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Now I know better. The word, ‘salvation' is the most beautiful word in Christianity. It's part of the Divine Surprise. Jesus starts this new trend, preaching the new spirituality, the gospel of the Spiritual Kingdom of God (John Chapter 4), even to a woman at the well, a Samaritan:

"²¹ Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the time will come when people will not worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

²² You Samaritans do not really know whom you worship; but we Jews know whom we worship, because it is from the Jews that salvation comes.

²³ But the time is coming and is already here, when by the power of God's Spirit people will worship the Father as he really is, offering him the true worship that he wants.

²⁴ God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he really is (John 4: 21-24 Good News Bible Translation GNT).”

It turns out, my American colleague in Barcelona is ‘right' in the sense that every man, woman, and child everywhere on earth is now ‘chosen.’ We are all chosen or invited to enter into the spiritual Kingdom of God. Being God's 'Chosen,' despite our differences, is incredibly good news, that motivates us to dignify the other. Of course, God entrusts us with free will. What we do with our ‘chosenness' is our business, though God prefers that we align our will with His.