Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ? No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. I have a struggle with this because of how people in my life have represented the idea of election. God chooses some people and others he disregards. AND those who he has chosen, well it's me and anyone who agrees with my view. And these are people I love, brothers and sisters of mine in the faith, we just go at it differently. I think there is a mystery here and I try to live in the tension of not knowing everything. Electing choice to save some, and to allow others to remain in their sin. We cannot understand perfectly God's electing work, nor is it our place to know. It is not our place to know who is saved and who is not. So it is difficult, not because of how the bible teaches it, but because of how people have represented it. The Bible challenges our thinking and it teaches things that are difficult for us to understand. But we, in our youth ministry, don't shy away from those challenges. So I invite you into that process with me Matthew 22:3 Luke 14:15–24 Ephesians 1:5-12 Romans 11:11