It makes me nervous to hear John Mac. say we “have a part to play” and “we must” do this or that.
If we can’t come to Him unless the Father draws us, and He regenerates us, and He grants us faith and repentance, and He is sanctifying us, then what part is left to us other than to receive His grace with joy.
I have listened to hundreds of hours of John’s mp3 sermons and don’t recall him saying anything like it.
That took me aback, too.
You are correct.
I’ve found even the people that I like the best occasionally say something that leaves me wondering.
I’m seventy. I was born from above in the early seventies. For decades I’ve been learning how to turn to God to deal with the wiles of the father of lies. Yup, I’m a Saint. But I am so inept I need His presence every day. The part I play is asking HELP! then relying on His Grace to be sufficient. Asking and relying, that’s prayer and faithing ...