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.
Ask a Follow-up Question
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.
Seals 4: The Second Seal
63-0319 §8
Now, he saw it years ago, that he said at the last one... Elected---that's elected. People think that election is something that's just been something hatched up here lately. My, that is one of the oldest teachings that we have---election and calling. So Irenaeus, certainly a real student of the Scripture, always believed in election. And so Irenaeus was one of the angels of the church age, as we've seen as we studied, we believe. Of course, now, they were all mysteries. They were all hid right here in these seals,...
The invisible union of the Bride of Christ
65-1125 §21
May I add to this woman Grace. May I place her in the Bible, also, as called "the elect Lady," this Miss Grace I am going to talk about. You know, the Bible declares, said, "unto the elect Lady" If you notice, elect comes from the word elected Lady. One Lady amongst all the other ladies was elected, like the virgin was to bring forth the body of God on the earth. She was an elected woman. God chose Mary. And also, God has chose an elected Lady which is His Bride. She's elected. I hope we are members of that tonight...
Church Ages, part 10: The Laodicean Church Age
60-1211E §137
I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them. I'm one of them, one of them, I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them; I'm one of them, I'm one of them, I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them. Though these people may not learn to be, Or boast of worldly fame, They have all received their Pentecost, Baptized in Jesus' name; And are telling now, both far and wide, His power is yet the same. I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them. (Are you glad? If you are, raise up your hand.) One of them, one of them, I'm so...
The choosing of a Bride
65-0429E §80
...hat's the reason I've said what I have tonight. I want to ask you a question. Is it later than we think? Could she already be called and chosen, sealed away? There won't be one extra one, you know. Could it be possible? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Remember what I said the other day at the breakfast? In the pollen of breeding, male and female, there is a million germs goes forth, million eggs goes forth, but there is only one of them lives. And yet they're every one just alike. One out of a million. Every one of them the sa...
It is I, be not afraid
62-0611 §53
And coming to Abraham was three angels. Two of them went down, and preached the gospel and tried to call Lot and his people out, trying to find even ten people that were righteous. But one stayed back. And the one that stayed back and talked to Abraham, and the elected church... I believe the church is elected. It's ... by God's foreknowledge it's predestinated to, because He predestinated by foreknowledge, you see. That church is going to be there. Now, whether I am or not, I don't know. I have to work out my salv...