That is not all. I was chosen in Him prior to my salvation experience, I was predestinated unto being part of His family.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Peter says something similar
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
God knew beforehand who would be the elect and this was based on the sanctification of the Spirit. The Spirit moved in our lives prior to our believing, our response revealed our heart and thus who would be the elect and obey the word of God and receive the washing away of our sins by the blood of Jesus.