Live Like You Are Chosen

This is an excerpt from a book by John Frame, Salvation Belongs to the Lord. Frame provides a unique perspective on the doctrine of election. Just thought it offers a fresh view on what it means to be a believer and belong to God.

Effectual calling, sometimes called the internal call, is this: God sovereignly , efficaciously summons (John Murray's word) the elect into fellowship with Christ. That word summons brings out God's sovereignty. You might be able to refuse an invitation, but you can't refuse a summons. A summons is an offer you cannot refuse....You see, a lot of people in the world are elect but not saved. Before you believed in Jesus, you were in that situation. You were elect, chosen of God before the foundation of the world, but you lived as an unbeliever, without any faith in Christ. How did God change you? The first phase, the first event, is effectual calling. Note the characteristics of effectual calling: it is the work of God the Father, summoning you into the fellowship of his Son.

Remember who chose you and live like it.