God chose us in Christ as the church (Grk: ekklesia), the called out ones. God chose us in Christ to be holy before him in love (Ephesians 1:4-8). God the Father chose us in Christ. The Bible uses marriage imagery to describe our salvation. In Bible days, a father chose a bride for his son, so God our Father chose the bride for his Son. God chose the church as the bride of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:24-26).
God the Father chose us in Christ the Son. The chosen of God are all believers in Christ. All who repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ are chosen. Our calling and election is sure in Christ alone (2 Peter 1:10-11).
God chose us in Christ, because in Christ alone sinners are saved (Acts 4:12). He is the only one who died for sinners. He is the only one raised from the dead to justify sinners and save us from condemnation and eternal judgment. The Son of God is the only way to God our Father (John 14:6). Those who refuse to believe in Christ reject God's one and only way of salvation (Acts 4:12).
Scripture makes it clear that God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. God foreknew all who shall be in Christ (Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:4). God knows all things, the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). God foreknew his people in Christ before time began. God chosen us in Christ alone.
