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What If I Am Not One of the Elect?

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Answered by True Bible Teachings AI on 6/26/2026

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.

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.

SermonRelevance 60

The anointed ones at the end time

Sunday morning, the 25th of July 1965 at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.

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?

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Church Age BookRelevance 59

An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages

Chapter 5: The Pergamean Church Age

CAB 5:E-143

Balak was very angry, but there was nothing that Balaam could do about the prophecy. It had been spoken by the Holy Ghost. So Balak told Balaam to go down below, into the valley, and look upon their back parts to see if there wasn't possibly some way he could curse them. The tactics that Balak used are the same tactics they use today. The big denominations look down at the little groups, and anything they find amongst them to make out a scandal they bring it out and shout it. If the moderns live in sin, no one says...

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SermonRelevance 57

God doesn't call man to judgement without warning

Wednesday, the 24th of July 1963

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...

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SermonRelevance 57

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

Tuesday afternoon, the 16th of May 1961 at the Zion Gospel Tabernacle in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada

61-0516A §60

Now look, there was... Abraham was the elected, and we all know that Christ is coming for an elected church, that the rapture is the remnant. We know that. The elected church. The others go through the judgment; but the elected goes first in the rapture because they cannot go into the judgment. Jesus said, "He that believeth on me has everlasting life. He that heareth my words and believeth on him that sent me has eternal life and shall never come to the judgment but has passed from death unto life. [St. John 5:24]...

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SermonRelevance 57

Oneness

Sunday, the 11th of February 1962

62-0211 §98

Now, the coming is so imminent, the second coming of Jesus, He's gathering His elected together. I believe that. Oh, they'll come from the east and west. Where the carcass is, the eagles will gather. Oh, my, what is it? He's got His oneness, His true oneness, showing Hisself among us; out of every denomination, bringing His elect together from all kinds of churches, from everywhere, bringing out His children, falling right in line with His Word. What? Now, the coming of the Lord Jesus is so imminent, the coming of...

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