Look at Peter’s introductory words when he calls believers, “elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:2).
His opening lines tell us that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are all involved in our salvation. God knew us before we were born and knew how we would respond. He therefore elected us to be his children. The Holy Spirit set us apart to be obedient to God and to be sprinkled by the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus paved the way for me and for you as individuals.
We have no merit that he should choose us. We have no righteousness that he should choose us. But we have both because he chose us.
