Election was far more than a bare choice of persons. It included our being predestinated unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself (Eph 1:5). It included our being made “vessels unto honour” and being “afore prepared to glory” (Rom 9:21, 23). It included being appointed “to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ” (1Th 5:9). It included our being separated for God’s pleasure, God’s use, and “that we should be to the praise of his glory” (Eph 1:12). It included our being made “holy and without blame before him” (Eph 1:4). This eternal sanctification by God the Father is also mentioned in 2 Timothy 1:9, “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.”
A.W. Pink, The Doctrine of Sanctification
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