Explain how the Father drew you to Jesus?....did he draw you?
How do you keep persevering?
ALL of this means nothing!
To persevere means to KEEP studying the word,always be in prayer about everything,walk your DAILY walk in the Holy Ghost leadership,TRUST FULLY IN GOD until your death!
I was a young woman when the HS began to prick my heart that I was an enemy of God.
Yes I had been witnessed to,and heard preachers of the truth.
The HS convicts us of our status against God bc of our sin of unbelief. Many say (lip service) they believe in Him,but unless they are convicted of sin and their hearts are pricked by the conviction of unbelief they remain in lip service.
Two years of the HS revealing unto me regardless of how good I was living,I was lost ,away from God.
By this I began to be soooooo burdened and my heart literally felt on fire for shame .
I came to Jesus,broken hearted ashamed and lost. The HS convicted me ; Jesus was my advocate to the Father!
Now how or by whom I was drawn is a minute point,Jesus was and IS the only way to the Father!
Yes I would agree that He knew us before we were born for God is ALL knowing,nothing is his from Him.
No one's heart is more perfect than another's that God would say I CHOSE YOU.
He offers the gift of redemption to all,it's up the individual to chose to repent and believe.
This is the most prescious EVENT of our lives above ALL else.
I don't know all these doctrines of men that abound but the doctrine of the word is TRUTH AND TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE!
He convicts of unbelief,he offers relief,but WE MUST CHOSE THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY WHOM WE SHALL SERVE!