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2 Timothy 1:9-10

⁹ He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.
¹⁰ This has now been made evident
through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,
who has abolished death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.

Why has God called some people out of darkness and into light?
Why redeem some from death and darkness to immortality, life and light?

"Not according to our works"

But I thought I was the Belle of the Ball.
Nope.

But I thought I was a good person.
Double Nope.

But I thought I was...
Just stop it.

You were not chosen for you. You were chosen for Him and by Him.

"but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began."

Before the stars filled the heavens, God purposed in grace to send His Son to die. That means Jesus determined to lay His life down for the elect before Adam ever sinned, before Adam ever breathed.

God is love.
God is good.
God is all-knowing and all-capable.
Of all that He could and can do, He did this.
He produced and ushered into existence Good News.

It is His masterpiece.
It is a holy calling because the Caller is Holy.
We were saved and called in Christ before the mountains leapt into existence.
We were saved on account of Christ and from Christ’s account are we credited with righteousness.