The Election of False Gods and Foolish Things


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In Corinthians, we learn that God has chosen foolish, weak, base and despised things.

1 Corinthians 1:27-28, But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

James 2:5, Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Not only is election used to describe God’s choosing of people, places, and things for His special purposes, it is used for men’s choosing of the true God and of false gods.

Joshua 24:22, So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, to serve Him.

Judges 10:14, “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”

Luke 14:8, “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honourable than you be invited by him;"

From the above verses is that election has nothing to do with predestination to eternal life.

God chose priests, kings and Jerusalem for His purposes and the man chose both God and idols. We would be wrong to try to insert the concept of predestination into the term election.

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