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THIS IS A VERY HUMBLING, and at the same time, a very blessed word to the true disciple. It was very humbling to the disciples to be told that they had not chosen Christ. Your wants were so many, your hearts were so hard, that ye have not chosen me. And yet it was exceedingly comforting to the disciples to be told that he had chosen them: ‘Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you’. This showed them that his love was first with them — that he had a love for them when they were dead. And then he showed them that it was love that would make them holy: ‘Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain.’

Let us take up the truths in this verse as they occur.
The beloved pastor Robert Murray M'Cheyne who died at the young age of 29 spoke these following words to his congregation from the text John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.. It is a most necessary reminder to us today who are living in a time when such words are rarely ever spoken never mind expounded that it is the Sovereign God Who initiates our salvation our of His infinite love, mercy and grace and brings us to Himself after giving us a new heart.

If you are not familiar with M'Cheyne's writings, you can find several of them on The Highway website which I doubtless believe you will be greatly blessed.

You can read this month's article now by clicking here: Electing Love.

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In His service and grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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