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How do we know God gives faith to those He chooses?

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Scripture indicates that God grants the gift of faith to whom He wills, as mentioned in John 3:8 regarding the wind's sovereign movement.

In John 3:8, Jesus compares the sovereign giving of spiritual life to the mysterious movement of the wind, indicating that just as the wind operates at its discretion, so does the Holy Spirit grant new life to those chosen by God. This underscores the Reformed belief in unconditional election, where faith is not produced by human effort but is a divine gift. Ephesians 2:8-9 further reinforces this, stating that faith is a gift from God rather than a result of works, confirming that it is by God's grace alone that one comes to believe. Thus, faith is both a miraculous work of the Holy Spirit and intrinsic to the act of being born again.
Scripture References: John 3:8, Ephesians 2:8-9

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