God knows us???? GOD KNOWS US!!!

Good morning all! Another great day to be alive in the LORD JESUS CHRIST!! God is good all the time, all the time God is good!!

1 Peter 1:2 "God the Father new you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace."

This is very, very deep and controversial. I will paraphrase my study text and would encourage you to search for understanding as well. Here goes..... How did God "choose" us? Don't we make our own choices? God alone originates and accomplishes our salvation because of His grace; we do nothing to earn it. Being "chosen" in no way removes the necessity for people to choose to follow.

The fact that God nows all events and decisions beforehand, does not mean that he forces the actions of his creatures or leaves them with no choice, instead God's foreknowledge means that he took the initiative and chose peope before they had done anything to deserve it.

God had intimate knowledge of these future beievers; he knew who woud believe, and he knew them personally. Those chosen one, were known by God the Father as a father knows his children, except that God knew about them from eternity past into eternity future.

Believers are chosen, but not against their will. When the time comes, they accept the gospel message. Thank you for reading. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny