Choice

I guess I had always thought that it was a decision that I made to become a Christian. To a certain extent it was, but to a certain extent, a bit selfish to think that I did something to earn salvation-even the decision to become a Christian. But I think scripture may tell us differently. I decided to start reading through the book of John and didn't even get through the first chapter, without God showing me this awesome truth. Listen to the words of John in 1:12-13. "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God." We believe in the name of Christ and he gives us the RIGHT to become children of God. John says that it was not our decision or our will, but only by the grace of God that we are now children of God. It is not that we received God's grace after we became children of God, but it was God's will, and his right to give, for us to receive it.