Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved." -- Ephesians 1:4-6"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
I realize this is radical information to us who have been steeped in the fever dreams of our own ability, but it is the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ. His righteousness alone, mercifully imputed to us, saves us and not our own righteousness.
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." -- Philippians 2:13
Men are saved by mercy and not debt. We have not chosen Him; He has chosen us.
Read Romans 8-9. Read John wherein Christ tells us who believes and who is saved and why...
" I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine... Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word" -- John 17:9;20 "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you." -- John 10:26