better than sacrifice (1 Sam. 15:22). And to love God, I must obey Him. Anything less than obedience is hypocrisy (John 14:21). We are also elected according to the foreknowledge of God. All of us realize that God knows everything—past, present, and future. And yet it is difficult for us to grasp the practical implications of His foreknowledge. Peter uses that same term in his sermon at Pentecost when he refers to the Crucifixion of Christ (Acts 2:23). Third, we are elected according to the sanctification