Christians only please ... Did you choose God or did God choose you?

Answer 1

God Chose me, and then the Holy Spirit drew me to his side, and started working on my heart. And I have been serving him for 27 years now. It hasn't been easy, but it has been the best 27 years of my life.

Answer 2

If God is choosing who is saved, doesn’t that undermine our free will to chose and believe in Christ? The Bible says that we have the free will choice – all we have to do is believe in Jesus Christ and we will be saved (John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10). The Bible never describes God rejecting anyone who believes in Him or turning away anyone who was seeking Him (Deuteronomy 4:29). Somehow, in the mystery of God, predestination works hand in hand with a person being drawn by God (John 6:44) and believing unto salvation (Romans 1:16). God predestines who will be saved, and we must choose Christ in order to be saved. Both facts are equally true. Romans 11:33 proclaims, “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out!”

Answer 3

God chose me, but I had to accept. God gave me a gift of eternal life, but I had to accept the gift. God chooses us before the foundation of the world.

Answer 4

God came looking for me.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 5

God does the choosing, we just have to say yes when he calls but most don't

Answer 6

God choose me first.
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Great Message on who choose who!!!!

Answer 7

God chose me, I know. But then I chose Him. I could have said no. People do every day. I'm glad and grateful I wasn't one of those.

Answer 8

Both.
GOD will never violate our free will. If he did then Christ never had to die. GOD desires willing company to be the Bride of Christ. If it was a one way relationship it would be weak and pointless.
So I chose GOD and he chose me through Christ finished work on the Cross.
Praise Jesus.

Answer 9

I felt that God made the choice. Spiritual experiences are hard to ignore, and they tend to stay with you all your life.

Answer 10

God has chosen you. Even when it seems we are looking but can't find him he right there waiting for you to come to Him.