saw that they first would choose Him? This view virtually equates foreknowledge and predestination by making God’s eternal decree of election contingent upon what God foreknew about us and His electing love conditional on our having chosen Christ. This idea falls on five counts. First: It fails to appreciate the primacy of election in God’s purposes of salvation. If election is conditional, it means that it is on the basis of and flows from our choice of Jesus. God foresaw us believing in Christ