“IMHO, faith has NO value without “Free Will””
It has no value when it comes to boasting about how you saved yourself, and persevered of yourself. The value is in confessing that you are utterly empty in and of yourself to save yourself, and thus, while you are valueless, yet God still loved you despite your works and faithlessness.
2Co_3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Two thoughts.
“Pride comes before the Fall”.
And
This song:
Please set aside the artists more recent shortcomings as it should not diminish the content.
I’ve exhausted every possible solution
I’ve tried every game there is to play
In this search for Christ-like perfection
I’m convinced, I’ve only left my God ashamed
I cry, I wonder can He hear my despair
Afraid to lift my hands, afraid He doesn’t care
And if He answers and I fall again
Can I still be His daughter?
Can I still depend on Him?
When I’m down, I search every mistake
I’m looking for new regrets
Sometimes, I forget, I forget
That His grace is sufficient for me
That it’s deeper and wider than I can conceive
His grace is sufficient for me
My convictions seem to fade with desperation
My hope declines with each and every tear
My sin an anchor and this grace just an illusion
The gavel’s heavy and justice is near
Up comes the light and finds the stains on my hands
Up comes my pride, I hide
I know He won’t understand
‘Cause it’s deeper than deep and it’s wider than wide
Why did I ever doubt? Now, I’m dying inside
His grace is sufficient for me
His grace, His grace is sufficient
Songwriters
KNAPP, JENNIFER LYNN