Romans 9:15-16 (New International Version)
Christformation will only happen in all those who are predestined for Christformation in them by the Heavenly Father. You must be an object of his mercy to have Christformation in you.An object of His wrath will never have Christformation in himself.In the end, God the Heavenly Father decides who will be filled with His beloved Son.If you have a leading of the Holy Spirit for Christ to be formed in you fully, then that leading comes from the Heavenly Father.
For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Just exactly who are those who have God's mercy and have not was spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ in His parables.This parable has the message clearly spoken:
Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version)
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
If you would realize why the sheep were chosen and not the goats,it was because of Christformation in them. It was their Christ-like nature in them that made the difference.
The parable was not just highlighting social service to mankind as many perceive, but,Christ-like nature formed in them.It takes Christ-like nature to respond to people like the above.Remember, They are the "least" in the eyes of the public.You may do social service to mankind but still God looks at your motives and intentions of the heart.It may look like you are doing humble service to mankind but He knows why it was done.Was it for pleasing the sinful nature to seek self glory with selfish ambition in your heart or greed for worldly things. He knows it!
