Talk

Chosen

Louie Giglio
April 3, 2016

In this message, Louie Giglio presses on the importance of knowing that we are all chosen by God for the mission of spreading the gospel. In God reminding us of our purpose in this life, we can live confidently and boldly, dedicating our days to helping spread the Good News of Jesus.

Key Takeaway

God chose you before everything. With the label of “chosen” given by Christ, we can walk through life with confidence, worth, awe, and purpose. We are called to root ourselves in the identity God almighty has given us as his chosen people.

1.Who or what defines us?

  • We must root our identity in something that will never change—God
  • God has chosen you. Ephesians 1:1-14

2.We are defined by God choosing us.

  • The divine mystery of God choosing us to be sons and daughters of Christ

3.What does it look like to be chosen by God?

  • Every day is filled with holy awe.
  • You were accepted into the family of Christ before the Big Bang

4.Believers have undeniable worth.

  • Do I matter? Am I valuable? Does anyone care about me?
  • We have a purpose.
  • We were chosen to be in the story.
  • The prison is for a second; the kingdom of God working through my life lasts forever.
  • “The people who are unshakable through it all are the ones who know they were chosen before it all.”
In Christ, our name is chosen. It’s not about who has the name but that the God of the universe gave it to us. It gives us unshakable confidence in life.
Louie Giglio

Discussion Questions

  1. What does it mean for your life that God has chosen you?
  2. In what ways do you experience awe knowing that you are chosen by the creator of the universe?
  3. How does being chosen change your daily life?
  4. How has the enemy lied to you about not being chosen in your
  5. There is security in knowing we were chosen by God. How have you been living in fear despite this truth?

Scripture References

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
5he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
8that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
9he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
10to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
12in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.