What about the following quote does not make sense?Originally posted by romanbear:
I myself, like you say, go by the Bible. I am not influenced ("I hope")by man's interpretation of scriptures.God's word interprets it self.In other words I understand what I read and don't need someone else to tell me what it all means.The Holy Spirit insures that I know what I need to know....It's just that nothing in the Bible makes sense if we don't choose Christ.
"Ephesians
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
5having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
11In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
12that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
13In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory."
It says we trust and that we believe... but it says nothing about choosing. In fact, John 15:16 says explicitly that we are the chosen not the choosers. Do you have a passage of scripture that says we "choose" Him? BTW, believing and trusting do not mean nor imply choosing.