The Chosen Few
The Chosen Few
by Chris Machamer
the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the LORD that he
had made man on the earth, and it grieved
him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will
destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth (Genesis 6:5–7).
God was going to send a great flood, but
Noah and his family found grace in the eyes of
God; so God directed Noah and his family to
build an ark of safety to save them.
Once the ark was built, the door remained
open for seven days so that whosoever wanted
to could go in and find refuge from the judgment
to come; but no one outside of the Noah
family entered into the ark. Many were called,
but only eight souls entered in.
Once God closed the ark door, the rain
poured. And every living substance was
destroyed which was upon the face of the
ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping
things, and the fowl of the heaven; and
they were destroyed from the earth: and
Noah only remained alive, and they that
were with him in the ark (Genesis 7:23).
Lot’s Wife Failed
In Lot’s day, he and his family lived in
the midst of two wicked cities—Sodom and
Gomorrah—and the Bible says that righteous
Lot was vexed by the sins of those cities. So
God, in His grace and mercy, sent two angels
to rescue Lot and his family before He would
send judgment and destroy those cities by fire.
Unfortunately, Lot’s sons-in-law refused to
go, and they mocked at the warnings of the
coming judgment; so only Lot, his wife and his
two daughters were found worthy in the eyes
of God to escape. Then fire fell from Heaven.
The LORD rained upon Sodom and upon
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the
LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew
Jesus said, For many be called, but few
chosen (Matthew 20:16). For many are
called, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14).
This truth is so important that Jesus declared it
twice in a short period of time.
Jesus referred to this truth in Matthew 22
when He was telling a parable of a wedding
feast. A king made a marriage feast for his son
and invited many guests. But they made light
of it the king’s invitation, and went their
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise
(Matthew 22:5). Those people really
had no desire to be there. And the remnant took
his servants, and entreated them spitefully,
and slew them (Matthew 22:6). The king in his
wrath then sent forth his army to go into the city
and destroy those invitees and the city itself.
Later, the king sent forth servants saying, Go
ye therefore into the highways, and as many
as ye shall find, bid to the marriage (Matthew
22:9). Then when the king himself entered into
the feast, he spied a man not wearing a wedding
garment. He confronted the man, and the
man was speechless; so the king cast him out.
Since the fall of the human race in the Garden
of Eden, many have been called into the
Kingdom of God; but few have been chosen
and counted worthy of entering. Jesus warned
us of what society would be like just before
He makes His second appearance to Earth. As
it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also
in the days of the Son of man. They did eat,
they drank, they married wives, they were
given in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, and the flood came, and
destroyed them all (Luke 17:26,27).
Noah and His Family Were Chosen
The Bible tells us that in Noah’s day, God
saw that the wickedness of man was great
in the earth, and that every imagination of
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