"No man can come to me," said our Lord, "except the Father which hath sent me draw him," and it is by this very prevenient drawing that God takes from us every vestige of credit for the act of coming. We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit. Chapter 1 Following Hard after GodĬhristian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man.īefore a sinful man can think a right thought of God, there must have been a work of enlightenment done within him imperfect it may be, but a true work nonetheless, and the secret cause of all desiring and seeking and praying which may follow.
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