> [!title|noicon] **On Salvation By Grace Alone, Not By Free Will** <br> Salvation is completely by *God*'s action *drawing* us to Himself and keeping us in Him if we have truly become saved. He gives us *eternal life* whereby He gives us a new heart and dwells in us by His Spirit. As you will see in these verses, there is *no question* about this. - [Exodus 13:3](Exodus%2013.md#^3) (Israel delivered by God) - [Deuteronomy 30:6](Deuteronomy%2030.md#^6), [8](Deuteronomy%2030.md#^8) - [1 Kings 8:57](1%20Kings%208.md#^57), [58](1%20Kings%208.md#^58) - [Nehemiah 9:7](Nehemiah%209.md#^7) - [Psalm 3:8](Psalm%203.md#^8); [33:12](Psalm%2033.md#^12); [37:39](Psalm%2037.md#^39); [65:4](Psalm%2065.md#^4); [74:12](Psalm%2074.md#^12) - [Jeremiah 10:23](Jeremiah%2010.md#^23); [13:23](Jeremiah%2013.md#^23); [50:20](Jeremiah%2050.md#^20) - [Ezekiel 34:11](Ezekiel%2034.md#^11), [12](Ezekiel%2034.md#^12), [13](Ezekiel%2034.md#^13), [14](Ezekiel%2034.md#^14), [15](Ezekiel%2034.md#^15), [16](Ezekiel%2034.md#^16) - [Ezekiel 36:25](Ezekiel%2036.md#^25), [26](Ezekiel%2036.md#^26), [27](Ezekiel%2036.md#^27) - [Ezekiel 37:1-14](Ezekiel%2037.md) (Valley of dry bones represents salvation as God speaks His Word to them) - [Jonah 2:9](Jonah%202.md#^9) - [Matthew 11:27](Matthew%2011.md#^27) - Spiritual *hearing* and life given by God: - [Matthew 13:10](Matthew%2013.md#^10), [11](Matthew%2013.md#^11), [12](Matthew%2013.md#^12), [13](Matthew%2013.md#^13), [14](Matthew%2013.md#^14), [15](Matthew%2013.md#^15), [16](Matthew%2013.md#^16), [17](Matthew%2013.md#^17) - [John 5:25](John%205.md#^25); [8:47](John%208.md#^47); [10:3](John%2010.md#^3), [4](John%2010.md#^4), [5](John%2010.md#^5), [6](John%2010.md#^6) - [Mark 3:13](Mark%203.md#^13); [10:40](Mark%2010.md#^40); [13:20](Mark%2013.md#^20) - When Christ the Physician heals it is a picture of salvation: - [Luke 5:12](Luke%205.md#^12), [13](Luke%205.md#^13), [31](Luke%205.md#^31), [32](Luke%205.md#^32) (See also [John 9](John%209.md) where Jesus gives the blind man sight) - [John 3:3](John%203.md#^3) (We must be born again to have the spiritual ears to hear and eyes to see.) - [John 1:12](John%201.md#^12), **[13](John%201.md#^13)**; [6:29](John%206.md#^29), [44](John%206.md#^44), [45](John%206.md#^45), [65](John%206.md#^65) (We must be born again and taught/drawn of God) - [John 12:39](John%2012.md#^39), [40](John%2012.md#^40) - [John 15:16](John%2015.md#^16) - [Acts 2:47](Acts%202.md#^47); [13:48](Acts%2013.md#^48); [18:27](Acts%2018.md#^27) - [Acts 5:31](Acts%205.md#^31); [11:18](Acts%2011.md#^18) (God grants repentance) - [Romans 8:8](Romans%208.md#^8) - [Romans 9:11-26](Romans%209.md) (God's elective program) - [Romans 8:17](Romans%208.md#^17); [Galatians 3:19](Galatians%203.md#^29); [Hebrews 9:15](Hebrews%209.md#^15), [16](Hebrews%209.md#^16), [17](Hebrews%209.md#^17) (God wrote a Will and Testament naming His heirs/beneficiaries) - [1 Corinthians 1:9](1%20Corinthians%201.md#^9) ... [26](1%20Corinthians%201.md#^26), [27](1%20Corinthians%201.md#^27), [28](1%20Corinthians%201.md#^28), [29](1%20Corinthians%201.md#^29), [30](1%20Corinthians%201.md#^30) - [2 Corinthians 1:9](2%20Corinthians%201.md#^9) - [2 Corinthians 4:3](2%20Corinthians%204.md#^3), [4](2%20Corinthians%204.md#^4) - [Ephesians 1:4](Ephesians%201.md#^4), [5](Ephesians%201.md#^5), [6](Ephesians%201.md#^6); [2:8](Ephesians%202.md#^8) (God's elective program) - Before salvation, we are *dead* in sin, like Lazarus was a stinking corpse in the tomb 4 days. Christ must give us life: - [Ephesians 2:1](Ephesians%202.md#^1), [2](Ephesians%202.md#^2), [3](Ephesians%202.md#^3), [4](Ephesians%202.md#^4), [5](Ephesians%202.md#^5), [6](Ephesians%202.md#^6), [7](Ephesians%202.md#^7), [8](Ephesians%202.md#^8), [9](Ephesians%202.md#^9) - [Col 2:13](Colossians%202.md#^13) - [John 11:39](John%2011.md#^39) ... [43](John%2011.md#^43), [44](John%2011.md#^44) - We must be born again, born from above: - [2 Thessalonians 2:13](2%20Thessalonians%202.md#^13) - [James 1:18](James%201.md#^18) - [1 John 3:9](1%20John%203.md#^9); [4:10](1%20John%204.md#^10), [19](1%20John%204.md#^19); [1 John 5:1](1%20John%205.md#^1) <br> Tags: #Bible_Speaks_for_Itself