Week 5 | The Work of the Spirit Before Conversion

Over the last five centuries, the matter of how the Holy Spirit works in converting the lost has been the source of great debate. Like most things, some on both sides have gone to extremes. Many Calvinists, for example, completely eliminate mankind’s responsibility when it comes to salvation — assigning all activity to God. Man is helpless to resist God’s call — a persons will play no role whatsoever. The Restoration Movement has tended toward the other extreme - almost completely removing God out of involvement with a person’s salvation — insisting that the Word alone works to bring people to salvation.