The Spirit of God draws or leads the sinner from one phase to another, gradually, in proportion as one is found having a disposition to responsive hearing. Grace flows ordinarily from prevenient grace through the grace of baptism through the grace of justification toward sanctifying grace leading toward consummation in glory. The power by which one cooperates with grace is grace itself. In this way God draws all to himself, eliciting a hunger for righteousness and a desire for truth.
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About Thomas C. Oden, The Transforming Power of Grace
Thomas C. Oden, The Transforming Power of Grace.
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- God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation