We are being saved, beloved, because we are caught up in a glorious, divine expression of love between the father and the son.

It is way beyond us.

Welcome to Grace to you with the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

It's a point of worry for many Christians.

You have friends or loved ones who aren't believers.

You've given them the gospel a lot, but they've never embraced it.

What am I doing wrong, you ask? Is there rejection of the gospel somehow my fault?

Well, nothing can free you from anxiety over whether a loved one is saved than the simple fact that God is sovereign over all things, and that includes the eternal destiny of every person. Today, on Grace to

you, John MacArthur looks at God's sovereignty in redeeming sinners, a concept called election.

It's a message that may answer questions you've had about what specifically causes

a sinner to repent and to accept Christ. The title of John's series, The Doctrines of Grace.

And now here's John MacArthur. Why did God choose to rescue sinners from his just judgment?

And the answer really is staggering.

The whole of salvation comes from God.

It is all about his own purpose and it is granted on behalf of Christ.

So what you have then to understand this great doctrine of election is this.

The Father at some point in eternity past says to the sun, I am going to redeem sinners and I am going

to do it for you. I'm going to do it for you.

I'm going to do it for you.

Why would God do that?

Because he loves the Son.

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