Divinely Distinguished

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. 2:13, 14 But! Amazing contrast! Similar to that which is found in the second chapter of First Peter, where the apostle writes about those that are appointed to stumble over the Stone and...