What does the Bible teach about election?

Election within the Bible is the notion that God favors some individuals and groups over others, an idea that finds fullest expression in the Hebrew Bible’s affirmation, supported in the New Testament, that Israel is God’s chosen people.

What does the word elect mean in the Bible?

In the Old Testament The Old Testament applies the term “elect” (Gk: ἐκλεκτος, Hebrew: בָּחִיר) to the Israelites in as far as they are called to be the chosen people, or people of God, or are faithful to their divine call. The idea of such an election is common in Deuteronomy and in Isaiah 40-66.

What did Jesus say about the government?

Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.” Some people, mostly secularists unfamiliar with the Bible, took the passage to mean that Christians should just obey any government, no matter how awful.

Why is the doctrine of election important?

The doctrine of election becomes Biblically and logically necessary when considered against the backdrop of the human condition. Briefly stated, mankind’s natural state is one of total depravity, i.e. a total inability by sinful human beings to do anything to gain or contribute to their own salvation.

What does the Bible say about going against the government?

Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”

What is the gathering of Christ Church?

The Gathering of Christ Church is a movement claiming to be “sending an epistle throughout the world to the 12 Lost Tribes of Israel, which are scattered abroad and to all the Gentiles who believe the true doctrine of Christ by denouncing paganism and are baptized into the fold of Christ, keeping the commandments contained in the Bible.”

Why does the gathering of Christ Church want to get out?

The Gathering of Christ Church desires to get out of United States of America because they believe the USA will suffer first and most grievously from the new world governance. Often ancient, extra-biblical sources are used as proofs for the teachings of the Gathering of Christ Church.

What is the gathering of Christ Church’s most difficult doctrine?

Perhaps the Gathering of Christ Church’s most difficult doctrine has to do with the “Lost Tribes of Israel,” which they claim are made up of minority groups in North and South America, and in the Pacific. Here’s how the Gathering of Christ Church identifies the twelve tribes:

Does the gathering of Christ Church use extra-biblical sources?

Often ancient, extra-biblical sources are used as proofs for the teachings of the Gathering of Christ Church. Particularly noteworthy are the Book of Jasher and the Book of Enoch (neither inspired by God nor included in Orthodox Christian canon) and a book published in 1976 by Arthur Koestler called The Thirteenth Tribe.