We did not choose to be. We did not choose to be human. Being and being human are simply given. They are given to us. God - in whatever sense directly or indirectly, immediately or mediately - makes us and makes us human. God gives us being and gives us being as humans. We live from and into who we are and what we ought to do when we receive and accept these givens, when we say "Yes!" to God's creating Word.
God in Jesus calls us to love and obey him. The call is truly an invitation. Yet it is also truly a command in that God has a claim on us whether we acknowledge it or not. We owe our very existence and nature to his creating, redeeming, and transforming Word. The good news is that God's claim begins and ends in love for us - a divine love tendered in creation, crucifixion, and resurrection.
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