The Lutheran Choice

Choice theology is big, I choose Jesus as my savior. Well this is not Lutheran Theology, as Lutherans believe that we are saved by grace through faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: “8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.” It is not of our own doing. Choosing is a work, and is something we do, and gives us a chance to boast. But this leads us to the problem of the choice.

If the gift is freely given, and we can reject the gift, how do we choose to accept the gift? We can not accept the gift, because that is a work, but we can reject it, and that just does not sit well with me. Can you get a gift and chose not to use it? Can you get a gift and chose not to unwrap it? You have received the gift and have it in your possession, but without unwrapping it you can not put it to it’s fullest potential. Is this what we do, by getting the gift and not using it? We can chose to use the gift or not, is that the Lutheran Choice?

Grace is the gift that is given, and we get the choice whether or not we use it, whether or not we ask God to work faith in us…

This is something I have been pondering and want to know your thoughts and inspirations. The choice is something we make, but how does that choice effect us, and how do our lives change with the choices that we make….