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.