God's election is a profound demonstration of His sovereignty, as seen in Acts 13:48, where only those appointed to eternal life believed. This appointment, or ordination, signifies that God has adapted or set certain individuals in a specific order for eternal life, a process involving predestination, justification, and glorification. He foreknew and predetermined to justify and glorify those He calls, summoning some while passing over others, as evident when the same message resonates differently among individuals. This divine calling mirrors a parent summoning a child, separating them from others for a specific purpose. God, through His Spirit, supernaturally calls and separates us, revealing Himself and His way, a revelation not granted to everyone due to human deception and preoccupation. Salvation is primarily an act of God, not a result of human merit, as illustrated by Israel's journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, which succeeded only through God's intervention. While God wills that none should perish and desires all to come to repentance, not every act is predetermined. Free moral agency exists, as shown by Israel's choices in the wilderness, where disobedience led to death despite God's will to bring them into the Promised Land. He does not force obedience but allows choices, judging accordingly, and may permit circumstances without predestining them, using them to test our responses. God's will is for us to reach the Kingdom of God, yet how and how quickly we progress depends on our responses. He continuously guides, corrects, and empowers us through His Spirit, giving both the desire and the power to accomplish His will, not our pleasures. This process requires working out our salvation with fear and trembling, taking what He has given to its logical conclusion, as Israel had to walk to the Promised Land after liberation from Egypt. God's election is not based on any inherent quality or faith within us, as He chooses the foolish, the base, and the despised, not the wise or mighty. He knows some intimately while others He does not, initiating a relationship to which we respond. His choice to call us stems solely from within Himself, with no external cause or merit on our part moving Him to select us for eternal life. Those not called at this time are appointed to a different role in His plan, not necessarily to perish, reflecting His broader scheme of salvation.

From His nature of love and wisdom, God pre-determined what is right and beautiful, and He taught Adam and Eve His way of life, instruction now included in His Word. If we want to achieve His purpose and be in His image, we must limit our free moral agency to choosing whether to submit to the universal, life-encompassing standards He has already determined. Jesus' statement in John 6:44 clearly sets the tone, declaring that no one can come to Him unless the Father who sent Him draws them, and He will raise them up at the last day. This drawing is totally beyond our control; it is entirely a sovereign act on the Father's part. Jesus intimates that even He has no say in selecting those drawn to Him to be His disciples. Paul adds in I Corinthians 15:10 that by the grace of God he is what he is, and His grace toward him was not in vain. Not only is our calling a gift of God, but He also abundantly bestows other gifts to enable us to carry out our responsibilities in the church. God's calling is strictly His choice and not based on a person's accomplishments, personality, or character. He tenders His many gifts, further aspects of His grace, according to what He wants us to fulfill within His church. Saving faith arises from the knowledge God so graciously gives us through His sovereign will, meaning that only those whose hearts and minds God opens can believe to salvation. Even the faith that saves is a gift of God. Paul broaches the question of God's fairness in Romans 9:19-24, asking why He still finds fault if no one has resisted His will, and affirming that the potter has power over the clay to make vessels for honor or dishonor as He pleases. God fully expects us to be slaves of righteousness, understanding that in our relationship with Him, we experience both the joys of freedom as His children and the serious requirement to obey as His slaves. Understanding that God is sovereign and we are the slaves, and translating this into loving submission, are essential to our relationship with Him.

God's election is a profound demonstration of His sovereignty over all creation. He determines who comes into contact with His grace, each person in their own order, as ordained by the Sovereign Creator. It is not by our own doing that we are chosen, but by the grace of God that we are made to differ spiritually. What we have, we have received from Him, leaving us no ground to stand on before Him in pride. The choice of who believes unto salvation rests solely with God. Only those whom He elects to open the eyes of can truly believe, for even the faith that saves is a gift from Him. Without this gift, we would never believe unto salvation. This faith, distinct and singular, trusts and works because it relies upon the truth of God's message of salvation and His purpose. God makes His choice based on His own will, not revealing the reasons behind His selection. Whether one of a family, a house, or a nation is chosen, it is His prerogative as the Creator. Like a potter shaping clay from the same lump into vessels of different purposes, He has the right to do as He wills with His creation. We may not understand why one is chosen and another is not, but we are to glory in humility and thankfulness for the greatest gift given to us, recognizing the opportunity to submit to Him and, through His power, to become in His image.

God's election is a profound act of His sovereign will, wherein He predestines some to be summoned to salvation while not calling others. This calling is specific, separating the chosen from the many, much like a parent calls a particular child from a group, disposing their mind to respond. God's summons is not without purpose; by His Spirit, He supernaturally inclines our minds and begins to reveal Himself and His way, appointing those He desires to understand at this time. Human nature resists this divine selection, often refusing to admit that salvation is far more an act of God's grace than a result of our own merits. As with Israel, whom God chose and led from slavery to the Promised Land through His sovereign acts, we too are entirely dependent on His grace. Israel did not choose God; He chose them, breaking their bondage and guiding them, just as He operates spiritually with us today. God's election does not imply that every act of a person's life is predetermined, for human choices, as seen in Israel's wilderness journey, demonstrate that fate is not fixed. Yet, His will is clear: He is longsuffering, not willing that any should perish, though some will. In Elijah's time, God preserved a remnant by His influence alone, not because of their inherent qualities, and similarly, there is today a remnant according to the election of grace, chosen solely by His agency. To those who believe, Christ is precious, but to the disobedient, He is a stone of stumbling, appointed to a different role in God's scheme at this time. Scriptures reveal that not all are called now; there will be a future resurrection when others will be offered salvation. No cause apart from God's will moved Him to make us the special objects of His love, and we must guard against human nature's inclination to claim credit for His choice. Before repentance, our love for God was akin to the world's, based on tradition and false concepts, essentially an idol. True knowledge of Him comes only through His revelation, for no one seeks after God on their own. We believe because faith is His gift, and we are chosen not for any virtue within us, but simply because He willed it. This truth should humble us, inspiring overflowing praise, gratitude, obedience, and zeal for the immense grace given to the undeserving.

God's election, as revealed through His sovereignty, demonstrates His authority to choose and act according to His own purpose and will. He actively oversees the outworking of His plans, selecting specific moments to intervene and accomplish His ends. He has the power and the right to do as He pleases, with us or anyone else, often in ways that may seem mystifying to our limited understanding. For instance, He knocks down the walls of Jericho once and never repeats that miracle, heals Hezekiah but not Paul, and chooses to bless one while passing by others, showing that nothing He does happens randomly. His choices are not based on human works or merit but on His sovereign will. This is evident in His selection of Jacob over Esau before either had done anything, expressing His love for one and not the other. He seems to delight in pouring out spiritual blessings upon those least esteemed, as seen in His choice of the weak and lowly for His purposes. Grace reigns supreme, given freely as He pleases, ensuring that salvation is by grace alone and excluding all boasting. God's sovereign right extends to creating diversity and contrast in nature and humanity, distributing blessings unequally as He wills. He chooses to place people where He wants them, when He wants them there, as illustrated by John the Baptist's humble acceptance of God giving disciples to Jesus. This same principle guides the understanding that God calls whomever He wills, managing and directing His creation with purpose. His attention is especially focused on His church, with no part of its existence outside His sovereign dictates. As we face what is coming, we must decide who will be sovereign in our lives—whether the world, the coming Beast, or God, by faith, today, tomorrow, and forever.