Ch. 12: What Is Election?

In theology, what is election?

• Before creation, God chose some people to be saved.

• Before creation, God passed over some people who would not be saved.

• Voting on who will be America's next president every 4 years.

• God and the angels voting to see who would be saved or not.

The NT presents election as...

• a comfort for believers

• a reason to praise God

• an encouragement to evangelize

• a fatalistic system

Election is...

• a fatalistic or mechanistic system

• unconditional

• a personal act of God

• based on people's responses to God

Why is election not fatalistic/mechanistic?

• There is a genuine invitation to people

• People genuinely respond by making a decision

• People's choices have real effects

• People have no choice

Election is...

• unconditional

• based on our faith

• based on our works

• a demonstration of God's grace

How does understanding election affect your daily life?