Election is conditional, not unconditional

Last night in our Wednesday night Bible study at Rocky Springs MBC, (We're going through last winter's BTC quarterly), we studied Matthew 18.

When reading the passage before the class, I came across Matthew 18:14- Even so, it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Hmmm. It is not God's will that any of these little ones should perish. In Matthew 18, Jesus was telling the disciples to be like little children, and not to offend (to destroy the faith) of the little ones, because it is not God's will that any of them should perish. God does not want children growing up and going to Hell.

If God did not want little children growing up and going to Hell, couldn't He just unconditionally elect them, impart His irresistible grace upon them, and predestine them to Heaven? If so, why doesn't He do so? Maybe, it's because election is not unconditional. Maybe election is according to the foreknowledge of God (1 Peter 1:2). Maybe the condition of election is faith (Hebrews 11:6). Maybe election comes as God foreknows you will have faith.

So maybe unconditional election doesn't exist. If it did, God would save all people, because God is not willing that any should perish.

And maybe I should quit saying maybe.

Election is conditional. What is the condition? That you repent of your sins and trust Jesus as your personal Savior.