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Who Am I? – Casting Crowns
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt?
Who am I, that the bright and morning star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever-wandering heart?

Jn 10:3b
The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Who Am I? – Casting Crowns
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

Eph 2:8-10
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Finding Comfort in the Account of Judas Iscariot - blog - 5/13/22
It is a great comfort knowing that God saves – we don’t save ourselves. This is very good news because if we really were responsible for generating saving faith (Ephesians 2 says even faith/believing is a grace gift) we’d be doomed to the same end as Judas.

The Golden Chain of Salvation – Sproule
“Augustine of Hippo comments on today’s passage that ‘God elected believers in order that they might believe, not because they already believed.’ God's choice of us precedes in every sense our choice of Him.”

The Golden Chain of Salvation – Sproule
“If the Lord had not chosen us, we never would have chosen to believe in Him, and because He chose His people without any view to their own merits or choices, His people will certainly believe. His predestination of us means we are His forever.”

Merriam-Webster
A fortiori in Latin literally means “from the stronger (argument)”. The term is used when drawing a conclusion that’s even more obvious or convincing than the one just drawn.

Being Born Again
According to Jesus, being born again is a supernatural act of God the Holy Spirit as part of God’s salvific plan. No one will ever see or enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born again. (Jn 3:1-15)