There is much written and spoken and misunderstood concerning this subject, as if election was some incomprehensible mystery which imparted some greater than expected reward to those who presumed themselves to be the recipients of such choice.

In our very being, our being born, the choice of our existence is not our own. Election is a free gift. How could our being born be based on works? God elected to give life, not on works (for how could it be other wise?) but on His choice. Does this sound surprising?