I personally think the elect are NOT people that are pious. I think the elect are people who are so screwed up that if God didn't intervene in their lives, they would perish. I think I am elect, not because I am pious but because Jesus came to me in such a supernatural way that if he didn't I would have perished. He let me know he is very real and he is God. And when I met him I realized we knew each other, from before earth born life. So I realized he foreknew me. This was before I ever started reading the Bible.
I think God looked through the future and knew who would eventually accept him and who would reject him. I think the elect are idiots such as myself that would throw away their eternity for some pleasures of Satan and after living in sin for so long and seeing its horrible consequences, finally realizing they need God. Not knowing the sever consequences of rejecting God, Jesus knew I was too stupid to realize what I was doing. In repentance I prayed to God and he answered my prayer(Thank you Jesus!!!!).
There is not much about the elect, explaining who they are. That is my opinion on who they are. Not saying I am correct, but that is what I think.
I think God looked through the future and knew who would eventually accept him and who would reject him. I think the elect are idiots such as myself that would throw away their eternity for some pleasures of Satan and after living in sin for so long and seeing its horrible consequences, finally realizing they need God. Not knowing the sever consequences of rejecting God, Jesus knew I was too stupid to realize what I was doing. In repentance I prayed to God and he answered my prayer(Thank you Jesus!!!!).
There is not much about the elect, explaining who they are. That is my opinion on who they are. Not saying I am correct, but that is what I think.