Does God elect His people to salvation based on any condition they have met?

Nothing in us can possibly merit God’s election. Our salvation belongs entirely to His good pleasure and the riches of His grace. From one of our Ask Ligonier events, Stephen Nichols suggests that the wonder of election should drive Christians to worshipful gratitude.

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[carljones]

From the garden to today.
Adam sinned, then hid from God, God sought out Adam, confronted him, Adam agreed with God who then provided the covering and restored Adam. What did Adam do? Absolutely nothing, it was all of God.
Today there are still none that seek after God, The Holy Spirit draws, convicts and converts all made possible because the Father sent Christ to seek the lost.
To God be all the praise and all the glory.
Carl, just journeying through.

[timothy]

Amen; Ephesians 1:4-5 and 2:8-9. We're saved by God's grace (and what wonderful riches of that grace there is).

[reformedcatholic]

Amen. We see this example not only with Israel but with before with Abraham as well, God chose Abraham as His sevant, same with Moses, while they did not know God.

[irishhomedeemob]

I'm perplexed with Genesis 4:7 from a Calvinist theology perspective..
Can anyone explain these Words from God Almighty and how they comply with TULIP ?

If you do *what is right*, won’t *you* be *accepted* ?
But *if you do not do what is right* sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, *but you must rule over it.*

[joewright]

The young man in this video spoke seven words at the very beginning that should be on the lips of everyone who thinks they have this figured. Listen to him and learn.

[irishhomedeemob]

Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”

The choosing of anyone or any nation by God for his purposes, *does not prove TULIP* if that's the motivation of this video, since Israel was chosen by God to bring *his seed* into the world, also destroyed Isreal for apostacy !

This lesson shows the *sovereignty* of almighty God!

[carolinaumana]

Who is the man answering the question? I love his simple response, I love how plainly he answered!

[sorrowinchrist]

And people can reject Christ and walk away but why is this being talked about and nothing about obeying the Word of God??

[alicewhitelhpw]

I thought that we were saved just by believing on Jesus?

[rangersNHL]

Sure He does...repent and believe...those are the conditions...He doesn’t chose anyone...He calls, they must receive, then He chooses. We must receive Christ

[larrythepcguy]

Carnal Israel was an anti-type of Spiritual Israel.

22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.
23But the one by the slave was born as a result of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born through promise.

24These things are being taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery ​— ​this is Hagar.

25Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

27For it is written,  Rejoice, childless woman,  unable to give birth. Burst into song and shout,  you who are not in labor,  for the children of the desolate woman will be many,  more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.

28¶Now you too, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Galatians 4

[irishhomedeemob]

Rhetorical question: Who is Israel to whom the promises were made ?

[irishhomedeemob]

It's no mystery ...
*Positions in the kingdom are preordained* like Apostles, etc, *salvation is for all* who accept it !
Matthew 20:20-24, john 3:16

[ronaldcossin]

And God makes the microorganisms that can kill a nation too ... .. . He has them in His storehouse ... .. . Keep sinning world ... .. .Angel of Death my work is never done, teaching your children well are you ... .. .

[irishhomedeemob]

32 For God has *imprisoned all in disobedience* so that *he may have mercy on all*

33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!
Romans 11

[kathleenwharton]

We are Saved by Gods Grace..which includes Obeying Gods Commandments. You are not Saved from Sin until you stop sinning.

[irishhomedeemob]

GOD elects Sons to kingdom positions, salvation is open to all
John 3:16, matthew 20-20-24