The Problem With Israel's Election

A Devon in old Oxford Surrey says are we elected slash chosen by God is our salvation or by grace or do we have to make a choice. open up another massive can of worms then it's staying in Romans I suppose? The language of election is very much Israel language and goes back to Deuteronomy and to the call of Abraham. When the New Testament is retrieving that it's retrieving something which isn't primarily about how this person gets saved but the way in which God is using this what we've called before the scandal of particularity to reach out into the world.