Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-ch chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

The Chosen, as we pick up in Acts chapter 22, verse 14.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Paul saw Jesus there on the road to Damascus. Paul, as he is giving the list of those who

had seen the resurrected Christ, talks about his appearance to Mary, then to the disciples, then to over 500 people at one time,

and then Paul said, and finally unto me as one born out of due season. And when he is giving his

proof for apostleships, or for the right of being called an apostle

he said have I not seen the risen Lord an Ananias said God has chosen you when Paul is writing his

letter to the Ephesians, and he begins in chapter one after his opening

greeting, he begins saying, thanks be unto God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ, in heavenly places,

the top of the list of Paul's Thanksgiving list to God for the wonderful things that God had done,

for all of the spiritual blessings he had received.

The very top of the list, Paul put, having been chosen in him before the foundations of the

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