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Jesus Chose You

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-Introduction
 -Much of life has to do with choices.  We make them everyday – many of them minor 
  and insignificant.  Yet, there are those times when a major, significant decision is 
 required.
    -Sometimes we make very good decisions.  Other times we don’t.  Yet, regardless,
     occasions requiring more decisions will continue to come.
-Much of the same can be applied to our lives as Christians– decisions…many of them.

-Decisions
-Josh. 24:14-15 – “choose”
    -God has granted us free will.  He gives us the freedom to make choices.  
    -Now, he provides us with all that we need to make proper choices – 2 Pet. 1:3, 
     2 Tim. 3:16-17.
    -Yet, we have to make our own decisions.
-Numbers 13:1-2, 17-20, 25-26
    -overview of report by the spies and reaction of the people
    -Num. 14:5-9, 20-23 – Obviously a poor decision can have serious, lingering 
      consequences.
    -Num. 14:39-45
-Deut. 27:1-4, 12-14, 15-26 (curses - “anyone who…”)
    -Deut. 28:1-14 – “Blessings”; 15-67 – “Curses”
    -These blessings and curses were not decisions God made separate and apart from His 
     people.  Instead, these were decisions made in response to those of His people.

-For Good Decisions Look to Jesus
-To help us in our decisions, we need to look to the Word –in print and in person.
    -Ps. 119:105
    -John 1:1-5, 14
-1 Pet. 2:21-25 
    -context –vs 18-20
    -Yet, in all things, we can look to Jesus for the perfect example.
    -When considering the perfect life of Jesus, we must remember that He had the 
     freedom and therefore the opportunity to choose otherwise.  He had the option of 
    sinning.
         -Heb. 2:18, 4:15 
 
-Jesus Chose Us
-Matthew 26:34-54
-Jesus was agonizing over what awaited Him!  And, at any time, He could have called 
 “more than twelve legions of angels” for the purpose of sparing Himself, delivering 
 Himself.  
    -In other words, He could have chosen Himself over us. But, instead of choosing 
     Himself, He chose you and me.
-So, as we live our daily lives, we face many decisions.  And, at the core of many of 
 those decisions is this question:  Who am I going to put first?  Me or my Lord?
-Let’s look to Jesus, be motivated by Jesus and keep Jesus first in our lives.
    -He chose us.  Let’s choose Him.
    -Heb. 12:1-2
-Invitation
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Joplin, MO 64804

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