Book Store . Election is probably one of the most misunderstood doctrines of the Word of God. It has been misrepresented by its friends and foes. Many who fear this doctrine are afraid that it will exclude some from going to heaven and will be the cause of some going to hell. Election will cause no one to go to hell, but it will be the cause of all those who go to heaven.
Election means to choose, or pick out.
The word choose or chosen is sometimes translated from the same Greek word as elect or election. The saved are called the elect. Some people have the mistaken notion that God only knows what will happen in the future, and then predestinates or chooses to let it happen. This would destroy the meaning of election and predestination. It should be obvious to all that God did predestinate something he foreknow, not something that He had no knowledge of at all.