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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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The greatest news flash in history
61-0424 §6
...o it was a great time, them glorious forty days. How I would've loved to have been there. But then, thinking again that I'd have had to have been a believer, because He did not appear to no one but his elected church. He only appears to believers. And as He was then He cannot change. Today He still only appears to his elected church believers. Now we find that there were many who talked of Messiah in those days, and there were many who looked for a coming Messiah. But He had a church that was elected. So has He ton...
The anointed ones at the end time
65-0725M §9
In the book of St. Matthew (Pardon me. [Brother Branham clears his throat.]), twenty-fourth verse ... twenty-fourth chapter, rather, beginning with the fifteenth verse, I wish to read a portion of His Word. And when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which are in Judea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let...
Leadership
65-1207 §46
the life... Sure, the stalk back here carried the life. Certainly it did. But, you see, when it become the stalk and it was finished (the organization), the life went right on into Wesley, come right out, like... And watch each one of them. One ... a big blade don't look like the grain. But when the little pollen comes---like on the shuck ... or, on the stalk---the pollen of the tassel, it looks a whole lot like the grain. But when it comes down to that shuck, it's almost there. Didn't Jesus say in the last days [M...
The Lamb's book of life
56-0603 §41
..., and that he would be so rude. And over in Saint Matthew, also 24th chapter, Jesus speaking, said when the antichrist would come, that he'd be so close, like the real work of God, till he would deceive the very elect, if possible. Watch, deceive the very elect. The elect: where does it come from? From the word "elected." He would deceive the very elected, if it was possible, see. But it isn't. Praise God for that! It isn't possible. Like over Hebrews the 6th chapter, He said, "For it is impossible for those who we...
How can I overcome?
63-0825M §41
Now, if we had time we could go on back to Daniel. When Daniel, that elected one that had overcome... And He said "Close up the book, Daniel, for thou shall rest in thy lot. But when the Prince shall come which will stand for the people, thou shall stand in thy lot. Here it is! Daniel, this prophet of God, saw the end time coming. And He said, "Daniel, you'll stand in your lot at that day." And here he was, come forth, not all of Israel, but the bride type of Israel. Now, the rest of Israel don't come forth until t...