Is It God That Caused or Made the Believer to Choose to Believe?
1) Direct Answer
Yes—God is the author of the believer’s faith. He draws, reveals, and quickens the heart so that the believer willingly chooses Christ. He does not coerce against the will; He makes the will willing by His grace.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- John 6:44: “No man can come to me, except the Father… draw him.”
- John 6:37: “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me.”
- Ephesians 2:8–9: “By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.”
- Philippians 2:13: “It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
- Acts 16:14: “The Lord opened” Lydia’s heart, and she attended to the things spoken.
- 1 Corinthians 12:3: “No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.”
- 2 Timothy 2:25; Acts 11:18: God “gives” repentance.
- John 1:12–13: We are born “not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
- John 10:27; John 8:47: “My sheep hear my voice… He that is of God heareth God’s words.”
- Psalm 110:3: “Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.”
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Man will not and cannot come on his own; God must draw and open the heart.
- When God reveals Christ, the heart is quickened; the will is made willing, not violated.
- Therefore the believer’s choice is real, but it springs from God’s prior work of grace. The faith that believes is God’s gift, not man’s production.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, He chose you before you chose Him, He called you, and when His Voice struck your heart, you gladly came. That’s the mystery of grace—sovereign drawing, willing believing.
Existing Follow-Up Answers
- Explain in Detail Romans 9: 10-23 and in So Doing Answer This : Is It Not Unjust to Deliberately Raise Pharaoh and Harden His Heart in Order to Destr?
1) Direct Answer No. It is not unjust. Romans 9:10–23 shows God’s sovereign right to show mercy and His righteous judgment to harden the stubborn - Can We Not Also Say That It Is God That Caused or Made the Unbeliever to Choose Not to Believe?
1) Direct Answer No—not in the same way. God is not the author of unbelief or sin. Unbelief springs from man’s own fallen heart and love of darkn
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