Special Grace
Irresistible Grace
Grace · 6 verses
The grace of God in salvation proves ultimately irresistible to the elect, overcoming all human resistance and effectually accomplishing the divine purpose. While sinners may temporarily resist the external call, the internal operations of the Spirit inevitably triumph, transforming recalcitrant rebels into willing servants who come to Christ both freely and necessarily.
Scripture References
“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”
“Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.”
“And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.”