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Election is an act of God before creation in which He chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit in them, but only because of His sovereign good pleasure.

Wayne Grudem

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Wayne Grudem
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 11
Erudite
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Chippewa Falls
WIsconsin
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