Let’s look into who God has chosen and what is the purpose of the chosen ones.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭27-28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“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,”

We have different perceptions about people but we see that Jesus chose the weak ones of the society to do great things for His kingdom.

  • Peter was just a mere fisherman and he understood that God did not show any partiality.
  • He chose the despised Zacchaeus who was a tax collector disliked by the Jews at that time. From many instances in the Bible, we see Jesus closely held those who were ignored and despised by others.
  • The Samaritan woman, was a sinful woman whom God used to proclaim Himself as the Messiah to the whole city of Samaria.

God could have used the wealthy and the highly qualified ones, but he hand-picked the unusual group of people who included fishermen and the low cast within the society.

Those lives and legacy are still learned and written by the scholars.

The only candidacy of these 12 men is that they walked with Jesus.

The responsibility of the Chosen Ones – is to proclaim the gospel

What is the gospel?

Gospel is a person (Jesus), the forgiveness of our sins and the salvation that we obtain through Jesus.

Peter’s sermon was solely based on Jesus Christ (gospel) in Acts 2, 

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭37‬ ‭NKJV‬

“Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?””

*Where the true gospel is preached there would be a deep transformation* like the first church and the prophecy of Joel.

Why do we proclaim the gospel?

‭‭Romans‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.”

  • The secrets of men will be revealed through this gospel of Jesus Christ.
  • The base of a Christian life is the gospel, 

Practical example of building a house.

Unless the foundation of a building is established the other materials like the tiles, doorframe or even bricks are not of any value or use.

How is God going to judge people who live in different dispensations?

  • Some will be judged by their conscience as “Acts 2:15 says their conscience also bearing witness”.
  • For there is no partiality with God 

The Old Testament believers had the law of God inbuilt in them and would be judged by the law.

  • Now we who live in the last dispensation “of grace” will be judged by the gospel.

Maps were being used a few years ago, which is now replaced by navigation systems which are inbuilt into most of the vehicles which help us to reach our destination.

God has given us the route map through His Word to reach the final destination as it says in the below verse 

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.”

  • Importance should be for the gospel, 

the focus of many churches has turned to worship only, we need to encourage and promote the importance of preaching and practising the word of God.

So who is wise according to the Bible?

Let’s look at the below three verses!

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭12‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭14‬:‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭24-27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

If the foundation is built on the rock who is Jesus Christ, the storms of this world cannot stop or worry us of any harm.

Let us understand and make sure that we accomplish the purpose for which he has chosen in this pilgrim journey to our eternal home.