Who are the elect?

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What’s Your Question? for Jan. 6, 2010

Who are the elect?

Calvinism teaches that God has predestined certain ones to be saved, and they are the elect. Everyone else is non-elect, therefore lost by God’s choice. Paul said God has “chosen us in Him” and “predestined us to adoption…according to the good pleasure of His will” (Eph. 1:3-5). God’s will is that those who decide to obey Him will be in Christ, therefore saved (Rom. 1:16; Mk. 16:15,16). He is not a respecter of persons (Acts 10:34,35; Rom. 2:11), therefore did not arbitrarily decide who would be in Christ and who would not. Near the end of the New Testament, John wrote “And whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely” (Rev. 22:17). One preacher put it this way: God votes for you; the devil votes against you; whichever way you vote, that’s the way the election goes!