Faith - a Gift from God
Before
any sinner can or will come to Christ, he must be born again. Faith
is the result, not the cause of the new birth. That faith by which we
receive God's salvation in Christ is the gift of God. "Salvation
is of the LORD,"
in its entirety! It is not of works at any time in a believer's life,
God will never be brought into debt by the works of any man, He will
never owe a blessing, ALL IS OF GRACE.
Faith
in Christ is as much the gift and work of God's free grace as
election, redemption, and regeneration. If you believe, it is because
God has given you faith [PHILIPPIANS
1:29]. You
"believe according to the working of
His mighty power" [EPHESIANS
1:19].
Faith is not the work of the sinner's imaginary "free will."
Faith is the gift of God's sovereign grace, the result of God's
operation upon the heart. "For by
grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God."
-Gospel report by preacher Don Bell
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