YOU ARE CHOSEN BY GOD Paul goes on and he says "you were also chosen by God. This word is "Eklektos" and it means "to elect" or to choose which gets us into the really challenging doctrine of election and free will. Now if you know anything about those two doctrines, it promotes a lot of controversy at times especially like in Bible colleges and seminaries. Sometimes even in churches. What I want to do is take just a minute to explain it and then make some comments on it as it relates to this passage.

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