God chose us to be holy (Ephesians 1:4)
When salvation is merely man centered, we fall short of the glory of God. We do not recognize His work behind the scenes, work that we would not know He did unless He told us. We must choose to follow God yes, but He also wants us to realize that we who choose Him were first chosen by Him, before the foundation of the world. The text says it. Do you believe it?
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