eph 01v19 His Power To Usward

".. .HIS POWER TO USWARD..."

Ephesians 1:19

In this text Paul told the people of God at Ephesus that both he and they believed "according to the working of God's mighty power." The same is true of all believers today. Faith in Christ is not the work of man for God; it is the work of God in man. Faith in Christ is not the result of man's free-will: it is the result of God's sovereign will. Faith in Christ is not the operation of man's natural heart; it is the operation of God in man's heart. It does not lie within the realm of man's will, nor within the realm of man's ability to believe on Christ. Faith is a supernatural gift of God's grace. God alone can give faith. He gives faith and withholds faith as he pleases. And when God the Holy Spirit gives faith to a sinner, his gracious operations are so powerful that they are irresistible. Every sinner who is born again by the grace of God comes to Christ because he wills to come to Christ, and he wills to come to Christ because he cannot do otherwise.