A Brief Statement of What the Bible Says and Who is Preached...

All men and women, since the fall of our father Adam, are born in a state of spiritual death. Because of their evil nature, they cannot and will not turn to God. They cannot of themselves obey God or exercise faith in Christ. (John 5:40; 6:44; Rom. 3:9-19; 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3) 

2. The cause of salvation 

From before creation God chose many of Adam's fallen race to salvation. Their being chosen is not salvation but unto salvation. Those whom He chose deserve God's wrath as much as the others. However, God chose them in Christ, determined to save them of which He most certainly did by the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross. (Eph. 1:3-6; II Thess. 2:13-14) 

3. The work of salvation 

The Lord Jesus Christ died as the Substitute for God's elect and by His blood made atonement for their sins thus satisfying the justice of a holy God. He redeemed them from the curse of the law and obtained eternal redemption for them. By His death, Christ infallibly and justly accomplished the salvation of those that God the Father gave Him to represent. At that one moment in history, by Christ's finished work at the cross, all God's elect were justified (declared righteous). Christ's righteousness that He established for His elect was imputed, or charged to the account of each one for whom He represented. When a sinner believes today, he is made to see and rest in that work of imputed righteousness by the Lord Jesus Christ. The believer's only standing before a holy God is the Lord Jesus Christ and His work of imputed righteousness that He accomplished while He was here upon this earth many years ago. Salvation is of the Lord. (John 10:9; Rom. 3:24-26; Gal. 3:13; Heb. 9:12) 

4. The means of salvation 

God the Holy Spirit effectually calls every chosen, redeemed and justified sinner to Christ. This He does by the faithful preaching of the Gospel. He brings them to life and turns them to Christ in repentance and and gives them faith. By His almighty grace, God makes them new creatures in Christ. (Psa. 65:4; 110:3; Eph. 2:1-8) 

5. The certainty of salvation 

God keeps all whom he chose and redeemed by Christ and calls them by the Holy Spirit. These He keeps and seals by His grace. He never takes away the grace that He gives. He never retracts the faith that He gives them. Those who are born of God can never perish. They will persevere because they are "kept by the power of God through faith." (I Peter 1:5; John 10:27-30; Phil. 1:6) 

In Summary... 

Christ is both the subject and purpose of the Gospel. The entire Bible is about Him. Every child of God's sure and only hope is in Him. Every aspect of salvation from beginning (election) to end (glorification) is all of God's grace. Men cannot and should not ascribe salvation to any part of their will, work or worth. "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast." Eph. 2:8-9