Deuteronomy 7:7
GOD wasn\'t attracted to you and didn\'t choose you because you were big and important-- the fact is, there was almost nothing to you.
Deuteronomy 7:7
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
The Message goes a little broader than I would like on this verse but does get the general point. God did not choose Israel because of any intrinsic worth in her; not because she was great in number; not because she was naturally religious; not because he saw their potential. God chose Israel because he chose Israel; it was God\'s good pleasure to do so. Can I explain this? Um...no. Dodd I need to explain it? Nope, if I did the scriptures would explain it. I need to know it, but not understand it.
Here is the humbling truth of our salvation: Just when we think that we were smart enough to recognize our need for Christ, and humble enough to acknowledge it; and grateful enough to come, we read: Ephesians 2:8-9
Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It\'s God\'s gift from start to finish! 9 We don\'t play the major role. If we did, we\'d probably go around bragging that we\'d done the whole thing!
Just so.
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