Quote Originally Posted by Billyray View Post
We are never told why God choose one person and did not choose another. We know from Romans 9 that it was not based on anything that we have done. But we do have some insight of who He did not choose.
Romans 9 is not about salvation. It is about choosing leadership among the Israelites.

1 Corinthians 1
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.
God doesn't choose us for these reasons, at least. I believe God does want a receptive heart...and a humbling of our spirits. We really cannot come to him without that.