Subject: Election - Titus

Titus 1:1 (ESV Strong's)
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,

Subject:  Election

Election is the doctrine that states God "choose" that would be saved.  To the average person on the street this is absurd.  To the average believer this is often absurd and/or an alien topic.   Most believers do NOT want to talk about God choosing someone to be saved.  Most people, if they affirm any "religious" temperament, believe man has a choice if he wants to be "saved" or a person of faith.   They believe, if they affirm election as God choosing those He wants to save, means God choose some NOT to be saved and that offends them and their belief in a loving God.  Between these "free will" and "a loving God would not do that" argument, they stick their head in the sand about election.  Yet, the above verse has all the elements we need to not only affirm election but embrace it and rejoice in the truth of it.   The fact that God choose us is bodily stated.  That means, despite our personal views, God reach down into man's life and made him one of His children.   That is a sobering truth.  That makes salvation ALL of God's Work!!!   God, in love, choose us to be His children.   All men were already dead!! He choose to make some alive... His elect!! That is a loving God.   He chose to do this by a "faith" stirred up by men like Paul who presented the truth of God's Word.  So, the doctrine here, combines the sovereignty of God's choosing and the presenting of God's truth that will activate the elect's faith and bring them into the family of God.  That is election and how it works. This is what we are to rejoice in.  The choosing is God, the truth of God's Word is God.  The faith is a gift God gives His children to respond to God's Word.  The servant sent to them to preach the truth is a "bond servant" of God.   Everything in the salvation process is of God.    How many can lay hold of any aspect of salvation should be beyond rational thought.   Give glory to God for His salvation He gives to mankind to make them His elect!!!