Every now and often, I ask that the teenagers in Church explain the gospel in their words, and talk about how it makes them feel. Sometimes these things can be very difficult to grasp, not because they are, but because you have to fight your natural way of earning and receiving favour; once, I interjected with a story about a football manager. I asked: when you play football manager, what do you do first? Do you start with the best team or the worst team and try to take them to victory? The boys echoed: "the worst team" This is how you prove you are a great football manager. I smiled, they will finally get it. I asked them: In the bible, you see Israel doing all of these terrible things, but God still chooses them, they are very forgetful, ungrateful and downright wicked and evil, why then does God devote himself to them? Deuteronomy 7:7–8: Explains that God chose Israel not for being numerous, as they were the fewest of all peoples, but due to His love and faithfulness to their ancestors. Deuteronomy 9:5–6: Emphasizes that Israel is not receiving the land because of their righteousness or integrity, noting they are a stiff-necked people. 1 Corinthians 1:27–29: Notes that God chose the foolish, weak, lowly, and despised things of the world to shame the wise and strong so that no one may boast. What the Bible Teaches About God’s Choice is that Israel was chosen not as a mighty or morally superior empire, but as the smallest of nations. God's selection was driven by sovereign love and promises to the patriarchs rather than human merit. Also, working through a small and rebellious nation highlights that salvation stems from divine power rather than human strength. I looked at them and said: God didn't choose you because you are great, he chose you because you are not, and all of the motions of your salvation are entirely for his glory, so that you cannot point to what you did to earn it. This is the Gospel, that God loves you because he loves you. This truth is comforting.