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How do we know that grace precedes faith?

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Grace must precede faith because it is God who initiates salvation, providing the necessary faith as a gift.

Grace precedes faith because salvation is a work of God from beginning to end. In 2 Timothy 2:25, Paul notes that God grants repentance, effectively emphasizing that both faith and repentance are divine gifts. This underscores the sovereign grace of God in which He not only provides the terms of salvation but also the means to accept them. In John 10:26, Jesus explains that the inability to believe stems from not being among His sheep, indicating that our faith is rooted in God's sovereign choice and not in our own efforts. God's grace prepares the heart to believe, demonstrating that faith arises from a prior act of grace, asserting that we can take no credit for our belief.
Scripture References: 2 Timothy 2:25, John 10:26

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