Just as we had no part in our natural birth, we cannot cause ourselves to be born into God’s family by doing good deeds or conjuring up faith of our own. God is the one who “gave the right” according to His gracious will. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1, emphasis added).
Kama vile hatukuchangia kitu chochote kwa kuzaliwa kwetu kwa mwili wa kawaida, vile vile hatuwezi kuwa katika jamii ya Mungu kwa nguvu zetu au kwa matendo yetu mazuri au kufanyia imani yetu mazingaombwe. Vile aya hapo juu zinasema, Mungu ndiye “aliwapa uwezo” kulingana na mapenzi yake ya nehema. “Tazameni, ni pendo la namna gani alilotupa Baba, kwamba tuitwe wana wa Mungu” (1Yohana 3:1).