Devotion (The Trumpeter):
The Christian elect

2 Peter 1:10KJV
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,

Peter wrote to the Christians in the strange lands and said,
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:” From the time that a sinner is born again till Jesus returns, who does he become?

He is the elect. There is division among Christians and even ministers pertaining to the fate of Christians as it regards salvation.

There are some pastors who teach that once a Christian is saved no matter how he or she goes on living, his salvation is secured. They even go on to say that if you find someone who calls himself a Christian continuously living in adultery and other forms of sins then he wasn’t and isn’t truly born again but just a church goer. We should be very careful not to preach sentiments and our opinions but the true gospel, the true gospel as preached by Paul, Peter and the earlier Apostles. Jude wrote to the Church and told them to strive for the true faith, which was once delivered by the earlier Apostles. Why did he say that? Because there were people who have crept into the church with damnable heresies.

“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord

If satan knows that no matter what he does the Christian salvation is secured, why does he worry himself to cause Christians to fall? This is just common sense for those Christians to understand that there is a beyond that you can lose your salvation. This does not in anyway downgrade the perfect salvation of the Lord Jesus

The salvation of Jesus is perfect and more than able than able to keep the Christian till the very end but God also gave man his free will so the Christian can choose to return back to the former pollution.

Actually Peter talks about such Christians and what awaits them, “For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them…….2 Peter 2:20-21KJV”

Yes! The Christian can lose his salvation if he goes beyond the far beyond

What does it mean to be a Christian elect? In the politics of this world, democratic states and nations vote to elect a new president. After the election, they count the votes to declare the winner. The winner is then referred to as the President elect. The time he is referred to as such there may be a sitting president who is waiting for his tenure to elapse so he can hand over power. The new guy is a president elect, he is not the president at that time. As a president elect, he still enjoys a lot of favours, respect and recognition.

Not only that, the state according to the constitution has a responsibility towards him. He is given security and sometimes is moved to a new residence. The present president is even required by law to share certain information about governance with him. This is because the law recognizes that he will be taking over soon.

The media accords him a great deal of respect when addressing him; he becomes the new king in town. He is even at that time respected more than the present president because they know that this is the one we are going to deal with for the coming 4 years or so, the current one will be going out soon.

If the president elect happens to be from the same political party as the current president, you will see that even stooges begin to switch camps.
Why? He is the president elect, the next to be commander in chief but even though he enjoys such privileges, the law very well understands that per the constitution, he is not the president. He has to be sworn in. In some jurisdictions, it may take at least a month from the time the votes are counted till he is sworn in.

Now as the president elect is waiting for that great day if he goes on to commit murder, treason, felony or a misdemeanor, in a fair society where there is rule of law, he is not going to become the next president of the nation irrespective of being elected by the masses.
It is the same for the Christian, God has elected you and it matters what you do and how you live till Jesus returns.
Like the president elect, you have to stay put to make your election sure. So Peter says,
“Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,”

It doesn’t mean that any sin you commit will cost you your salvation, the president elect is not going to lose the presidency just because he had a quarrel with someone but there is a great beyond that he shouldn’t cross. It is the same for you, the Christian elect.

You can’t go on after your election, to dwell in fornication, adultery and other forms of sins, not repenting and expect to be in the Kingdom when Jesus returns. This is why you are admonished to strive to make that election a surety. Don’t be deceived by ignorant preachers who teach that no matter what the Christian does, he wont loose his salvation. This is not true; it is not the true Gospel of the Lord Jesus

God bless you!

Weekly Prayer
· Pray and intercede for unsaved souls in your family, immediate and far
· Pray for a harvest of souls into Light embassy ministries
Scriptural reference: John 4:35, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Timothy 2:4, Acts 16:31,