In the matter of God's choosing, it is evident that only those appointed to eternal life believed, as seen in the events at Antioch of Pisidia. This appointment, or ordination, signifies that God has predetermined certain individuals to be summoned to salvation, while others are not called at this time. He, by His Spirit, supernaturally calls and separates some from the rest, revealing Himself and His way to them alone. This act of selection is not based on any inherent quality or merit within those chosen, but solely by His sovereign will. God's choosing is further illustrated through the history of Israel, whom He selected as His covenant people, freeing them from Egypt and guiding them to the Promised Land. Their journey shows that success was entirely due to His intervention, not their own strength or worthiness. Similarly, with us, He predestines the end goal of eternal life, yet leaves the manner and choices along the way to our free moral agency. He wills that none should perish, yet some will, as their choices lead them away from His path, just as many Israelites perished in the wilderness through disobedience despite His desire to bring them into the land. This divine selection does not mean every act of a person's life is predetermined by Him. While He has willed the ultimate outcome for those He calls, the steps taken are influenced by individual decisions. Like a parent calling a child from a group for a specific purpose, He summons us with a goal in mind, but how we respond and the choices we make are ours to determine. He continually guides and corrects us, ensuring we align with His will, yet He does not force every action. Moreover, His choosing is not due to any pre-existing faith or virtue in us. He selects the foolish, the base, and the despised, not the wise or mighty, to demonstrate that it is His action alone that brings us to belief and salvation. Faith itself is a gift from Him, enabling us to believe and empowering us to overcome. Out of the same mass of humanity, He ordains some to eternal life, granting them faith, while others remain uncalled at this time, not because of any difference in them, but because of His sovereign decision. Thus, there is no cause outside of His own will that moves Him to make us the special objects of His love. Human nature may seek reasons within ourselves for His choice, but there is no evidence to support this. His decision to call us is hidden within Himself, humbling us to recognize our unworthiness and to respond with gratitude and obedience to His sovereign grace.

From the very beginning, God establishes that He is the Creator, the central figure in all of life, with all purpose and potential flowing from Him. He reveals the sovereignty issue, where each person must decide who will be loved and obeyed, determining character and the image in which they will be formed. Out of His nature of love and wisdom, He has already determined what is right and beautiful, limiting our free moral agency to choosing whether to submit to His predetermined standards. He urges us to be serious and deliberate in choosing, sharply defining the issues as obedience or disobedience, life or death, good or evil, with no neutrality in matters of morality. God is constantly moving His creation toward the conclusion of the purpose He determined from the beginning, intervening and making adjustments in the course of events, both national and personal. He sets the bounds of nations' habitations and their times, managing and governing His creation. He turns the heart of the king wherever He wills, influencing decisions to direct entire nations according to His purpose. No king is strong enough to turn Him aside, for all governmental control is under His hand. He permits or brings events to pass as part of His overriding purpose, and His will shall be done, regardless of human efforts to oppose it. In the matter of calling into His family and salvation, He chooses some and not others, determining the order of each person's contact with His grace. He makes one to differ spiritually, opening the eyes of those He elects to believe unto salvation, granting the faith that saves as a gift. He chooses on the basis of His own will, not revealing why He selects one over another, whether within a family or a nation. As the potter has the right to shape His clay as He desires, so He shapes His creation according to His purpose. He desires us to glory in humility and thankfulness for the opportunity given to so few, to be humbled before Him and willingly submit to His way, ensuring through His power and grace that we become in His image and sons in His kingdom.

In His boundless love, He chose us in Christ, selecting us for Himself as His own before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy, consecrated, and set apart for Him, purpose-driven and blameless in His sight. For those chosen by Almighty God, He not only knew us in our mother's womb but had implanted a pre-decided plan and purpose for our lives, involving a lifetime of sacrifice or service to our spiritual siblings. This plan and purpose had been established by Him from the very beginning. As a reminder, He selected us for Himself before the foundation of the world, consecrating us to be set apart for His divine intent. To those who have received His calling, He has enabled access to precious truths and mysteries, revealing secret insights as we yield unconditionally to Him and are interwoven with Christ. Though we are all damaged goods at the moment of our calling, He takes satisfaction in repairing, refurbishing, and adding value to our pitiable lot, fashioning and redirecting our natural talents from self-centered to other-centered purposes for the greater good of the Body of Christ.