![]() In this sense they are also "elect."īecause the elect angels do not need any deliverance from sin, as do humans, they are related to Christ differently. Like these angels, these believers willingly chose to follow the Lord when given the option. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied ( 1 Peter 1:1, 2). ![]() ![]() This is a permanent quality of their character.īelievers are said to be "elect unto obedience." These angels, who did not stray from the Lord, have been confirmed in their goodness. ![]() Their election was revealed by their remaining true to the Lord. It seems there was a period of time when they were under probation. The elect angels are most likely those who stayed true to God during the original angelic rebellion. I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality ( 1 Timothy 5:21). Scripture speaks of certain angels as being "elect." Who are these elect angels? Paul wrote to Timothy. ![]()
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