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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg · 1d
> Grace proves irresistible just because it destroys the disposition to resist. -- J. I. Packer, "[Introduction to Owen's Death of Death in the Death of Christ](https://corepastor.wordpress.com/wp-co...
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You don't have a disposition to resist God's grace?

I find the life of faith to be an uphill battle that can be lost if I don't choose to lean on God's help so I can persevere. It's not easy.

My disposition is toward pride, comfort, instant gratification, overeating, etc. -- things I must allow Jesus to help me mortify.
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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg · 1d
Apart from the regenerating grace of God, we hate him fully, resist him fully, are "children of wrath by nature" (Ephesians 2), "dead" (Ephesians 2), "enemies" (Romans 5), who not only cannot "enter" the kingdom of God, we cannot even "see" it. We "must be born again from above" (John 2). We resist ...