God Acts, Man Responds

                                     "In the matter of salvation, God acts, man responds,
                                      never the other way around."
                                                                                    James White


         

          God chooses His people (1 Thessalonians 1:4), gives them to Jesus as a gift
     (John 6:37), draws them to Himself and they come to Him for salvation, and He
     will raise them up to eternal life (John 6:44).

          God regenerates them, because they are spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1),
      replacing their heart of stone with a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26-27).

          God grants them the gifts of faith and repentance (Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians
     1:29; 2 Peter 1:1; Acts 5:31; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Romans 2:4), and they repent and
     trust in Him for salvation (Acts 3:19; Romans 10:9-10).


                                 "It (salvation) does not depend on man's desire
                                  or effort, but on God's mercy."
                                                                    Romans 9:16