Ephesians 2:8, 9
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
There is a very popular teaching out there today that says man has a free will when it comes to his salvation. There is nothing further from the truth than this teaching and there is nothing more blasphemous than for a child of God to fall for this lie.
If we are to believe that God is soveriegn, all knowing, and the creator of all things then we must believe this all sovereign God we serve must be in control of everything, even our salvation.
According to the verses above, whose grace saves us? Where does this faith come from? It plainly says it is not of ourselves. So from whom does these things come? The verse plainly gives us the answer to all these questions. It is the gift of God!!! Praise God!!! Our salvation is THE GIFT OF GOD. Our works have nothing to do with our salvation. There is nothing we can do to win our salvation. There is no prayer we can recite nor any prayer from another that can win our soul to God. God will call us unto Himself. God, by His marvelous grace brings the gift of salvation to us. We do not go seeking this gift. We do not take this gift on our own. He comes to us and gives it to us. Putting the faith needed to accept this gift in us by His Holy Spirit and makes us willing to accept this gift.
The salvation of man is wholy dependant upon the grace of God and has nothing to do with man's so called free will. Man in his free will would never go looking for God. The holyness and rightousness of God is the last thing that sinful man is looking for. Thus we have this false doctrine of man's free will.
Man's free will teaches that man has as much or more power over himself as does God. What a joke this is!!! What deception satan has put on men that they would believe they can save themselves.
I encourage you; read the Word God. Study to show thyself approved unto God.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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