Chicken or Egg

[linuxted]

I still can't figure it out: Since God is all powerful, all knowing and omnipresent...

Did God choose me or did I choose God??


Thanks

 

[KTatis]

Both.

 

[Timyone]

God draws you towards him, then you make a decission.
(theres debates about the amount of free will involved.

 

[Solidlyhere]

Linuxted asks: "Did God choose me or did I choose God?"

Assuming that you are a Christian, AT LEAST "you chose God."
The other part has to do with Destiny.
If you believe that God decided that you were going to born, and what would happen to you, then "God chose you."
If you don't believe in Destiny, then "God didn't choose you."

 

[WarriorAngel]

God gives the grace to everyone....
It is when we wake up to it that we choose God.

He doesnt withhold from anyone. WE just have to notice it in order to accept it.

That's IMHO...since He died for all. That means He gives His grace freely to all.

Many do not notice, nor do they wish to. That's when the veil remains over their hearts and they never accept His grace.

Some accept it on their death bed.

Others accept it earlier.

Blessed are the ones who realise it before it is too late.

 

[IamAdopted]

God chose you.. We see in scripture that those who are called and chosen were chosen before the foundation of the world..
Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Eph 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Eph 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
Eph 1:5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Eph 1:8 which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight
Eph 1:9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

 

[xxkingskidlmxx]

Linuxted asks: "Did God choose me or did I choose God?"

Assuming that you are a Christian, AT LEAST "you chose God."
The other part has to do with Destiny.
If you believe that God decided that you were going to born, and what would happen to you, then "God chose you."
If you don't believe in Destiny, then "God didn't choose you."

what is destiny? scripture please. is that like manifest destiny?

 

[Tonks]

is that like manifest destiny?

Well, since we're called to go and make disciples of all the nations....it is sort of the whole sea to shining sea business.