A. Election Election is the doctrine that God chooses certain people to be saved. According to the Old Testament, God chose the offspring of Abraham—through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob ( Israel)—to be his people (see Gen. 12:2,3). God chooses individuals and he chose a nation as his people. God chose individuals such as Abraham to be his people (see Gen. 12:1). He chose the nation of Israel to be a nation of priests who would witness to Gentiles (Exodus 19:6). When did God choose his people According to the New Testament, before he created
