WHO ARE THE ELECT?

[Eddie Ramos]

There seems to be much confusion among those who hold to a free will doctrine, as to who exactly the elect are. It's not as though this word doesn't appear in the scriptures, because it does, many times. And this word is just as important as every other word in the Bible to help us arrive at correct doctrine. For example, when we look up the word "elect" (eklektos) we discover that it's also translated as "chosen". And this word is used in contexts that speak of choosing a particular person or people. But when it comes to salvation, God uses this word to speak of those whom he has justified by his own blood in the person of Christ.

Regarding the gospel call:
Matthew 20:16 (KJV 1900)
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen (eklektos).

Regarding the great tribulation:
Matthew 24:22 (KJV 1900)
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s (eklektos) sake those days shall be shortened.

Matthew 24:29–31 (KJV 1900)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect (eklektos) from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Regarding Christ:
Luke 23:35 (KJV 1900)
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen (eklektos) of God.

Regarding God's salvation plan:
Romans 8:29–34 (KJV 1900)
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect (eklektos)? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

In regards to salvation, the elect are therefore those who have been chosen (elect) of God. In other words, they didn't choose God, God chose them. And knowing who the elect are, helps us to better understand the error of the free will doctrine that teaches that anyone could have chosen to become one of those whom God chose to save.

John 15:16 (KJV 1900)
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Who do you think, according to the scriptures, the elect are?

[myth-one.com]

WHO ARE THE ELECT?

The "elect" are the 144,000 spirit anointed born again Christian, chosen by God to rule over this our planet earth.

JW

In Christian theology, election refers to God's choosing of individuals or peoples to be the objects of his grace or to otherwise fulfill his purposes. Most often God's election is associated with his choice of individuals unto salvation.

If the elect is indeed all those who will be saved, then the 144,000 is only a small subset of the elect.