Salvation is God's work alone, not a cooperation between God and man.
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Scriptural Anchors
- God's initiative: John 6:37, 44 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. ... “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
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Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
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- New heart: Ezekiel 36:26-27 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
“I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them..
- Human responsibility: Acts 17:30 “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
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Romans 10:9-13 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
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