according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled in his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
1.    If election is partial to particular individuals, or if the number of persons is so fixed that it can neither be increased nor diminished, then man has no responsibility. Such an idea, however, is foreign to the scriptures. It does not fit with the rest of the Bible at all.