Grace is unmerited favor by God for His elect. God loves His elect. Even though they are unrepentant sinners, Jesus died for His elect; God brings SPIRITUAL LIFE to His elect and sends His Holy Spirit to cause them to humbly acknowledge the sacrifice Christ has made for them. He makes them His own children, and grants them unsearchable riches, including ETERNAL LIFE in HIS PRESENCE: even though none of them deserve it. That is unmerited favor. That is GRACE!

IRRESISTABLE GRACE means that God sends His Holy Spirit to work in the lives of His elect people. He changes the nature of man to resist God into a new nature that loves God. God changes the heart of man. IRRESISTABLE GRACE does not mean that God takes man in his fallen nature and drags him into His Kingdom. Instead, God changes the heart and nature of His elect so that they willingly believe in Him. It is EFFECTUAL GRACE not a CERTAIN GRACE. With their nature change through regeneration, God’s elect are convicted of their sin. With a repentant heart, His elect trust Him and follow Him forever.

“All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does ACCORDING TO HIS WILL in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. NO ON CAN RESTRAIN HIS HAND or say to Him, “What have You done?’ – Dan 4:35

“For as the Father raises the dead and GIVES LIFE TO THEM, even so the Son GIVES LIFE TO WHOM HE WILL.”- John 5:21

And He said, ‘Therefore I have said to you that NO ONE CAN COME TO ME unless it has been GRANTED TO HIM BY MY FATHER.'” -John 6:37- John 6:65

Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us, she was a seller of purple form the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God. The LORD OPENED HER HEART to heed the things spoken by Paul. – Acts 16:14

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE which was given to us in Christ Jesus BEFORE TIME BEGAN.”- 2 Tim 1:9

-Michael Alan Nichols

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My thoughts: Here’s something I just posted on Fb kind of in line with this topic and I’ll just repost it here: It’s the lack of understanding the FATHERS UNCONDITIONAL, continual love for every generation! A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.- Ecc 1:4

He doesn’t destroy His creation because deceptive doctrines filled unsatisfied hearts! Either HIS GRACE is sufficient for us,-Cor 12:9 or we desire a perfect future utopia where God forces his children to behave! Truthfully, we all must receive Him in our heart one at a time free willingly. God forces Himself on no one. He’s a relational God.

Evil isn’t in the world- it’s in the hearts of the deceived.

All my fully satisfied IN HIS UNMERITED, IRRESISTABLE, EFFECTUAL GRACE, LOVE, ❤ Diana xo 🙂