Please observe what you have stated; faith is given to those who are humble. How can we humble ourselves when we don't even believe in the first place? I believe you miss the point of Augustine and Cyprian reasoning. You can't be given faith through humility. You must FIRST be given faith in order that you may become humbled. Since not all men have faith, then God does not give this faith to everyone. That was what Augustine rightfully reasoned.
Humility
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=1870079%2C6304
Faith
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05752c.htm
The Rule of Faith
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05766b.htm
OOPS, I gave you the wrong link .Here is the correct one
Humility
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07543b.htm
That is the most arrogant statement I have heard so far! There are those who are poor in spirit who are not Christians.
IT's ALL gift. THe blisters are a gift. The swelling around the shins is a gift. THe totally insane idea of MY actually walking to raise money for MS research is a gift. My having the ginger to complete the walk is a gift. The road to walk on is a gift. All is gift. This is why, when you can't think of what you want to say to God, "Thank you," is ALWAYS good, and why a name for our RC hocus Pocus in "Eucharist." And as the old versions of the Gloria said "We give thanks to Thee for thy great glory." We cannot call upon God unless He gives the calling to us; we cannot be humble unless He gives us the humility. All is a great ocean of gift.
I tend to duck the free-well v. predestination (and the rest of it) debate because it just all seems like a gift to me. I would only add that once He gives it to us to float downstream, He begins to give it to us to swim downstream.