Solo fidelis (through faith alone) is a heresy. Mortal sin kills the soul and makes one deserving of damnation. Only through the grace of The Lord and through the forgiveness of The Lord Christ can we be restored in a state of grace and be accepted into His Kingdom when He decides our time comes.

Part of God's image that we reflect is His free will. We can and do choose whether to accept His will, or deny Him. This is one of His greatest gifts, but since we are only the image, and imperfect at that, we can and often do choose to deny Him. Only through His Grace are we gifted the strength to resist sin and align our will with His.

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Yeah I'm going with Jesus on this one.

1. Men cannot come to Christ, cannot believe and follow Him, without God regeneration them, drawing them into Christ. This is because Men are slave to sin, every single one of them.

2. Once in Christ, they will never be cast out. God will sanctify them. Discipline them. Keep them. Christ saves everyone God had sent Him to, and fails to save none. Anyone who "falls away" was deluding themselves as to their election, as God cannot fail to redeem the people that He has predestined to Himself.

3. A man who was predestined to be redeemed to God is unable to resist God; he is forced into the process of redemption. He is changed forever. Transformed. Free will violated by God's sovereignty. Gradually washed and prepared for God he will be.

This is the offensive reality of the Gospel.

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