What Does the Bible Say About Election?

Take heart, Christian. You are elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father in the sanctification of the

Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood. In love, God predestined you for his glory.

Your name was written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. God elected you.

That's the doctrine of election. You might say, but wait, didn't I choose to believe in God? I repented of my sins and I have decided to follow

Jesus, right? As far as your experience is concerned, yes, you chose to become a Christian, but when you read the

Bible and understand the theology, you find out you didn't choose Christ, but he chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit.

Romans 3 says, no one seeks for God. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We are born into sin, living in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and we're by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.

But God says, I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Someone might say, but how can I know if I'm elect? And the answer is this, believe on the name of the

Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Take up your cross daily and follow after him.