Why does God choose some people and reject others?
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse: Being chosen implied a responsibility, not just a privilege.
The Bible doesn’t hide the fact that God chooses some people to participate in a special relationship with him.
God chose Abram, one man among millions, and told him, I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse (Ge 12:3).
Jesus told his followers, You did not choose me, but I chose you … (Jn 15:16).
To us this seems unfair and exclusive because it could promote elitism and the oppression of the “unchosen.”
Why does God choose some people and reject others?
However, in the Bible whenever God’s chosen people started acting with smug arrogance, God immediately stepped in with a blunt reminder:
“Yes, I have chosen you, and you are dearly loved,” God said in essence, “but I didn’t choose you based on your superior strength or beauty or goodness.
I chose you based on my grace” (e.g., Dt 7:7–11).
It’s also clear from the Biblical story that being chosen implied a responsibility, not just a privilege.
God kept telling his chosen people that they were chosen for a special purpose: to share God’s love with the world.
They were blessed in order to be a blessing to others.
It’s as if God’s blessing always starts small and particular —like a single seed—before it spreads out like a broad, beautiful fruit-bearing tree (Ge 12:3; Gal 3:8).
So rather than encourage arrogance and elitism, God’s choice should promote humility and gratitude.
“Who me?” we should say. “You love me? And you want to bless others through me?”
The wonder of being chosen by God should propel us to join Jesus in showing costly love for others.
Psalm 78:67–68
Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
Psalms 78 | NIV Bible | YouVersion
Why does God choose some people and reject others?
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