What does God want believers to know about their exalted position?
Their exalted position did not come by accident. They entered this position because, in eternity past, God chose them. This is a truth only the believer can take by faith, since God has said it and it cannot be argued against.
Les explains that the doctrine of election and the calling of believers since eternity past should be studied only by the believer. God wants believers to know that in their exalted position they did not come in by accident; they came into it because in eternity past God chose them. Les notes this is something only the believer can take by faith—God said it, and we cannot argue with it. For the unbeliever, this cannot be comprehended, because it is not for the unbeliever to swallow. Instead, the unbeliever must understand that whosoever will may come, that God is not willing any should perish but that all should come to repentance, and that Christ died for every man. Les also warns against the trap of saying that if everything depends on election, then one need not worry and can go their own way; the Bible never teaches that.