INVINCIBLE GRACE
If
we have been taught by the Holy Spirit concerning our sinfulness and
the inability of the unregenerate man to perform a spiritual act,
then we will realize the necessity of God’s irresistible,
invincible call of grace. "Thy
people shall be willing in the day of Thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the morning: Thou hast the dew of Thy
youth" (PSALM
110:3).
The
Lord Himself must overcome the natural rebellion of the sinner,
quicken him by His almighty power and effectually draw the object of
mercy to the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Savior of sinners. Unless
God exerts this fetching grace, no sinner will ever come to a saving
knowledge of Christ.
Mr.
Spurgeon’s comments on this subject are quite good. "Man by
nature is as a wild horse dashing to the precipice. If he be
restrained in his course and turned away from danger, it is because
he has a mighty Rider, and One that knows how to pull the bit and
guide him as He pleases. And though he kick and lunge and long to
turn away, his Rider can pull him up on his very haunches, turn him
around, and make him go as He wills. In this matter it is true that
all the bringing of the gospel to the soul of man is of God."
Thank
the Lord, He has conquered our hearts, broken our spirits and brought
us to the end of ourselves. He has granted us true repentance from
idolatry and dead works, and led us with merciful kindness to trust
the Lord Jesus Christ, relying upon His blood and righteousness, and
seeking acceptance before a holy God only in this glorious Mediator.
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
Thirteenth
Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA
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