Jesus said, "Blessed are the POOR in spirit". Matthew 5:3
To be poor means you lack. The only way someone KNOWS, PERCIEVES that they lack is due to God's grace working in them, showing them.
John 3:27 "A man can only receive what is GIVEN him from heaven"
You will forever believe you sought Jesus FIRST or chose Jesus FIRST unless God chooses to reveal to you from heaven that you did not.
I admit (personally) to being bankrupt, blind and deaf unless God changes that in me. I don't claim to "see" anything or understand anything unless it's God's good pleasure to "give it to me", as the scriptures state.
One final thought: Even IF free will existed (which I do not believe. we only operate freely within the new nature God gave us), Who GAVE you free will? Even if free will existed, someone had to GIVE it, right? In that case, it's still not yours, but God's to give. ALL things are OF God, belong to God and it's all His to give. I am not supporting free will, just using this as an example .
To be poor means you lack. The only way someone KNOWS, PERCIEVES that they lack is due to God's grace working in them, showing them.
John 3:27 "A man can only receive what is GIVEN him from heaven"
You will forever believe you sought Jesus FIRST or chose Jesus FIRST unless God chooses to reveal to you from heaven that you did not.
I admit (personally) to being bankrupt, blind and deaf unless God changes that in me. I don't claim to "see" anything or understand anything unless it's God's good pleasure to "give it to me", as the scriptures state.
One final thought: Even IF free will existed (which I do not believe. we only operate freely within the new nature God gave us), Who GAVE you free will? Even if free will existed, someone had to GIVE it, right? In that case, it's still not yours, but God's to give. ALL things are OF God, belong to God and it's all His to give. I am not supporting free will, just using this as an example .
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