"Giving Up" -2

"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." (Psalms 51:5) What I am going to say today, I might ruffle some feathers over, but nonetheless, I believe it must be said. There are some out there that believe that our conversion must be an act of our own, and that we are the ones who must come to God first; I personally find this notion highly unlikely, for the simple fact of what Jesus stated to Nicodemus at the end of their talk; if that was the end, because I believe that Nic had a change of heart that night. I think the reason for that notion might be the fact that Nic came to Jesus at night, as if that explains anything at all; because in reality, who is to say that God did not call Nicodemus out there? I believe that nobody can just come to God, that is not how it works; God calls us, and we must answer! A changed life is a miracle that happens by us answering the knock upon our heart, and it involves the Holy Spirit putting the desire to be changed within us; otherwise, we would just prefer to remain in our darkness. You do know that we will see Adam and Eve in heaven, right? They might be the cause for the way we were born, but that does not mean that they weren't forgiven, because Adam did answer the call, "Where art thou?" (Genesis 3:9) As much as we might want to give ourselves the credit, our salvation is 100% a gift from God, because had He not called us out of the darkness, we would still have remained in it; that's just our nature, and the way that we were brought into this world, and we must realize that in order to be truly saved. Basically, the point that I am trying to make, is that we must see the truth in order to come to the truth, and when we come to the truth, then our eyes will be opened. In other words, when God calls out to us, we realize that we are dead and in need of life, we understand our situation; God's Spirit makes this aware to us, in that His Spirit is life, but His Spirit is not dwelling within us, therefore we realize that we do not have life. We have spent our whole life trying to fill a void that can only be filled with one thing, and that is God's Spirit... "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of the water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." (John 3:5-8)