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'''8. But what must we do on our part, in order that the grace of God may conduce to our salvation? '''

We must not resist it, but faithfully co-operate with it.

'''9. Is it, then, also in our power to resist the grace of God? '''

Most certainly; for God's grace does not force the human will, but leaves it perfectly free.

Application. Pray daily to God to give you His grace, and take particular care not to close your heart against it. 'Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock. If any man shall hear my voice, and -open to me the door, 1 will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me ' (Apoc. iii. 20). In order to make His grace operate the more easily in the human heart, God often connects it with exterior events; as sudden death, diseases, good and bad fortune. Do not heedlessly disregard such divine warnings; for nothing is more dangerous than not to know the time of the visitation of God. — Example: Jerusalem (Luke xix. 44).

'''10. What is Sanctifying Grace? '''

Sanctifying Grace is a gratuitous supernatural gift.