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Lk 17:10
So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

Who Am I? – Casting Crowns
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt?
Who am I, that the bright and morning star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever-wandering heart?

Who Am I? – Casting Crowns
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

Finding Comfort in the Account of Judas Iscariot - blog - 5/13/22
It is a great comfort knowing that God saves – we don’t save ourselves. This is very good news
because if we really were responsible for generating saving faith (Ephesians 2 says even faith/believing is a grace gift) we’d be doomed to the same end as Judas.

The Golden Chain of Salvation – Sproule
“Augustine of Hippo comments on today’s passage that ‘God elected believers in order that they might believe, not because they already believed.’ God's choice of us precedes in every sense our choice of Him.”

The Golden Chain of Salvation – Sproule
“If the Lord had not chosen us, we never would have chosen to believe in Him, and because He chose His people without any view to their own merits or choices, His people will certainly believe. His predestination of us means we are His forever.”

Merriam-Webster
A fortiori in Latin literally means “from the stronger (argument)”. The term is used when drawing a conclusion that’s even more obvious or convincing than the one just drawn.

1 Jn 4:4
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Nothing Can Separate Us! (Ro 8:38-39)

Lam 3:22
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;  his mercies never come to an end;

1Co 13:8a
Love never ends...

Ro 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Being Born Again
According to Jesus, being born again is a supernatural act of God the Holy Spirit as part of God’s salvific plan. No one will ever see or enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born again. (Jn 3:1-15)