Why do I "thank" God for my faith in Christ?
Because all through Scripture we read that God was entirely responsible for it.
"Salvation belongs to the LORD!"
(Jonah 2:9)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, FAITH,”
(Galatians 5:22)
"It has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for His sake."
(Philippians 1:29)
This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."
(John 6:65)
"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all."
(John 6:63)
"Our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction."
(1 Thessalonians 1:5)
"To all who did receive him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
(John 1:12-13)
"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ HAS BEEN born of God,"
(1 John 5:1)
"No one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
(1 Corinthians 12:3)
Jesus Christ gets ALL the glory. "For what do you have that you did not receive"(1 Cor. 4:7).
Would you rather tell God that you thank Him for everything else, but that your faith is something you came up with on your own??? Jesus Christ is the "author and perfecter of our faith" (Heb. 12:2).
Why did I believe and not others?
What makes me differ?
Was it Jesus or something else?
I prefer to trust in what God's Word has reveled to us, that:
“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins”
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