在于神的怜悯
神的拣选也在于神的怜悯（罗九14-16）。神对摩西说，“我要向谁施怜悯，就向谁施怜悯；要对谁动怜恤，就对谁动怜恤”（罗九15）。我们都是神怜悯的对象。我们何等感谢祂！“这不在于那定意的……只在于那施怜悯的神”（罗九16）。
在于神的恩典
神的拣选也在于祂的恩典（罗十一5）。恩典是神把自己作到我们里面。我们不仅是神怜悯的对象，更是祂恩典的对象。我们是在神的怜悯之下，而祂的恩典乃是在我们的里面。
接着是神的豫定
神在已过的永远里拣选了我们，接着就是祂的豫定（罗八29，弗一5）。豫定这辞的意义不容易解释。按照希腊文，意思是豫先标出。神已把我们豫先标出。在我们出生之前，神已豫见并豫知我们。我们不仅在已过的永远里蒙神拣选；我们也被豫先标出，如今祂的标记在我们身上。因此，豫定的意思是神已经豫先标出我们，为着一种定命－作祂的儿子（弗一4-5）。
接着是神的呼召
在神的拣选之后，接着是祂的呼召（罗八28）。神在已过的永远里拣选我们，在时间里呼召我们。我们无法经历祂的拣选或豫定，但我们都经历了祂的呼召。
为着神的目的
我们是为着神的目的蒙了拣选并呼召的（罗九11）。很少基督徒知道这目的是甚么。神呼召的目的，乃是要把祂所呼召的人变化为君王。我们在雅各身上可以看到这目的，但在亚伯拉罕和以撒身上看不到。新约清楚的启示，神的拣选、豫定和呼召的目的是儿子的名分（弗一4-5）。我们已被豫定得儿子的名分。我们不是普通的儿子；我们是君王的儿子，是命定要作王的。罗马八章二十九节说，“因为神所豫知的人，祂也豫定他们模成神儿子的形像。”神拣选、豫定并呼召我们的目的，乃是将可怜的罪人作成君王的儿子，在变化过程完成之后，我们就能作王掌权。
创世记一章二十六节启示神造人的目的，是要人有祂的形像彰显祂，并且有祂的管治权代表祂。在千年国时，我们将作祭司，有祂的形像彰显祂；并作君王，运用祂的管治权治理全地。现在我们天天经历变化的过程。
每日一问：我们的蒙拣选并呼召，是为着神的目的。那么神的目的是什么？
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Chosen (3) – Rom. 9:16
In God’s Mercy – God’s election also lies in God’s mercy (Rom. 9:14-16). God said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” (Rom. 9:15). We are all objects of God’s mercy. How we thank Him! “So then it does not depend on the man who wills… but on God who has mercy” (Rom. 9:16).
In God’s Grace — God’s election also lies in His grace (Rom. 11:5). Grace is some of God Himself worked into us. We are not only the objects of His mercy, but we are even more the objects of His grace. We are under God’s mercy, and His grace is within us.
Followed by God’s Predestination – God chose us in the past eternity, and then followed His predestination (Rom. 8:29; Eph. 1:5). The meaning of the word “predestination” is not easy to explain. According to the Greek, it means to mark out beforehand. God has marked us out beforehand. Before we were born, God foresaw and foreknew us. We were not only chosen by God in the past eternity; we were also marked out beforehand, and now His mark is upon us. Therefore, predestination means that God has marked us out beforehand for a destiny — to be His sons (Eph. 1:4-5).
Followed by God’s Calling – After God’s election comes His calling (Rom. 8:28). God chose us in the past eternity and calls us in time. We cannot experience His election or predestination, but we have all experienced His calling.
For God’s Purpose — We were chosen and called for God’s purpose (Rom. 9:11). Few Christians know what this purpose is. The purpose of God’s calling is to transform those whom He has called into kings. We can see this purpose in Jacob, but not in Abraham or Isaac. The New Testament clearly reveals that the purpose of God’s election, predestination and calling is sonship (Eph. 1:4-5). We have been predestinated to sonship. We are not ordinary sons; we are sons of the King, destined to reign. Romans 8:29 says, “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to he image of His Son.” The purpose of God’s electing, predestinating, and calling us is to make miserable sinners into sons of the King; after the transformation process is complete, we will be able to reign.
Genesis 1:26 reveals that the purpose of God in creating man is to have man express Him with His image and represent Him with His dominion. During the millennium, we will be priests, expressing Him with His image; and we will be kings, exercising His dominion to rule over the whole earth. Now we are experiencing the process of transformation daily.
Daily Question: Our election and calling are for God’s purpose. What is God’s purpose?