My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Some will question God’s effectual calling of men, saying that we must uphold the “responsibility of man”. Man does have free will and responsibility to choose God, but our free will is enslaved by our desires. We are born in sin and our desires are evil, we do not desire God. Man by his free will has rejected God, suppressing the truth and has made himself an enemy of God. This is where the “responsibility of man” takes us. We by our own free will reject God and all have become guilty and under the wrath of God. But then God who has determined to have a people for Himself, has also determined to save them through Christ. We are sinners by nature and therefore must be saved by God’s grace.
“I have no hope at all but in thy great mercy. Grant what thou commandest and command what thou dost desire.” –Augustine
