinated, (Ephesians 5:1 or 1:5, rather) will be... Ordained, elected---they are the only ones that it will not deceive. Notice. The anointed prophets will be false. And there among them will be true anointed. How you going to tell it? By the Word. Like we have in shadow. Do you see it? Say, "Amen!" See?
God doesn't call man to judgement without warning
63-0724 §103
Listen close again now, see: Though these people may not learn to be, (they never come from college) Or boast of worldly fame, They have all received their Pentecostal blessing, Baptized in Jesus' name; And they're telling now, both far and wide, (every little nook and corner) His power is yet the same, I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them. Oh, sing it, church! One of them, one of them, I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them; One of them, one of them, I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of... Take your lit...