FAITH: GIFT AND GRACE (16) Flashcards
by giving us faith, God invites into a what
ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP
because of the arduous aim in living our God’s demands, God himself provided us with this initial gift
FAITH
2 BIBLICAL SUPPORT ON WHY FAITH IS A GIFT
no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him (Jn. 6:44)
no one can say, “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 12:3)
faith is infused by god in the soul together with _____________
SANCTIFYING GRACE
SANCTIFY means “________”
to make holy
_____ increases in the measure that sanctifying grace increases
FAITH
faith and sanctifying grace are ______ proportional
directly
our faith depends on the grace of the_______________ which “gives to all ____ in assenting to the truth and believing in it”
Holy Spirit’s interior illumination; joy
THE ACT OF FAITH IS A FREE __________
HUMAN ACT
an act that uses the intellect and will of a person
HUMAN ACT
our faith depends on God’s free gift of ________
revealing Himself