We till the ground, we plant the seed, we water, but God alone causes the increase: He alone calls out some from the realm of darkness into His marvelous light. So why till the ground, prepare the field, plant and water if it serves no purpose in harvesting the fields white for harvest? Do we not serve as ambassadors, awakening the lost to their dreadful situation, heading for destruction and unable to save themselves?
Yes, those fields white for harvest are spiritually dead, separated from God, just as the physically dead are separated from the physically living. But they have the opportunity to obtain access to God's grace by trusting in the name of Christ Jesus.
Does scripture say we must be born anew in order to believe, or we must believe in order to be born anew? We must believe, and have our faith credited by God has righteousness in order to be born anew by the grace of God.
When and if God credits the faith of a lost person as righteousness, that gives the person the "right to become" children of God.
Therefore, the opportunity for the grace of salvation is spread through the evangelism of believers. some till the ground, some plant the seed, others water, but it is God alone who causes the increase.
Yes, those fields white for harvest are spiritually dead, separated from God, just as the physically dead are separated from the physically living. But they have the opportunity to obtain access to God's grace by trusting in the name of Christ Jesus.
Does scripture say we must be born anew in order to believe, or we must believe in order to be born anew? We must believe, and have our faith credited by God has righteousness in order to be born anew by the grace of God.
John 1:12 NKJV
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
When and if God credits the faith of a lost person as righteousness, that gives the person the "right to become" children of God.
Therefore, the opportunity for the grace of salvation is spread through the evangelism of believers. some till the ground, some plant the seed, others water, but it is God alone who causes the increase.
