Did you choose God or did God choose you?
Jesus makes it clear in John 15 verses 16 and 17. He says:
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last.
Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
This is my command: Love each other.”
What a wonderful affirmation that salvation is not based on anything we do.
We can’t choose God until he first chooses us.
Jesus is a thoroughly Monergistic theologian.
There is nothing in his words that would indicate that we must do something before we can be saved.
What we do after Jesus chooses us is what many people think saves them.
They will say things like, “I decided to follow Jesus.”
That is a very true statement but the only way a person can decide to follow Jesus is after Jesus chooses him.
Make sure you understand that not only does Jesus choose us, but he gives us the will and desire to follow him.
It would be unthinkable for a person who has been chosen to then say they don’t want to follow Jesus.
If they say that, then it only establishes the fact that they haven’t yet been chosen.
Since we are chosen, we will want to do what Jesus wants. That is part of being chosen.
Our nature is changed, and we desire to go and bear fruit.
In Chapter 2 of Ephesians, Paul goes into some detail about how we only had a desire to follow Satan until God makes us alive in Jesus Christ.
Then he explains the fruit in verse 10,
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
We don’t make a choice for Jesus until God gives us the desire and then we start doing the things God had planned for us even before he made us alive in Jesus.
This is the real meaning of Monergism.
God does it and we give him the glory.
Based on this, what will we ask for in Jesus’ name?
We will ask for the things that will enable us to bear fruit.
If you aren’t sure you are chosen, then watch my video on YouTube, "The Gospel."
May God Bless you!
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