initiation.

God never waits for us to make the first move, but always seizes the initiative in our salvation.

This is true in election:
God chose us long before we could choose for him.
It is true in deliverance:
God rescued us when we could not rescue ourselves.
It is true in redemption:
God paid the ransom we could never purchase.
It is true in expiation:
God has covered the sins we cannot put away.
It is true in propitiation:
God has turned aside the wrath we cannot endure.

Salvation is from God. If there is anything of our very own that we contribute, it is only the sin from which we need to be saved.

Message of Salvation, Philip Ryken.
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