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Peter Aiello's avatar

If prayer is a response to God’s grace, it cannot be the cause. The cause of grace is faith and unconditional trust in God. Our own religious practices and efforts rooted in faith, including places of silence, are insufficient, and they presuppose a grace that should already exist.

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Phillip Hadden's avatar

“The cause of grace is faith…” makes faith a work & grace well not a gift but something earned which would be Pelagianism.

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Peter Aiello's avatar

We receive gifts from God when we draw close to Him. Drawing close to Him by humility is an act of the will that is required for grace regardless of whether it sounds like a work that earns us grace (cf. James 4:5-10; 1Peter 5:5-7).

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Phillip Hadden's avatar

We cooperate or resist grace. See, point #2.

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