Jesus said that only those who God calls will be saved. The question is, who gets the call? God is omniscient. He knows everything and everyone, past, present, future. He knows who will answer the call long before he gives it. He doesn't call the rest because he knows they won't answer. No, it's not predestination. It's foreknowledge. He doesn't control who will answer, he just knows who we are. While this passage says predestined as 1 step in the process, note that the foreknowing comes first. You have to answer 'yes' before the predestination comes in.
Rom 8:29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
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