I think I misstated my question about God offering all of His creation hope and salvation.. I never intended for it to sound as if God was obligated to show mercy to everyone if He offered it to one person.. My question would probably be better asked like this: (I guess my question might only make sense to me from a non reformed view)If I was offered/given hope, why would God not offer/give it to the next? Maybe I have an extreme case of compassion or something but I do not feel better about myself in a view that I was chosen over another FOR NO REASON.. God chose me... Great.. But what about my friend Bob, or Jason, or Joey, or Brian?? Why was I chosen instead of them? Am I any better? I think not.. I am saddened by this choice of God not because I think it was a bad choice or wrong choice, but because I was given/offered something that they could never experience.. I feel as though my friendship with them is not pointless because they are not "elect".. (I understand that I do not know who is "elect" and who is not and therefore should never assume) yet I feel as if my time here on earth is wasted because I can not offer the good news to everyone and even have it considered...

I want to ask a question that is WAY hypothetical yet one that bugs me every day... Who are we to define "works"?? Is a choice a "work"? Why could God not made His "election" of people based on His foreknowledge, (foreknowledge in webster dictionary means:–noun
knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?) By this definition could God not made His choice of election based on who Hew knew would accept?? I feel that when I make a decision about something to believe or not to believe as not being a work... When I made my decision to believe or not to believe we landed man on the moon, was that really a "work"??? If your answer is yes, I would love to know how you define "work" and if your answer is no; What says God did not do that? (I also understand that I will probably be told that our salvation is not from ANYTHING WE DO, DID, or WILL DO, but to say that God could not ALLOW His own decision to be based on that sounds like we are taking power and authority from God..)

I ask what probably seems like elementary questions but please remember that I am uneducated in the ways of scriptures and such and am just trying to find truth..(in other words, please be gentle.. I do not hope to start a fight in which people are having to use !!!!!!!! in there sentences..)