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| A gift comes from without; Faith is a saving grace worked from within. |
#giftfromwithout
#savinggracesfromwithin
"So
Faith Is The Gift Given To The Unregenerate accompanied by regeneration."
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That's
a popular fable.
A
regenerated elect is ADOPTED and is given the Holy Spirit to dwell in him...
this is the Spirit of adoption spoken of here:
Romans
8:15 KJV — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
This
indwelling Spirit works the multifaceted fruit of the Spirit in the child of
God, of which faith is one of them.
Galatians
5:22 KJV — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no
law.
The
ministry of the word is ordained to draw out these graces that the Spirit of
God has worked in His children. "Faith cometh from hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
A
gift comes from WITHOUT; faith is a spiritual grace, among many others, worked
from WITHIN by the indwelling Spirit of God in a child of God.
Ephesians 2:8 "For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift
of God."
The gift of God spoken of is the eternal salvation in Jesus Christ, by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ in His work of redeeming His people.
"... by grace" is the manner in which the gift of salvation is bestowed;
"... through faith" is the basis of salvation, i.e. through the faithfulness of Christ in redeeming His people; "it is FINISHED."
