Article February 5, 1979 Issue

God's chosen people—you, I, and everyone

WENDY L. SCHROCK DREYZIN

One day, while thumbing through the Bible, I came across some words of Christ Jesus' I had never noticed before: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."^{John 15:16;}

Although Jesus was speaking to his disciples, I had the strong feeling I had not turned to this passage by accident. I knew it was part of God's answer to my sincere desire to understand my relationship to Him better. The message, as I understood it, was that I was "chosen," individually defined, needed, by Him. This made me feel very good.

But then a sad thought came. Did my being chosen imply that some other people were not chosen? That could not be true, I reasoned, since God is divine Love and wholly good. He loves impartially, and therefore everyone must be chosen.

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