He is our Grace, He is our Faith.
Free will is a lie.
“…. Looking to Jesus, THE FOUNDER AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2
Jesus is the Founder and Perfecter of our Faith, not solely the Perfecter but the Founder, therefore, let’s ponder what it is for Jesus to be the Founder of our Faith?
FOUNDER:
n. (faith) establishes, (faith) mounter
n. The one who begins (faith); the one who writes (faith), the one from whom all (faith) comes.
Jesus lays the groundwork, actually, Jesus IS the groundwork, He establishes and forms our faith, initiates and originates Faith. He has complete domination over our level of faith.
The Truth of His sovereignty is obvious; we do not establish ourselves, we cannot establish ourselves, and we are not worthy to establish ourselves in Faith, if we claim we have, we lie.
We cannot control our faith, only God can.
He has the reigns, Jesus alone by the Will of The Father ordains Faith.
He, in His predestined Will, decides who will be established in Himself and who is His enemy.
Our own will is about as free as a clay pot is free when hardening in the oven. Scripture says we were free from Righteousness but slaves to sin, until the adoption we were bound by our nature, Now we are free from sin and slaves of Righteousness, we are slaves of Christ.
“For by Grace, you have been saved through FAITH. And this is NOT YOUR OWN DOING; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT A RESULT OF WORKS, so that no one may boast. For WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, created in Christ Jesus: for good works, which GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND, that we should walk in them.”
Eph.2:8-10
WORKMANSHIP:
n. To manufacture (His people); invent; meticulously design (His Faithfulness), produce with intellectual depth & skill, especially by manual labor. (God works in us to will and to work for His Will)
n. That which is effected (executed); having the Power to produce an outcome, full forced execution; cooperativeness), created or developed.
We are His Workmanship; He executes, operates, designs, and produces His people’s Faith by the Power of His Grace.
We don’t create, keep not sustain our own Faith.
The Grace we receive ISN’T because of anything we do (no matter how great), say (no matter how righteous), or think.
We receive His Grace through His Sovereign Faith (not our free will faith); We can only be saved by the perfect Grace & Faith of Jesus Christ that can only save by His Grace.
We have righteousness through Faith. Whose Faith? Jesus’ Faith.
ALL have sinned and fallen short, but we are justified by Faith through HIS GRACE, AS A GIFT… A PERFECT GIFT. For something to be perfect, it must accomplish its goal. So all who God gives gifts to will receive His Gift, else God’s Gift isn’t Perfect.
Faith isn’t our own doing; I can’t have more faith by the power of belief, mind, or intention; it is a GIFT, and I can’t do it.
What is a GIFT?
A present; anything is given, the property (which is faith).
Jesus follows the Will of His Father. No human can manipulate, regulate, or alter what has been established before the earth’s foundation. No human can interfere with the Book of Life.
… the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE AS A GIFT, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 3:22-24
If the slain Lamb (Jesus Christ) is the only one worthy to open the Scrolls in the last days, How can a person think that a human can determine their fate through free will?
