John 6:63, 65 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life....65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott
Born in the Spirit & word, granted by the Father. EE-TEOW