Five Reasons to Accept the Doctrine of Unconditional Election

When I speak of accepting this doctrine, I want to emphasize that unconditional election is not only true, but also precious. Of course, election cannot be precious if it is not true. So the main reason we accept it is because it is biblical. But let's start at the beginning. Unconditional election can be defined as follows:
Unconditional election is a free decision of God, made before the foundation of the world, not based on preordained faith. God grants faith and repentance to those whom he chooses, forgiving them and accepting them into his eternal and blessed family.

1. We accept unconditional election because it is true.

«Unconditional election is not just a truth, it is a value.» My objections to unconditional election disappeared when I failed to explain Romans 9. This chapter begins with Paul’s willingness to be accursed and cut off from Christ for his unbelieving Jewish people (Rom. 9:3). This means that some Jews are perishing as unbelievers, which raises the question of God’s promise to the Jews. Has it failed? Paul answers: «It is not as if the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel» (Rom. 9:6). Why is this so?
Paul illustrates the idea of God's unconditional election through the story of Jacob and Esau: "But before they were born, when they had done nothing good or bad, so that God's purpose in election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls, it was said to her [Rebekah], 'The older will serve the younger'" (Rom. 9:11-12).
In other words, God’s purpose in choosing a people for Himself from Israel—and from all nations! (Rev. 5:9)—was not based on any conditions they had to fulfill. It was an unconditional election. That is why God says, «I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion» (Rom. 9:15).
Jesus confirms this teaching: «All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will in no way cast out» (John 6:37). Coming to Jesus is not a condition we must fulfill in order to be chosen. It is the result of His choice. The Father has chosen His sheep, and that is why they come to the Son: «No one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by [My] Father» (John 6:65). «You did not choose me, but I chose you» (John 15:16; see John 17:2, 6, 9; Gal. 1:15).
The book of Acts deals with why some believed and others did not. Luke’s answer is God’s election: «Those who were ordained to eternal life believed» (Acts 13:48). This «election» is God’s election, which was not based on predicted faith; it was the reason for their faith.
The Father has chosen His sheep. They belong to Him, and He gives them to the Son. That is why they come to Him. In the Letter to the Ephesians, Paul says: «[God] chose us in [Christ] before the foundation of the world… In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works out all things according to the counsel of His will» (Eph. 1:4, 11). It is the «determination of God’s will» that is decisive in this matter.
What will you say to God at the judgment when He asks, «Why did you believe in My Son when others did not?» You will not say, «Because I was smarter.» Of course, you will say, «Because of Your grace. If You had not chosen me, I would have remained spiritually dead and guilty.».

2. We accept unconditional election because God designed it to make us fearless in preaching His grace in a hostile world.

«What shall we say then? If God is for us, who can be against us?… Who will bring any charge against God’s chosen ones?» (Rom. 8:31, 33).

3. We accept unconditional election because God designed it to make us humble.

«God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong. God chose the lowly things of the world, the despised things, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things which are, that no flesh should boast in his presence… He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord!» (1 Cor. 1:27-29, 31).

4. We accept unconditional election because it is a powerful impetus for compassion, kindness, and forgiveness.

«Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, tender mercies, kindness…forgiving one another» (Col. 3:12-13). No one has truly seen or enjoyed God’s choosing him unless that choice has moved him to be kind, patient, and forgiving.

5. We accept unconditional election because it is a powerful impetus in our evangelism to help great sinners escape despair.

«"What will you say to God at the judgment when He asks, 'Why did you believe in My Son while others did not?'".
When you openly offer Christ to unbelievers, someone may say, «I have sinned so much that God will never want to save me.» The strongest argument against despair is the reminder that God chose those He would save before the foundation of the world. And He did so without any merit. Before you were born or did anything good or bad, God decided whether to save you.
So you can’t stand before God and tell Him what qualities you lack to be chosen. There were no conditions for being chosen. «What must I do to be saved?» the jailer asked. Paul and Silas replied, «Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household» (Acts 16:31). This is how you begin to «make your calling and election sure» (2 Peter 1:10). If you accept the Savior, you will confirm your election and be saved.