God Has Chosen Some to Save

As this epistle begins it does so with one long sentence in the original Greek elaborating on God's sovereign work in bringing sinners into a right relationship with Himself. He has revealed that He is one God existing supernaturally as three separate persons all whom had a vital role in the salvation of man. God's choice so save some from the mass of sinful humanity was for His glory with no one deserving of being chosen or having earned His favor. He has no obligation to save any or who to chose as all deserve His punishment being under His wrath. Only by His direct intervention in individual lives by His plan of salvation accomplished by His Son is His holiness, justice, and love without compromise or contradiction.