Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

The fact is no-one knows who God’s chosen people are except God. That is why we preach the gospel to every single person we meet.

And God has no way to direct you to the elect and to stay away from the reprobate? Why would He be interested in you preaching the gospel to anyone who has not been picked by Him?

Yet throughout Scripture we see God specifically sending His prophets to people who He knew would be lost. It is a godly thing to preach even to those who would harden their own hearts, but what good comes out of sending prophets to preach to those whom God predestined to be lost?