06/21/2026
There are moments when it feels easy to believe God knows us. When life is quiet, when we are alone, when the noise fades away, we can imagine that God sees us clearly and personally. But what about when we are in the crowd? What about when we feel small, overlooked, or swept along by circumstances we did not choose?
In 'Known By God,' Jesse Meerman takes up a difficult subject--predestination--through a deeply pastoral lens. The message is not aimed at winning a debate. It is aimed at helping believers take comfort in the truth that God knows them, calls them, and works through their lives with purpose.
The sermon holds together two biblical realities. On one hand, Scripture calls every person to respond: 'whoever believes' may come, the wicked may turn and live, and the thirsty are invited to
receive freely. On the other hand, Scripture also says God forms, knows, appoints, calls, and works beforehand. Paul was set apart from his mother's womb. Jeremiah was known before he was formed.
Believers are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.
Rather than flattening these truths into a system that makes every question easy, the message invites humility. God's ways are higher than ours. The deepest things of God are not mastered by human
cleverness; they are received through Scripture and by the Spirit. We are not asked to explain everything about God's sovereignty. We are asked to trust Him, obey Him, and use our free will and respond to His invitation.
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