Cheryl Schatz

Robert, Sorry that your comment got held up without me aware that it was even there. Your comment is up now and I would like to respond. It is absolutely true that God must draw a person before they can come to Jesus. However, Jesus has promised that He will draw all men to Himself. There are two important dynamics. The drawing must happen first (because man is unable to draw himself) and the drawing has been promised to all conditioned on Jesus’ death on the cross. Your last comment about God giving us faith by grace, I would say that God gives us the opportunity to respond in faith because He reveals Himself to us through the gospel. Faith is never said to be a gift to an unbeliever. But those who do respond in faith do so because of what God has done for them. I do agree that the preaching of the gospel is very important because saving faith cannot come without the gospel.