But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. John 4:23<\/p>\n
The Father is seeking. God is seeking such [men].\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There is this interaction, this synergia<\/i>, that is everywhere alluded to in Scripture. Some will aver that there only seems<\/em> to be such an interaction; God is sovereign over all things, and therefore everything is from His side, not ours. “You have not chosen Me”, Jesus said, “but I have chosen you”. Still, there seems to be more to it than that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In a way beyond our understanding, both ideas are true. That is to say, we<\/i> decide, we<\/i> seek, we<\/i> knock, we<\/em> worship. And yet God is intimately involved in our seeking, in our knocking. He truly seeks such to worship Him, yet we are unable to do it without His help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. John 4:23 The Father is seeking. God is seeking such [men].\u00a0 There is this interaction, this synergia, that is everywhere alluded to in Scripture. Some will … <\/p>\n