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Let’s Talk about Election<\/h3>\n

When the doctrine of election comes up you can be certain that strong emotions and opinions will soon follow. There will be questions about fairness, questions about free will, and questions about the exact mechanism of how salvation works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of this post is not to give an exhaustive defense of the doctrine of election, but instead to give a basic framework of the biblical teaching on election, and then to explore the implications of this doctrine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Definition<\/b><\/h3>\n

Because words like \u201celect,\u201d \u201cchoose,\u201d and \u201cpredestination\u201d appear in Scripture, every Bible believing Christian believes <\/span>something<\/span><\/i> about the idea of election. When I write about election in this post what I mean is that God makes the divine choice of those who will be saved. He is not responding to human choice by choosing those who choose him. He is choosing sinners who are dead in their trespasses (Ephesians 2:1) and who would never come to him of their own free will (John 6:44). Without God choosing us\u2014through no merit of our own (Romans 9:16)\u2014we would never choose him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scriptural Basis<\/b><\/h3>\n

There are many passages that teach election. Here are a few:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ephesians 1:3-6<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

3\u00a0<\/span>Praise 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. <\/span>4\u00a0<\/span>For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love <\/span>5\u00a0<\/span>he predestined us for adoption to sonship\u00a0<\/span>n<\/span> through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will\u2014<\/span>6\u00a0<\/span>to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 8:29-30<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

29\u00a0<\/span>For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. <\/span>30\u00a0<\/span>And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 9:11-12<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

11\u00a0<\/span>Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad\u2014in order that God\u2019s purpose in election might stand: <\/span>12\u00a0<\/span>not by works but by him who calls\u2014she was told, \u201cThe older will serve the younger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 7:7-8<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

7\u00a0<\/span>The <\/span>Lord<\/span> did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. <\/span>8\u00a0<\/span>But it was because the <\/span>Lord<\/span> loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Acts 13:48<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

48\u00a0<\/span>When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Timothy 2:10<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

10\u00a0<\/span>Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Objections<\/b><\/h3>\n

There are three major objections to this view of election. The first is that this undercuts free will. To some degree this is definitely true. We are not as free as we think we are. 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