I totally agree with you. Paul made it clear to us that salvation comes from God's love for us.
We are saved/righteous when we accept that love.
We are saved/righteous when we accept that love.
NO!
HE Knew every decision we would make in our ENTIRE LIFE, Before Time Began. Therefore, HE CHOSE us Before HE created the WORLD.
John 15:16-17 (NASB)
16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
17 "This I command you, that you love one another.
You KEEP trying to get me to admit, we did something that earned our right to be SAVED. THAT IS A FALSE DOCTRINE. WE DO NOT DESERVE TO BE SAVED, WE DESERVE ETERNITY IN HELL. BY HIS MERCY and GRACE, HE SAVED US, WHEN ? ? ?
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. {When He Wrote our Names in the Book of Life. Rev. 13:8.}
Ephesians 1:11-14 (HCSB)
11 We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,
12 so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.
13 When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. {Long before your first deed, when HE put that Saving Faith in your Heart, which is the Human Spirit.}
14 He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
Romans 5:9-10 (HCSB)
9 Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath.
10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, ⌊then how⌋ much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life! {We do not get ONE IOTA of CREDIT for OUR SALVATION or SANCTIFICATION. You get FULL credit for the SIN you did. It keeps you from puffing up with Pride.}
Romans 8:28-31 (HCSB)
28 We know that all things work together for the good of those who agapaō love God: those who are called according to His purpose.
29 For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.
31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
You do not get Credit for a SINGLE IOTA of your SALVATION or SANCTIFICATION, HE DID IT ALL THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU, If you are Born Again.