Is God sovereign in the act of salvation?  Or can we “make a decision” and control the act of salvation?  One of the subjects we are discussing in our Theology class is something called “natural theology”.  This is the idea that a person can understand and know God by his or her own reasoning processes.  But the bible is clear that “no one can understand the things of God unless the Spirit of God lives in him”(1 Corinthians 2:14).  Someone is saved when the gospel is presented and God grants repentance and faith(2 Timothy 2:25, Ephesians 2:8-9).  This is not something we can conjure up and those who go for this make themselves the determining factor in the process.  So if this is true, God is not sovereign in this process, which is absurd.

Salvation is from the Lord(Jonah 2:9).  People are “born(again), not of blood nor the will of the flesh(a decision) nor of the will of man, BUT OF GOD”(John1:13).  We are not saved by baptism or by making a decision.  God saves  us according to His perfect will.  So let’s get out there and share the gospel, and let God do what He does in saving the lost.